Matt sells sex because he has to take care of his little brother, Sam. While it sucks, it's not that much different from the abuse he endured when he was a teenager. He's exhausting himself trying to keep them together and Sam out of the jaws of the foster care system. When he "meets" Kevin, things start looking up a little. Kevin's not the first john to give Matt the maybe-this-could-work-outside-of-work vibe, but Matt is surprisingly hopeful, for once.

On the other hand, it's really not a good time for Matt to be meeting someone. He has a new "job" exchanging his services for Sam's tuition at a fancy boarding school. People who treat him badly either end up murdered or disappear. And when it comes down to it, Kevin's just a little too perfect. He's rich, generous, and an all-round-blowjob-genie-in-a-bottle. Something's got to be wrong with the guy.

As it turns out, Kevin's a prince of the Fae. And Matt might be Kevin's king. From there, the questions start piling up. Why is a rich man taking a bus on a snowy December night? Why does Kevin disappear at the same bus stop where a man who had been bothering Matt is found murdered? And most importantly, why does Kevin keep acting like it's Matt who will leave, when it's Matt who's the broken one?

Content notes: This work contains scenes of transactional sex, coerced sex, discussion of past child sexual abuse, attempted assault, and assault, sex within a relationship negotiated with consent, and a happy/hopeful ending.