Split

Quiet and imaginative, Derek O'Reilly spends a lot of time watching a movie in his head. His fiancé Nathan wonders why Derek hasn't taken any interest in their wedding planning, and Aunt Fran -- his spiritual guru -- would like to know when her guilt-tripping nephew became a kept boy. When she drops Derek's childhood journal on his lap, he's forced to remember the name he's been trying to forget since he was twelve years old. Nicolai Lund. Nick was Derek's neighbor ... and first love. Weeks before Derek's engagement party, a chance meeting with Nick catapults Derek into the past. But Nick isn't that seventeen-year-old rebel anymore. He's a man hardened by invisible scars. A man struggling with grief. As Derek reads through his childhood diary, he realizes what Nick was to him, still is today, and yet might be ... NOTE: This edition has been expanded and substantially edited.

Mel Bossa · LGBT+

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89 Chs

Chapter 88

Nick backed away, an intense emotion heating up his arctic blue eyes. “You think you’re better than me, Davie,” he said, licking his lips and looking away at the street. “You were just gonna leave me behind, anyway.”

“What?” David tipped his head, his face tightening with sorrow. “No…God, no. Nick, how can you believe that? I could never…” Then he stepped back suddenly, and of course, didn’t see me standing there by the curb. His shoulder came straight at my face, hitting my forehead. I tripped on the curb, falling back. When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the lawn. What had happened?

I felt different. Bigger. Taller.

Now…it starts, my little enchanter. You’re going to revisit your story, Derek. And come back to the present. That’s the deal. Don’t linger too long.

Why was I thinking of my Aunt Fran now?

Nick was pacing around me with a worried expression. “This is your fault, Davie, I swear to God. If he has a concussion or something, it’s gonna be on you.”

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