I love L.A. Witt as a writer but his one...??? I'm on the fence...didn't love it but didn't really not love it. There was plenty of angst, but it none of it was relationship driven, so that was a plus in its favor. The family that David was coming home to and hoping to get them to love him again or at least "like" him a little bit...was Toxic with a capital "T". How can any parent do this to their child is beyond my understanding or acceptance. I just wanted to shake him and yell at him to "STOP TRYING TO PLEASE THIS BUNCH"!!!! He could have grown wings and sprouted a halo, and they would still have disowned him. Anyway...back to best friends to lovers...although they were, or had at one time, been lovers...or maybe just boyfriends back in high school. On a road trip home for Christmas. David is still trying to win back his family’s love after going through drug addiction...oh...and choosing to do porn. His parents were mostly focused on the porn, and I can maybe understand that one...but his brother has chosen the drug addiction to hate him for. Of course, that has all been behind him for several years and never mind that he is now clean, sober, "pornless" and in Medical School. Come on...he didn't kill anyone of kick the dog... give the guy some credit for turning his life around! David is lucky to have a friend like Hunter in his life. He is the "perfect best friend". Flourishing Naval career, great family, loving and supportive in every way possible. He is so perfect that he agrees to pretend to be David’s boyfriend on the trip home hoping that David’s family will give him a break and maybe a welcome back to the family or at least let him in the door. I had yet another "slap David up beside the head moment". Sorry guy. If you have to have a "perfect" boyfriend to show your worth to someone, they just aren’t worth it. David stresses so often how his friends from his porn career saved his life and are his family. Dude, stick with them. They love you for yourself!!! Was that loud enough for David to hear??? David and myself, could have used less "on again, off again" from Hunter...but I have to remember that it is just a story...fiction...but unfrequently there is also a great deal of reality to it also. I started to give it 3 stars, but it will get 4 simply for allowing Hunter to be there in David's corner and then calmly picking up his pieces and glueing them back together. ( )