Structural Damage

He spent twenty years building walls. It only took one man to tear them down.

Garrett Cole is a forty-two-year-old construction foreman who knows exactly who he is: divorced, disciplined, and emotionally hollow. He runs his job sites with an iron fist and keeps his head down. But when his best carpenter loses his apartment, Garrett does something entirely out of character and offers him his spare room.

Twenty-four-year-old Julian Reyes is everything Garrett is not. He’s vibrant, openly gay, and possesses a quiet, devastating confidence. He’s also the most talented guy on the crew. Julian knows better than to blur the lines with his boss, especially a straight guy twice his age who is still reeling from a failed marriage.

But proximity changes everything.

What starts as a temporary living arrangement quickly turns into late-night beers, shared dinners, and an undeniable, simmering tension. When a moment of vulnerability pushes them across the line, Garrett’s carefully constructed world shatters. The physical connection is explosive, revealing a hunger Garrett never knew he had.

Now, they have to navigate a secret, high-heat relationship while working together on a job site where rumors spread faster than fire. Julian refuses to be someone’s dirty little secret, and Garrett has to decide if he’s brave enough to demolish the life he’s always known to build a future with the man he loves.

Structural Damage is a high-heat, steamy MM romance featuring an age gap, forced proximity, bisexual awakening, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.