One house. Three lost young men. One professor who can anchor them all. Victor Slade is forty-nine, exhausted, and looking for quiet. Returning to his old college fraternity’s alumni cottage for a sabbatical, he plans to spend the year writing his next book and ignoring the world. What he doesn't plan for are the three graduate students living in the main house—a chaotic, beautiful mess of young men who are desperately in need of a firm hand and a safe place to land. Finn is a flamboyant poetry student masking deep insecurities with a sharp wit and endless dramatics. Riley is the house caretaker, cooking and cleaning for everyone else while ignoring his own aching need to be taken care of. Jude is a stoic lacrosse coach, tightly wound and repressed, carrying burdens he doesn't know how to set down. Victor didn't come to New England to build a family. But as he begins to guide them—offering steady authority, quiet patience, and the kind of unyielding attention they all secretly crave—the lines between mentor and lovers begin to blur. When the alumni board threatens to sell the house, the four of them must fight to save the only place they belong. But the real battle is learning to surrender control, tear down their walls, and trust that Victor is strong enough to hold all of them at once. Office Hours, Open House is a high-heat, slow-burn MMMM polyamorous romance featuring age gap dynamics, gentle Daddy/boy themes, found family, and a guaranteed happily ever after. No cheating, no cliffhangers.
