Sing in the New A heartwarming - Nico Flynn

They both want it. They just need some help getting there.
The older I get, the less I care about all the BS in life... especially the things that have held me back from telling Nick how I feel about him. The fact that he's my best friend. The fact that we live together. My parents' outdated attitudes. Stupid insecurities. With forty looming just a few years down the road, it's all starting to seem trivial.

But even the slightest chance of losing the friendship that saved my life? That's one thing I still can't quite move past. If I could just be certain Nick felt the same, I'd take the leap, no hesitation.

Luckily, Nick's mom is as tired of the limbo as I am, and she has absolutely no qualms about getting involved. She invites us to spend New Year's Eve weekend at Nick's childhood home, and she promises me: Before the weekend is up, I'll get the confirmation I need. In exchange, she makes me promise: by the end of the weekend, I have to 'put her poor son out of his misery' and tell him how I feel.

We strike the deal. We make plans. Nick and I have never been closer. But we've been denying ourselves this for so long. can we finally ring in this new year as something more than friends?

Sing In the New is a 12,000-word low-angst M/M romantic novella featuring roommates-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, meddling parents, only one bed, and a steamy first time when it all finally boils over. All books in the Slow Burn Holidays series can be read as stand-alones and in any order. Please note that this novella contains mentions of an unaccepting, homophobic family, all off-screen and in the past, as well as internalized homophobia that has been joyfully overcome.