Business Trip
Boyfriends Get Spoiled.
Rami Moretti doesn’t do sentimental. He’s made that very clear — to himself, at least.
And yet. Chapter 4 of Hold Fast opens with him texting his butler to clear out a closet for Jason before he’s even left for the airport.
He has no idea how much I’m going to spoil him. That starts today.
The business trip is real — Tehran first, then Venice to see his father, back by Friday. But the logistics Rami is quietly arranging around it tell you everything: outfits delivered to Jason’s apartment, shoes, a watch chosen specifically to be nice enough to matter but understated enough not to raise questions at work. A note tucked into the box: Boyfriends get spoiled. —Rami.
Jason, who grew up with gas station gift cards for Christmas, puts on the watch and stares at his wrist for a long time.
Meanwhile, Tehran. Rami’s cousin Leila tells him over tea that certain people have become aware he’s seeing someone. His grandmother Bibi takes one look at him and says simply: you seem different. He insists he’s the same. She pours more tea.
Back in New York, Jason notices the car parked outside his building. The man inside it with no particular interest in anything except his door. Watched or protected? he wonders. Something tells me it’s both.
And then Friday morning, a text: How does a cuddle date sound tonight? No expectations.
Reader, there are expectations.
What starts as two men tangled quietly together in the dark becomes something else entirely — and when Jason finally says what he wants, Rami doesn’t hesitate. He just makes sure Jason understands exactly what he’s asking for.
You will be mine. Is that what you want?
Chapter 4 is where Hold Fast earns its rating. And it is very, very good.
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