He wants to feel a pulse weaken beneath his fingertips. Wants a death rattle to drown out the low roar in his ears.

Holy shit, I've finally finished a book for the first time...since that thing happened.

This was fantastic! Not-so-cold professional assassin initiates a semi-rescue scene with his kid neighbor, who is obviously not a kid - but hey, that's the true sign of getting old; you start calling people kids.

A closet BJ that the assassin cannot put a stop to because he has one hand on the closet doorknob so the neighbor's abusive roommate/lover can't open the door, and the other hand is holding a gun. I'm sorry, but that is just a great setup.

Ivan’s eyes widen as he shakes his head, unable to speak, but Noel drops to the floor, and with one hand on a gun and the other securing the doorknob, Ivan can’t stop him.

Can’t stop Noel’s nimble fingers from unbuttoning his jeans and reaching inside. Can’t stop Noel from pulling his cock out and fuck, he shouldn’t be this hard, not trapped in a goddamn closet while who-knows-what happens on the other side of the door.

Love the pre-op trans rep in this erotica novella. The consent was great. The sex scenes were top-notch. And the assassin is an unapologetic assassin, that's who he is, he likes to kill. And cuddle. Oh, and he resisted really hard.

The door slams on the tirade—a creative combination of fuck’s and goddamn’s and sonuvabitch—and Ivan glances over his shoulder to see the kid retreating toward the stairwell, shoulders hunched in an oversized leather jacket.
Not his problem. Uh-huh...sure.

MC Names: Ivan & Noel (the "kid")

Tags: features a pre- op transmasc character and takes place in a modern setting predating cell phones, explicit sexual content, violence, violent imagery, death (minor character), blood, drinking, smoking, implied sexual assault, implied physical & verbal abuse, character trauma, vaginal sex, oral sex, rough sex, dirty talk, anatomical terms (cunt, pussy, cock, tits, breasts), closet BJ, trans author.