Scott's staring again. He's been doing that a lot lately. Like a lot a lot. And that's just one of several items on Mitch's current list of Things That Are Odd About Scott. ---- Warning: Mature content

People were obsessed with millions of different things through their entire life, but only a few were obsessed with people. Scott Hoying was one of those people, but his obsession lasted through the years and only for one person. Mitch Grassi, his best friend since they were both eight years old, but Scott's obsession with his best friend had fatal tendencies no one knew about. Not even Mitch.

Scott, Mitch, and the 1990s gay scene - brought to the modern day in honor of Pride month. I began writing this during Pride month in 2017. The LGBTQ+ community's ongoing battle for equality has come so, so far, especially in the last 20 years. While there are a lot of factors that brought us to this point, one of the most significant, in my opinion, is the role the internet has played. It's allowed us to more easily connect with each other and has been perhaps the best vehicle for queer visibility since Gilbert Baker created the first Pride flag. It wasn't always like this. It was hard being young and queer in the 1990s, but that time period was pivotal; dusk was falling on what being queer had always been. It was the end of small pockets of queerness, of gay districts and questionable bars and kids not having anywhere to turn for help. After fighting hard for 50 years, advancing equality bit by bit, there's a very real fear that we may lose ground in the current political climate. In honor of #Pride2017, and as a reminder of why we need to keep fighting, I'm going to use the internet to take a jump to the left and time warp Scott, Mitch, and the gang back to the mid 90s. Only the wealthy had cell phones, the internet was rudimentary and haphazard, and the music was amazing. The experiences in this series will reflect experiences I personally had or that friends of mine had in the queer community during that time. This is more than a love story.

_____________________ Mitch Grassi, a timid, shy student with a dark past. After losing his mom, a number of obstacles occur in his life which hold him back from doing what he loves the most - singing. Will joining Martin High help him to come out of his shell? When he meets Scott Hoying, the son of Martin High's choir master, will he let him inside his mind? How will Scott help Mitch to overcome his fears? A story of sad memories, happy futures and falling in love. Mitch is torn between listening to his head and keeping his walls up, and listening to his heart and letting Scott save him. Which one will he choose? _____________________

"The only thing I've wanted my entire life was to die, to die, to die. But then -- by a twist of fate you found yourself onboard my dinky little ship and you flashed your stupid smile and you gave me the opposite," he tells me. "What's that?" I ask wearily. "You gave me a reason to live."

Scott Hoying - A US Army Soldier of six years, Staff Sargeant of 1st Battalion Cavalry Division. No fears, no feelings. Just fight and freedom. That is, until he comes across a small dark haired boy in a bar, and little does he know that Mitch Grassi will change his life from that moment on. The Army is a tough place when you have no feelings, but it's even worse when you have too many.

A cowboy and an artisan cheese maker. Two completely polar opposites who would never have met without a rodeo coming through town and a chance meeting. But never say never when it comes to Cupid's arrow finding its mark, especially when it comes to true love. A Scömìche story.

It's moving day and Mitch is in charge of all the arrangements. He's a little stressed about it.

"Their love as black and white as piano keys and permanent ink." -@ElusiveWyatt- -@toepeechufter- --Tysm @Kirstin_Fanacc for the cover ❤--

"Don't you understand? He's the bad guy, plain and simple!" "Plain and simple? Doesn't he have, like, an ulterior motive or something?" Avi stared at him with his red and green eyes so intensely that Mitch was afraid he'd catch on fire. "Ever seen Star Wars?" "Of course I have." Avi shoved the gun into his chest. "He's the dark side, and you are the light. Don't get the two mixed up." And then he was brushing past Mitch and barking an order at Kevin, and Mitch was left to stare at the foreign weapon in his hands, wondering how he'd gotten himself into this intergalactic mess in the first place. ✺ ptx/science fiction au