𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙸𝚂 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝚂𝙴!! 𝙸𝚃𝚂 𝙶𝙰𝚈 𝙱𝚇𝙱 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 : 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 15 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.. 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭.. 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Malik Carter has always played it safe-honor roll student, future basketball star, and the golden boy of his small Atlanta neighborhood. But behind his confident exterior, he's hiding a truth only his family knows-Malik is intersex. He's spent his whole life trying to fit into the expectations placed on him, pushing down his doubts, his questions, and especially his feelings for boys. But when Khalil "Kai" Thompson moves back into town, bringing his effortless charm and rebellious energy, Malik starts to question everything. Between late-night freestyle sessions and stolen glances in the school hallways, Malik finds himself falling-hard. But in a world where masculinity is strictly defined, can Malik embrace all of who he is and still find love?

𝒂𝒎 𝒊 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉..? 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖.. 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕..

𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴? 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓. 𝐁𝐱𝐁.

𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐗𝐁. In this coming of age tale, a socially awkward young man struggles with coming to terms with his own sexuality while in the public eye, dealing with peer pressure, loss, and substance abuse along the way. © poppingtonn, 2017

This been on my mind ever since i started writing, so here it is-