BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS PT 1 Milo Hart and Kai Brennan had been best friends for ten years, and on that Friday night the long history between them shifted in a way neither of them had expected when Milo showed up at Kai’s apartment with a bottle of whiskey and red eyes after his girlfriend had dumped him earlier in the evening. Milo was twenty-five, outgoing, and worked as a graphic designer, while Kai was twenty-six, quieter, and kept a strong muscular body from years of lifting weights, and the two of them sat on the couch drinking and talking like always as the whiskey burned its way down and the weight of the breakup settled between them. After a few drinks Milo’s voice got soft, and he said, “I think I’ve been in love with you for years. I just never said it,” the words hanging in the quiet of the apartment while Kai went still beside him. Kai went quiet and stared at the floor for a long moment, the muscle in his jaw working as he turned the confession over in his mind, th
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