The 12 Days of XXX-mas is a collection of twelve one shots each written by a different troyler fanfiction author. Starting on christmas day, a one shot will be posted daily for the twelve days following christmas as a little gift from the author's of some of your favorite troyler fanfiction. Each day an author will be revealed as their one shot is posted until all twelve are public. Merry Christmas to all and we wish you a smutty holidays. ;) Disclaimer: Because each one shot is written by a separate author, the choice to add disclaimers or warnings is theirs and theirs alone. All Author's Notes are also by the author of that one shot unless otherwise stated and do not necessarily represent the group as a whole.

What if you could hear them? The thoughts they deigned not reasonable enough to say out loud, the things not suitable for even a giggly teenage gossip conversation. Would it be a blessing or a curse? Troye, the unlucky teenager bestowed with this 'gift', thinks of it as a curse, with good reason. Do you know how hard it is to keep a relationship with someone when you know exactly what they think of you? Impossible. It's impossible. Or at least that's what Troye thinks, considering he's given up on even trying to make it work. He's different, people shun different. People hate different. And it's better to go under the radar, to be nothing, than to be hated. Right? Tyler, on the other hand, has taken a different approach to a similar problem. No, he can't 'read minds', but he does have a part of himself he doesn't want a soul to know about. He's quarterback, every girl's dream guy, an academic mastermind, and he's also gay. He's seen how different kids get treated, hell, he's been the one to treat them that way before. Why on Earth would he ever wish that on himself? No, it's easier to hide, to be someone you're not, than to be hated. Right?