Who I Became With You : See Me Whole Book 2

The man was supposed to be a temporary safe haven. He became everything.

Oliver

Objectively speaking, my life is a cautionary tale.

Abusive family, abusive relationship, the whole "trading one devil for another" cliché.

Then came Luke. He gave me his card and said call if you need anything, like he actually meant it. When I finally did, when I was broken and bleeding and certain I was beyond saving, he came. Not to fix me. Just to be there.

Now I'm living in his home, and he's teaching me that safety isn't somethhng you earn by being good enough. It's just...given. Freely. Along with terrible puns, acceptance, and Cuddles on the couch when the nightmares keep me up.

I'm building a life that doesn't revolve around managing someone else's anger.

And I'm falling in love with the man who made it possible.

Which is terrifying, because what if I'm just grateful? What if what I feel isn’t real.

But when he compliments me and looks at me like I'm the most remarkable person he's ever met and I think maybe, just maybe, this is what love is supposed to feel like.

He's everything I’ve been taught to fear but here I am like ‘I know your straight but please notice me as more than your traumatized houseguest.’

So here's the thing about me—I'm basically a golden retriever in a linebacker's body. Six-four, tattoo sleeve, and yeah, I absolutely use my size to intimidate bad guys at my day job. But I'm also the guy who will cry during Pixar movies and spend Thirty minutes debating whether a hot dog is a sandwich. (It is. Fight me.)

My whole life changed when I was eighteen. the kind of chenge that steals people you love. So I built my career around making sure nobodyy else has to face that.

Bodyguard, Personal protection Officer if we want to get technical. Or you can just call me a big, Scary when I need to be looking dude who gives good hugs. That's me.

Taking in Oliver? Total no-brainer. The guy walked into the club I’m contracted with his douche snozzle of a boyfriend and my protective instincts went absolutely nuclear.

What I didn't expect? that he’d become my favorite person.

Look, I'm demisexual, so casual is a no can do. and I thought I was straight. But Oliver? He's rewired my entire system.

I've never wanted to be someone's safe place more than I want to be his.

So yeah. That's me. Professional protector, and absolute goner for the Sweet angel that’s living with me

Trust is a death sentence and love is a fantasy he can't afford. His only escape is the number on a card from a gentle giant with soft, kind eyes.

Luke
Luke never planned to become a protector. But after a tragedy shattered his world, he vowed no one within his reach would suffer the same loss. He now works as a personal protection officer with a private security firm, dedicating his life to keeping others safe.

At the nightclub the firm is contracted with, Luke encounters Oliver. A quiet, guarded man with eyes steeped in sadness and pain. Luke suspects Oliver is in trouble and gives him his card, expecting him to disappear into silence.

Three weeks later, Oliver calls.

Offering him a safe place to stay is supposed to be temporary, just long enough for Oliver to catch his breath and decide what he wants to do next. Instead, days stretch into months, and what begins as a fragile arrangement built on safety and trust deepens into something Luke never expected and can’t bring himself to walk away from.

Oliver
Oliver thought escaping his abusive father was the worst thing he’d survive. He was wrong. The man he believed had saved him became another captor, leaving Oliver trapped once more. Until Luke.

The towering man, full of muscle, looks like everything Oliver has learned to fear but offers a gentleness he’s never known.

As Oliver slowly reclaims the pieces of himself that were stolen, he dares to imagine what he thought he’d lost forever: safety, choice, and the possibility of being loved simply for who he is. Over time, he falls for Luke. There’s just one problem. Luke is straight and on the ace spectrum. There’s no way he could ever want Oliver

. . . Right?

Who I Became with You is the second book in the See Me Whole series, a collection of interconnected standalone novels. It is a heartfelt, slow‑burn, hurt/comfort MM romance that explores healing after trauma, self-discovery, and becoming someone new with the right person by your side.