I knew I was in trouble the moment my best friend’s hands were on me, but I didn’t want him to stop.

I’ve spent my whole life being the guy who has it the reliable firefighter, the ladies’ man, and the guy everyone assumes is straight. Then one reckless night shatters all of that.

Walking in on two male crewmates going at it shouldn’t have done anything to me. But it did. And when my best friend Dane offered to “help me out”… I let him.

Now I’m stuck between the life I’ve always lived and the one I’m terrified to want. Dane pretends it meant nothing. I pretend I’m fine. Neither of us is telling the whole truth.

Because wanting your best friend is one thing.

Admitting it out loud? That might burn down everything.

Just Like Friends is a 20,000-word, spicy MM romance novella and book 3 in the Station Thirteen series. Though it can be enjoyed as a standalone, it contains mild spoilers about the couples from books 1 and 2, including a steamy cameo by Cain and Ellis from Not Safe For Command.

Themes &
🔥 Best friends to lovers
🔥 First-time MM / bi-awakening
🔥 Mutual pining
🔥 “Just friends helping each other” (until it’s not)
🔥 Sexual tension you can set off a smoke alarm with
🔥 Emotional closeness → physical closeness
🔥 Found family