[ONC2024] Everyone can read minds except for Ethan Langdon. And Ethan Langdon has the dumbest (and cutest!) thoughts Lukas Hoffmann has ever heard. ____ Part one complete. Part two updating every Friday until completion (but already fully complete on my Kofi!) ____ Lukas Hoffman's life in Brambleburg is about as boring as you'd expect for a town where everyone can read minds. He's used to his routine of dusting the LPs at the record store where he works and helping out his grandma around the house. Nothing in Brambleburg changes. No one in Brambleburg changes. Until Ethan Langdon stumbles in with the soggy remnants of a paper map, asking for the quickest route to Berlin. Ethan, it turns out, doesn't have telepathy, and as aggravatingly inane as his thoughts are, Lukas hasn't felt the excitement of meeting a stranger since.... well, ever. And the more Lukas listens, the more he starts enjoying Ethan's cute thoughts about life, the universe, and Lukas's dimples. ____ Might bring to mind: "Cherry Magic" but set in a fictive European town where everyone except the love interest can read minds. ____ Written for the Open Novella Contest 2024 using prompts 8, 75, 82, and 85. 8. You start singing along to a movie soundtrack late at night forgetting that your window is open. Someone from the outside starts singing with you. 75. You awake in the middle of the night to a voice saying loudly "May the force be with you..." 82. You wake up on a seemingly ordinary day to discover that your thoughts are not private. There is someone else in your head with you. 85. "If you do that again, I'll throw you out that freaking window. What are you doing?" "Checking how high the drop is to see if it's worth it."

𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐼𝐼: 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝒷𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 series. ☁︎ ☁︎ ☁︎ "I love you, José." Three words meant for my twin brother. But they were whispered to me. ----------- After losing his chance at a scholarship to the prestigious Elaris conservatory for Arts and Athletics. Javier Fernando never expected to take his twin's spot-let alone share a passionate night with his brother's best friend, Kayden Addams. Kayden is perfect on paper: star quarterback, billionaire heir, and still reeling from a past he keeps buried. One drunken night, he mistakes Javier for José... and everything changes. ---------- As Javier navigates a school where grades depend on prestige, politics, and performance, he must also survive awkward classroom note exchanges, emotionally loaded glances, and too many near-misses with Kayden to ignore. All while grappling with old wounds, unresolved confessions, and a secret summer night they never talk about. At Elaris, everyone's performing. But Javier is running out of ways to hide the truth: He never stopped wanting Kayden. enemies to lovers(kind of), slow burn, lots of yearning and angst. Updates every Tuesday and Thursday.

It's Tyler's first year of college and he's determined to get his first girlfriend. However, with how terrible his closeted gay roommate's dating advice is, they might just end up falling for each other instead.

The Planet will change everything. Ethin "Lucky" Katlan doesn't take orders, so one might wonder why he sold thirty years of his life to the Intergalactic Militia. The answer isn't that simple, and Lucky isn't that interested in sharing, especially with Roys Malik, his annoying and far too attractive commanding officer. But when a sweep gone wrong results in the two of them being lost on a dangerous planet where the flora wants to eat them, their turbulent relationship takes a drastic and lustful turn that places them on a path to divulging the worst and most hidden aspects of themselves. A story about messy men, pasts we can't escape, futures we dare to wish for, and unraveling the hearts of cowards, Verdant will tug at the heartstrings and make you want to spend a night under the stars. TW: drug abuse, lots of cussing, on page s*x

Recovering alcoholic Sam isn't quite ready to let go of his failing marriage. Gord gave up his dream to care for his dying father, and now he's trapped by an inheritance he doesn't want. When Sam's new job sends him to Gord's remote farm in the heart of the Canadian prairies, it isn't long before the two find themselves leaning on each other in ways neither expected; but between flood and wildfire and the echoes of the past, love and happiness aren't always as simple as finding someone who might want to be your second chance. ***** *featured on the Adult Fiction "Melting Hearts" and WattpadMulticultural "Multicultural LGBTQ+" lists, as well as Wattpad's "From Our Stars"* Complete at 37k words.

[This story will become free on DECEMBER 13TH, 2024] Isaiah always had his focus set on school and baseball, but when he meets August, he suddenly begins questioning more than just his lack of a social life. ***** As the star of his high school baseball team, Isaiah Carr is looking forward to senior year. While not the most popular of guys, he's got his friends, he's a shoo-in for a baseball scholarship, and he's perfectly content sitting on the sidelines when it comes to his social life. However, when he meets August, a strange but cute boy with a prosthetic leg, there's no denying the connection between them. From friends to more, the two begin to grow a relationship that balances the troubles of their pasts with the hopefulness and acceptance of a future. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Eva I. WATTY'S 2020 YA WINNER

~WATTYS SHORTLIST 2025~ Hunter Dannings was a young CEO who had given up on love. But when he met River Conyers, a single dad and bar owner, his life began to change. Being around River gave him hope, and being around his daughter, Melodie, let Hunter imagine creating the family he's always wanted. But River doesn't let people in easily. And falling for him puts Hunter at risk for more heartbreak than he's ever known. ----- "Thanks for bringing me home." "It's no problem," Hunter shrugged, crossing his arms against the bitter Toronto cold. "You did the same for me." "Yeah," River started in, but paused, fingers tightening around the doorknob. "Maybe I should return the favor." In two large steps, River stepped in front of Hunter. His breath left his lips in small clouds as he stared determinedly at Hunter's mouth. Hunter's body was confused. After battling the oncoming winter chill for so long, it was strange to suddenly have River in front of him, warming his skin from proximity alone. Fingertips tinged pink by the cold reached up, grabbing Hunter's jacket and using the fabric to pull the taller man down. "You were gone for so long and never reached out," River croaked, fists tightening around the fabric of Hunter's coat. "Never sent me a text or gave me a call." "I'm sorry." "Are you?" River's whispered words warmed Hunter's lips, teasing him with the promise of more. "Then prove it." __________________________________ Highest Rankings: #1 mxm/malexmale/manxman #1 gayness/unlimitedpride #1 parent/singleparent #1 nosmut #3 gay #3 lgbtlove/lgbtlovestory #4 gaylove #5 fallinginlove #7 bxblove #16 wattpride #35 lgbt #64 bxb #96 boyxboy #99 single-parent #136 lgbtq #200 BL Date Started: 02/02/2024 Date Completed: 10/4/2024

Saving a captured fey lord with nobody but a winter fey who you're pretty sure hates you as your ally? James had definitely imagined a different holiday, but this is the one he's getting. *** After a humiliating experience involving a guy and a rejection, all anxious, nineteen-year-old James wanted was to disappear from his small, tight-knit community. He almost gets exactly what he wanted when he wanders too far into the woods and stumbles on an ancient prison-an ominous place that holds a powerful spring fey captive. In the course of a night, James finds out that not only the supernatural is all real but also that they desperately need him. Only James possesses the magic to reach the spring fey's prison realm and free him. Can he do it, however? James isn't so sure. Choosing him as a 'hero' sounded like a cruel joke, and most supernaturals didn't seem to have much faith, either. With nobody expect a stern winter fey who was assigned to teach and protect him at his side, James has to save the spring fey against all odds. Somehow.