COMPLETED [boyxboy] After his religious mother kicks him out for being gay, Elijah Ellis moves in with his father, where his step-mother, step-brother, and half-sister also welcome him. Elijah aspires to continue doing what he loves and play hockey for his new school, but his past hookup with the closeted hockey captain, Fox Ridley, complicates things. While Elijah just wants to get through the season unscathed, Fox is hellbent on hating him. Elijah is unsure whether he will ever overcome Fox's hatred, or if he will remain on thin ice. ~171k words

Adam Graham knew two things. One: he had no interest in dating or hooking up with anyone. Two: Reid Sanchez was very pretty. Adam had always been a certain way. He found interest in nobody and he liked that. He'd seen the effort and drama that came from relationships and he knew it wasn't worth forcing himself through that when he never found someone he wanted to do it for. When he meets Reid he starts to realize a lot of things about himself. Starting with the reason why he never felt attraction towards anyone before. ⚠️CW: emotional and physical abuse, depression, suicide, addiction, sexual assault, panic attacks {book 3 in Crossing Lines series}