Competence in the workplace would always be an attractive trait, but Doyle in his element took sexy to a whole other level. And while staring unabashedly, Larkin was struck with a sense of astonishment—that even fifty-one days into their romantic entanglement, the solace he found in Doyle wasn’t abating, wasn’t normalizing. It was still a wonder, like a tiny star going supernova in his chest.

