Not Like the Other Boys

Twins run in our family, so it was no surprise when my parents had a set, too. The big difference being that Mom had to work for it—meaning IVF—and unlike every other set of twins, Rex and I are fraternal.

That means we didn’t come from the same egg. 

We don’t share identical DNA. And we look… well, nothing alike at all, really.

No big deal, right? What twin doesn’t want his own identity?

Me. Hi. Hello. Right here. The short, scrawny, pasty-white Johansson surrounded by a sea of Viking gods, including my own brother. Or, as my work bestie likes to call him, the Thor look-alike whose hammer she wants to—

Um, yeah. That.

Anyway, back to that thing about being surrounded by all those oversized, muscle-bound, sun-kissed blonds. To say it wore down my self-esteem would be an understatement of epic proportions, so I did what any self-respecting, undersized runt would do and removed myself from the situation, moving to the other side of the country where I don’t have to be reminded of just how much I don’t belong.

The only problem?

The one person I do belong with, the person I miss like air and crave like Thor craves that hammer of his, is Rex. My twin. Because we may have come from two separate eggs, but it still feels like he’s my other half. When we’re apart, it feels like there’s a hole inside me. Like I can’t ever be whole. Not without him.

But when I finally go back…

Well, let’s just say that Rex definitely fills that hole inside me. Over, and over, and over….

Not Like the Other Boys is an 27,000-word erotic m/m gay romance. You can find more books by Becca Vale on Smashwords and get a free one by subscribing to her newsletter.