Be Still, My Heart
Four years ago, Dimitri Petrov had his leg blown off by a landmine while in military service. Suffering from PTSD, he doesn鈥檛 do crowds, and he doesn鈥檛 do people. If he had his way, he鈥檇 never leave his house at all. Dimitri鈥檚 sister, Irina, runs a dating agency, and despite that it would be better for business if they had a pretty woman working the front desk, Irina insists Dimitri鈥檚 the man for the job.<br><br>In a whirlwind of pink shirts, flapping hands, and outrageous flirting enters Elian Hubert. Elian needs a date. Invited to speak on love through time in fiction at a Valentine dinner, there is no way he鈥檚 showing up alone. When Dimitri tells him The Single Pursuit is unable to help on such short notice, Elian suggests Dimitri be his date.<br><br>Dimitri doesn鈥檛 do dates, and he doesn鈥檛 do dinners, but Elian鈥檚 made him happier in the last few minutes than anyone鈥檚 been able to do in years. He might not do Valentine's, and he might not do gatherings, but maybe he can do Elian ... a favor and accompany him to his presentation? If things go too badly, he can always hide behind a curtain and pretend he鈥檚 somewhere else.
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