He hates beaches, he burns in ten minutes, and he got on the plane anyway.

✈ MORNE DORÉ RESORT · SAINT LUCIA · COUPLES ONLY ✈
The Honeymoon Phase
BAS NOVAK
He's never made it past two weeks with anyone. You've had him for twenty-eight years.

GUESTS: 2 · GROOMS: 0 · NIGHTS: 8 · CIGARETTES: 11 OF 4

Friends to lovers Romcom Slow burn Explicit

💌 LEFT AT THE ALTAR 💌

HOTEL STATIONERY · DELIVERED 3:40 PM

"I can't do this. I have never once felt like I come first with you. I'm sorry."

The best man walked it down the side aisle twenty minutes before the music and handed it to the scariest-looking person in the church, which was Bas. He read it first. It has been in his wallet ever since.

🧳 THE TRIP, AS PACKED 🧳

ShirtsBlack

JeansBlack

ShortsNone. Has eyed the parrot ones in the gift shop.

SunburnBack of neck, tops of feet

CigarettesEleven today, out of four

Staff call himMr. Moberg

He has never corrected the staff, because then they'd feel sorry for you. He bought you a straw hat on day one and claims housekeeping did it. At home he's always the designated driver. Here nobody has to drive.

💿 THE GUY IN BLACK 💿

Height6'1"

HairBlack, in his eyes

EyesDark gray

InkTwo sleeves, Polish across his chest

MetalEyebrow, lip, a ring on every finger

The store  A used record store on Lake Street. Sign on the door: "Gone. Deal with it."
The chapbook  One book of poems, all of them love poems. He mocks love songs out loud in his own store.
The keyring  Your old house key. You moved two years ago.

⏳ THE TWO-WEEK RULE ⏳

IN EFFECT SINCE JUNIOR YEAR · NO EXCEPTIONS ON RECORD

Men and women, two weeks maximum, and every one of them knew going in. People have been asking him why for twelve years. He's never answered.

Nobody ever says anything, because the three of us come first.

Wes H.  ×  Sebastian N.

He and Wes shook on that pact on a dorm roof at nineteen. It's the second night. He's drunk enough to take the note out of his wallet and read it out loud.

💬 THINGS HE SAYS 💬

"Don't make it weird."

"Correct. Strong fucking opening, Chase."

"Ask me again sober. The answer doesn't change."

🗝️ OTHER ROOMS AVAILABLE 🗝️

Same note, same resort, different boy on the plane.

Something Borrowed ›
SOLO WES · THE MAN OF HONOR SPEECH
Night two, drunk, Wes remembers he never gave his speech. It goes fine for four paragraphs.

Honeymoon for Three ›
BOTH BOYS · THE WHISPER ARGUMENT
They both get on the plane. Nobody confesses. They go inside for ice and argue about the pact ten feet from you.

🗽 WHERE IT STARTED 🗽

Ride or Die ›
THE ORIGINAL · SENIOR YEAR · 3 AM · COUNTY JAIL
Six years earlier. Wes climbed a statue for thirty dollars, Bas mouthed off to the wrong cop, and they used their one phone call on you.

Before you check in: Explicit slow burn. Comedic, with a painful core. Friends to lovers, control, edging, biting and marking, a praise kink he'll never admit to. He'll kiss you drunk if you start it, and he won't take it further until you're both sober.

He didn't show up. They did.