We Were Only Delayed

One cancelled flight was supposed to cost them a night.

Instead, it changed everything.

Julian Hartmann knows how to travel. The Copenhagen-based management consultant has built his life around departure boards, perfectly packed carry-ons, and always knowing the next move. So when bad weather shuts down Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, he has a hotel room booked before most passengers realize they're stranded.

Matteo Ricci is not most passengers.

The Milan-based architectural photographer is warm where Julian is reserved, spontaneous where Julian is precise, and far too observant for Julian's comfort. One drink becomes dinner. Dinner becomes hours of conversation. And one unexpected night together ends with two sensible adults agreeing on sensible terms.

No promises. No expectations. No complications.

Then, three weeks later, Julian walks into a Copenhagen hotel and finds Matteo photographing the lobby.

Amsterdam was an accident. Copenhagen is a coincidence.

Hamburg definitely isn't.

Soon they're crossing Europe for stolen weekends, rearranging itineraries, and discovering that long distance is easy compared to admitting how much someone matters. Because Julian has spent years making sure no one becomes necessary, while Matteo has learned that temporary relationships can still leave permanent damage.

Neither man needs the other to stop moving.

They just have to decide whether they're finally willing to give each other a reason to keep coming back.

We Were Only Delayed is a sophisticated, warm and sensual M/M contemporary romance featuring airport strangers, an unexpected reunion, long-distance love, European travel, emotionally competent grown men, and a guaranteed HEA. It is Book One in the In Transit series and can be read as a standalone.