The Proof Is the Way It Hurts by E.S. Carter

Two small town boys fell in love.
One got left behind.
One went off to war.
He came back a man.
A broken, lonely, desperate man searching for the one thing to ease his pain.

Can Dylan forgive George for leaving him?
Can love snuff out the pain?

The Proof Is the Way It Hurts.

*This is a standalone M/M novella. A shorter version of this story was featured as a KU Korner’s Bedtime Story*