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    To Build a Home
    To Build a Home
    MiloBodin
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    MiloBodin
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    Complete, First published May 16, 2020
    Ryan Baker left New York City to care for his two-year-old nephew, but renovating homes with his brother's hunky best friend in their small Pennsylvania town wasn't part of the plan. Neither was falling in love.
        
                                           *****
        
        When a devastating accident leaves his nephew parentless, 26-year-old Ryan doesn't hesitate to abandon his unsuccessful art career in New York to travel 300 miles to Windber, Pennsylvania. But once he arrives, Ryan quickly realizes he's in over his head. He doesn't know how to change a diaper, take care of a two-story house, or deal with his dead brother's face plastered on signs advertising his home renovation business all over town.
        
        The one saving grace is his brother's business partner. Unlike Ryan, Darren Reynolds is a pro at bath time and knows exactly how to soothe the baby. Ryan had always looked up to him, even as kids, the quiet jock with a gentle smile. But suddenly they're living and parenting together. All of Ryan's teenage fantasies come rushing back and Ryan must decide if he wants to renovate his life for a straight guy.
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    Table of contents
    • Author's Note
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 1 | It Began with an Ending
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 2 | Wherever is Your Heart
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 3 | Full of Ledges
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 4 | Onion Tears
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 5 | Normal
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 6 | Burning House
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 7 | Gloria
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 8 | The Funeral
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 9 | Missed Calls
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 10 | Charlie
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 11 | Poison and Wine
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 12 | Terrible Twos, Part One
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 13 | Terrible Twos, Part Two
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 14 | The Trolley Graveyard
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 15 | Rearview
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 16 | Moving On
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 17 | First Date
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 18 | Old Flames
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 19 | A Constellation of Collisions
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 20 | The Only One
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 21 | Sleep Walking
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 22 | Lumberjack Burrito
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 23 | Unraveling
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 24 | The Cottage
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 25 | Whiplash
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 26 | Small Town Gay Bar
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 27 | Big City Gay Bar
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 28 | Sanctuary
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 29 | The Morning After
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 30 | Threesome
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 31 | Will They, Won't They
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 32 | Nothing, Everything
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 33 | New York
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 34 | Charlie (Reprise)
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 35 | Theresa
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 36 | One Year Later
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 37 | It Ended...
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 38 | ...with a Beginning
      Sat, May 1, 2021
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      Sat, May 1, 2021

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    Ryan Baker left New York City to care for his two-year-old nephew, but renovating homes with his brother's hunky best friend in their small Pennsylvania town wasn't part of the plan. Neither was falling in love.
        
                                           *****
        
        When a devastating accident leaves his nephew parentless, 26-year-old Ryan doesn't hesitate to abandon his unsuccessful art career in New York to travel 300 miles to Windber, Pennsylvania. But once he arrives, Ryan quickly realizes he's in over his head. He doesn't know how to change a diaper, take care of a two-story house, or deal with his dead brother's face plastered on signs advertising his home renovation business all over town.
        
        The one saving grace is his brother's business partner. Unlike Ryan, Darren Reynolds is a pro at bath time and knows exactly how to soothe the baby. Ryan had always looked up to him, even as kids, the quiet jock with a gentle smile. But suddenly they're living and parenting together. All of Ryan's teenage fantasies come rushing back and Ryan must decide if he wants to renovate his life for a straight guy.

    40 parts

    • 37 | It Ended...
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • 38 | ...with a Beginning
      Sat, May 1, 2021
    • a note from the author
      Sat, May 1, 2021
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