Secrets

Cid: I'm a doctor. I fix things, I keep things clean, I know exactly where everything belongs. I grew up with nothing: no family, no roots, no one who stayed. I built a life that was entirely mine and learned to keep things light inside it. Then a tattooed janitor walked into my clinic under circumstances I still can't quite explain, and nothing stayed where I put it. I tried to keep things light. It didn't take.

Alex: The deal was simple. Testify against the gang that killed my brother. Stay hidden in Greenford until the trial. Don't get attached. For the first time in my life I was somewhere I could actually be myself, and I was supposed to walk away from all of it when the trial came. Then I met Cid. I kind of forgot what it was like to not just do life instead of having one. He reminded me.

He just doesn't know why any of it has an expiry date. I can't tell him without putting us both in danger.

Opposites attract - Witness protection - Low angst
Third in the Greenford University series - each book a standalone