The Lockdown
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MatureComplete Thu, Sep 9, 20215h 14m
This is a love story that wasn't supposed to happen. Andrew Carmichael needs a roommate, Cameron Reyes is looking for a quiet corner in a hostile world where he can hide. They are roommates who hardly know the other. When the two men are forced into isolation by a pandemic no one saw coming, secrets and lies threaten the comfortable existence they have created for themselves.
One is lost, the other is broken. They are near strangers yet they only have each other to lean on.
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