FALL BESIDE YOU
by RILEY
PARKS
GENRE: M/M
Romance
BLURB:
Gideon Valsecchi had done the impossible when he busted out of the
grueling poverty and pre-ordained existence his life had been on the South Side
of Chicago. His free ride at college is the stepping stone to a career with a
professional soccer team. And when his dream comes true it's not what he
expects—sacrifice shouldn't taste this bitter, especially when the love of his
life is what he's missing and can't seem to hold on to.
Elijah Tucker wants to give Gideon Valsecchi the world on a silver
platter. And he has the means to do it. But Eli is learning the truth of the
maxim that the way you hold onto the thing you want most is to let it go. And
while his heart breaks into a thousand pieces, he doesn't come apart even when
the worst happens. Because, even as cliché as it sounds...true love does find a
way.
Excerpt:
“Are you feeling a’right?” Gideon
asked finally, unable to hold out any longer. He sighed when the only response
he received was the quiet, even breaths of a sleeping Elijah. He stared up at
the ceiling fan, noticing a reflection in the chrome accents of the city lights
that lay just beyond the window.
Gideon knew he needed to sleep. His
day had been long and he anticipated that the next one would be even longer.
Regardless of how much he attempted to halt its activity, it was difficult to
calm his brain down as it tried to wrap itself around Elijah’s
out-of-the-ordinary demeanor.
“Are you asleep?” he whispered,
though he already knew that he was. Biting his lip, Gideon decided to be brave,
although he wasn’t sure how courageous it actually was to speak to a sleeping
man. “Elijah,” he began, attempting to wrap his lips around words that seemed
too big for his mouth. “I love you.”
It felt strange to admit, even
though he knew it was true. Elijah gave him things that he’d never had before,
and none of them had anything to do with money. He anchored him with stability,
security, and love. “I love you,” Gideon repeated, thinking that it wasn’t that
difficult after all. He’d said it and he felt better, lighter, like he passed a
threshold of demons who had sought to keep him from moving forward.
The room was still, but he was
floating, high above the internal struggles he’d unnecessarily doomed himself
to. He repeated it a few more times, feeling better every time he said it, like
he’d found a release he never knew he’d needed. “I really fucking love you,” he
said with a yawn, letting his heavy eyelids fall.
“I love you too,” Elijah whispered
sleepily, grinning up at Gideon, whose eyes shot open in response.
“Asshole,”
Gideon muttered, feeling his cheeks flush warm. “I asked you if you were
a’right and you didn’t answer.”
“I was sleeping. You woke me up when
you said you love me.” He shrugged. “I don’t know if you realize, but I’m hyper
tuned in to anytime you say ‘love.’ I’m obsessed with hearing it, even when
you’re just talking about chicken nuggets.”
“That’s weird,” Gideon chided
without malice. “You’re so weird.”
“Yeah, well, you love me.”
“I do.”
“Maybe
you’re weird, too.”
“Or maybe I’m not weird at all,”
Gideon reasoned. After all, loving Elijah made all the sense in the world.
“Okay,
Captain Confession. Go to sleep or you’re going to tell me you can’t sleep over
when you’re too tired tomorrow.”
Groaning
at the stupid nickname, Gideon tilted his head down to kiss his boyfriend’s
forehead.
“Tell me one more time though,”
Elijah requested, drawing a laugh from Gideon.
“I love you.”
And damn did it feel good.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
Riley has always loved to write, believing that life has the
possibility to be its most beautiful when it’s portrayed on the pages of a
book. Feeling the need to create and liberate in the midst of the political
landscape, Riley writes novels that focus on LGBTQ protagonists, wanting to
honor a community that deserves better representation depicting lives, loves
and triumphs in all facets of fiction.
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