Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt #1)
Heidi Cullinan
High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic.
But Jeremey doesn’t judge him for that. He’s too busy judging himself, as are his parents, who don’t believe in things like clinical depression. When his untreated illness reaches a critical breaking point, Emmet is the white knight who rescues him and brings him along as a roommate to The Roosevelt, a quirky new assisted living facility nearby.
As Jeremey finds his feet at The Roosevelt, Emmet slowly begins to believe he can be loved for the man he is behind the autism. But before he can trust enough to fall head over heels, he must trust his own conviction that friendship is a healing force, and love can overcome any obstacle.
Warning: Contains characters obsessed with trains and counting, positive representations of autism and mental illness, a very dark moment, and Elwood Blues.
Tagged as:
- hurt/comfort 26
- gay romance 16
- new adult 10
- friends to lovers 10
- contemporary 5
- disabilities & scars 5
- young adult 4
- angst 1
- shy hero 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 10
romance tags
The 'The Roosevelt' series
37 ratings 4.54 ·
young adult · disabilities and marks · contemporary · angst · shy-hero · new adult · m-m · friends to lovers · abuse · hurt-comfort · neurodivergent
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