Fort Wayne loves a spectacle. Give the city a scandal and it turns civic life into a contact sport.
Tig Riggs has built a whole personality around being liked—quick grin, quicker comeback, always ready to keep the room warm. Owllie Lowell has built his life around the boundaries, vigilance, and a quiet kind of courage that doesn’t need applause.
When a political mess explodes close to home, Tig becomes the kind of headline people can’t stop trying to “solve.” Everyone wants details. Everyone wants content. Everyone wants Tig to bleed in public so they can feel righteous in private.
Owllie isn’t having it.
What starts as damage control turns into something a choice to stop performing, start telling the truth, and let consequences land where they belong—without turning anyone’s pain into entertainment. Tig and Owllie have to navigate a noisy community, a hungry rumor mill, and the temptation to trade real safety for easy approval… while figuring out what they actually want from each other when the lights are off and the crowd goes home.
A spicy, character-driven MM romantic comedy with found family, sharp banter, and an HEA.