Weight of Everything

Weight of EverythingA Meadow Street Brothers novel


Anna Wineheart


Contents
Weight of Everything
1. The Most Humiliating Wardrobe Malfunction
2. Gage is Intrigued
3. Ulric Forgets His Phone
4. Gage is in Trouble
5. Tensions—And Other Things—Rise
6. Ulric Doubles Down On Losing Weight
7. Gage Moves In
8. Why Does Gage Have To Make The Perfect Breakfast, Too?
9. There Is Only One Couch
10. Insecurities
11. The Better-Than-Sex Cook-off
12. The Other Side of Ulric
13. The Better-Than-Sex Cook-off, Part 2
14. Gage Doesn’t Realize It, But
15. Burn
16. Burn Part 2
17. New Arrangements
18. You’re Dating An Alpha?
19. The Surprise
20. So You Want A Baby?
21. The Box At The Back Of The Fridge
22. Ulric Has A New Secret
23. Gage Is Suspicious
24. Gage Finds Out
25. The Wrong Gamble
26. Gage Gets Grilled
27. Trouble Befalls Ulric
28. Gage Makes Amends
29. Gage Convinces Ulric That He’s Beautiful
30. A Family...?
31. Making Babies
32. Pregnancy
33. Childbirth
Epilogue
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Copyright Anna Wineheart 2020
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without express written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
This novel contains graphic sexual content between two men. Intended for mature readers only.
Warnings: Past emotional abuse, Present emotional abuse from an abuser, Past bullying, Past child neglect, Some consensual dubcon-play, Some violence and gore


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Weight of Everything
Imagine a wardrobe malfunction at the gym. In front of the most handsome man ever.
Dumped by his longtime boyfriend because of his weight, Ulric O'Neil moves to the quiet town of Meadowfall, hoping to start afresh. He's tired of being chubby, and he's tired of being lonely. He's tired of being attracted to the wrong sort of person, too. Which alpha only likes other alphas?
The bigger question: Which man would fall for a chubby, nerdy guy who loves his sweet snacks more than he loves to exercise?
Definitely not Gage Frost, a personal trainer at Ulric's gym--he's got the most beautiful face and a stomach-dropping smile, and Ulric knows he'll fall for Gage sooner than later. Especially when Gage hugs him and kisses him and tells Ulric they can be best friends. But that's where the line is.
Ulric promises Gage that he won't fall in love. Thing is, with how often Gage tells him he's cute, he isn't so sure he can keep his word.
Weight of Everything is a 74,000-word standalone non-shifter MPreg romance with eventual double-alpha-preg, lots of hurt/comfort, as well as the sweetest alpha who convinces his not-boyfriend that your looks aren't the only thing that matters.


1
The Most Humiliating Wardrobe Malfunction
Ulric stepped self-consciously into the gym, trying not to attract any attention to himself. Eyes on the floor. Don’t take your time. Look like you know what you’re doing.
No one here knew him, after all. He’d moved away from New York a week ago, traveling all the way across the country to the quiet town of Meadowfall. The warm southern California weather was such a change—it put a spring in his step and some cheer on his face... all the way until he’d arrived at the gym.
The last time Ulric had stepped into a gym, he’d been in high school, the stares of other alphas heavy on his skin. Physical Ed classes were his least favorite. Nothing like being scoffed at, or being picked last to join a team. And then having everyone on the team act like you didn’t exist. All because you had some extra weight you couldn’t get rid of.
At least, making friends wasn’t a requirement for this gym.
Ulric hurried to the alphas’ locker room, picking out an inconspicuous locker. He shoved his duffel bag in halfway, took out his towel and his phone, and then paused when he realized that the locker didn’t come with a lock.
What did the membership fee pay for, then?
He turned and glimpsed a bit too much skin—a couple of men had stripped down in front of their lockers, all bulging biceps and trim abs.
Yeah, that. That was what he was paying for.
Ulric tore his gaze away, hurrying past them. He felt like a bit of a whale next to these guys. Maybe he should’ve brought a bath towel to wrap himself in.
He stepped out of the locker room and made for the far end of the gym, where no one was. There were some treadmills there, and some cycling machines. He could start with that. Better yet, the treadmills faced a window overlooking a forested area. Ulric could pretend that he was in a world of his own.
Except the funny thing was, he’d come to the gym because he was tired of being alone.
His last boyfriend—friend with benefit? College roommate-turned-on-and-off-partner?—had straight-up said that Ulric wasn’t his type anymore. Mick had found an omega, a slender pale wisp of a man, and he’d told Ulric that he was tired of all of Ulric’s extra flab. Not to mention that Ulric was an alpha.
Ulric had kind of been in love with him. And it had hurt, a lot.
He pushed the heartache aside, powering on a treadmill. The control panel had way too many complicated buttons. Which Ulric should be able to figure out, since he’d majored in statistics and all. It was just... He wasn’t really here to get healthy. He just wanted some weight gone, he wanted to look good enough to land a boyfriend, and...
He wanted to be normal. He wanted to be an alpha who liked omegas, but he wasn’t. He wanted to look like the