Where The Orchard Ends

A friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening MM romance with slow-burn tension and all the feelings.

Brennan Calloway has spent fifteen years in love with his best friend.

He’s just gotten very good at hiding it.

Wade Sutton was never supposed to be his—high school golden boy, football coach, happily married. Untouchable. Off-limits. Safe… as long as Brennan kept his distance.

Then Wade’s marriage falls apart.

And suddenly, he’s sleeping down the hall.

Now Wade is everywhere—at Brennan’s kitchen table, in his fields, in the quiet spaces Brennan built his life around. And for the first time, Wade isn’t pretending anymore. Not with Brennan. Not with himself.

Because something is shifting.

The looks linger too long.
The touches mean too much.
And the line between friendship and something else is starting to blur.

Wade doesn’t know what this is yet.
Brennan knows exactly what it is—and exactly how much it could cost him.

Because falling for your best friend is one thing.

But falling for him when he’s finally looking back?

That’s where everything breaks.