With a lifetime of friendship, now, they’re racing toward something far more dangerous—love.

Sebastien was made for distance. Nathan was built for speed. Back in school, they were an unbeatable duo, until life and ambition pulled them in different directions. Now, years later, they’re both back in London, struggling with the end of their athletic careers, uncertain futures post-uni, and feelings they’ve never fully outrun.

When Seb ropes Nathan into training with him, their old rhythm returns. But so does the heat, lingering touches, long glances, and an undeniable tension that’s always simmered just beneath the surface.

As friendship blurs into something deeper, they finally admit what may have always been there. But Nathan's new job, a few hundred miles away, could change everything.

Can their love survive the distance, or was it always meant to be temporary?

This standalone prequel novella to the Running for the Romance series is a short, spicy, friends-to-lovers romance about finding yourself, and the risks we can take when we have somewhere soft to land.