Two Boys. One glitch: they never stopped wanting each other. One builds firewalls of denial around his heart, and the other? He breaches them with obsessive precision every time. Tyce McKinley just wants to hide behind his carefully curated wall of girls, alcohol, and work. Anything to be the perfect son for his mother. Anything to force those pesky feelings for his nerdy best friend into an encrypted box, with a password he doesn't even know. Grei Strafford threatens the safety of that box. If there's one thing he hates, it's seeing Tyce surrounded by women he knows Tyce doesn't like. Especially after their teens--and recently--he's certain Tyce is hiding behind a flimsy 'I'm not gay' patch. But...Grei Strafford also has his own dark little secrets. Secrets he's not so sure Tyce could handle. He's no longer the soft nerd Tyce probably fell in love with when they were younger. Not after what he had to become in order to survive. The question isn't "will they get together?"--but when will these two idiots stop orbiting each other and just solve their problems with the explosive crash of a hot makeout session? And also...can their relationship survive the tainted ropes of Grei's true identity and Tyce's mother's poisonous leash?

Mavin Keller has a plan: survive senior year, save for college, and never let anyone close again, until Sonnie Hale walks into his life. *** Mavin spends his days counting down the moments until he can finally leave his town behind, working long shifts and coming home to a house that never feels like home. He's learned to keep his head down and his heart quiet. But then he meets Sonnie - the boy with too much light in his eyes and bruises on his skin. After Mavin steps in to stop a group of bullies, he doesn't expect Sonnie to start showing up everywhere - in the hallways, after class, even online. What begins as awkward avoidance turns into late-night laughter, small rebellions, and a friendship that could bloom into something more. Something Sonnie wants. But Mavin is wary, because his past isn't done with him, especially Jaxx, the boy he once loved, the one who left him shattered. When old wounds resurface and truths come to light, Mavin must choose between staying safe in the dark or reaching for the boy who might finally make him feel seen.