ESCAPISM
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Better Sorry than Safe by EdenY_
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Every Tuesday during football practice, sixteen year old Sem Bolton finds himself stealing glances at the gorgeous college boy jogging down the path next to the fields. He was his dirty little secret. His guilty pleasure. His unobtainable fantasy: safe and distant on the other side of the chainlink fence. Then, through a series of unpleasant events including being forced on a camping trip, it turns out his unobtainable fantasy is not so unobtainable after all. Not only is gorgeous college boy gay as well, he also wants to date Sem. Now, Sem was never one to play it safe. But outing himself was in a whole different league than testing his mother's patience or taking hits in the boxing ring. Was he really ready to date a guy, all consequences included? As if internal struggles weren't enough, count on girls, friends, and an estranged brother, to complicate stuff even further. Photo on the cover by: https://unsplash.com/@nickkarvounis
Camping Trip by LilyAnnaLace
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Aiden's summer of quiet isolation is sabotaged by Lucas and his circle of jocks; the exact people Aiden took a job in the woods to avoid. Pestered by stupid jokes and needy campers, his plans to be ready for a musical audition by the end of the summer slips further and further away from reality. There's one person to blame; one person who seems like he'd accept Aiden one moment and laugh at him for having a dream the next. Doubt, misgivings and heartache disrupt his life, but give him a summer he'll never forget. Cover designed by @yukikoking_94!
Colour Blind ✓ by vee_ano
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Reed is quite content living in his black and white world. And then he meets Harry. - Copyright © 2015 Viano Oniomoh All rights reserved.
Knight by hipstateasee
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COMPLETED [boyxboy] Mason Maloney has lived his whole life in the shadow of his twin brother, Nathan, star quarterback of the football team. While Nathan impresses everyone in town with his athleticism, Mason spends his afternoons working at the local bakery. His rather mundane life becomes more interesting when his brother's rival quarterback, Sam Knight, gets a job along side him at the bakery. The rivalry between their two schools should keep them apart, but does it? COVER BY: @Grand_ ~166k words
The Lies That We Tell by emliarad
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❝𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬❞ When Quentin Adams realizes that his best friend wouldn't return to his feelings, he knows that it's time to move on. The new handsome student with attitude problems should be the last person to help with that but it doesn't stop him from being with him. Together they start something that means more to him than he ever thought was possible. Theodore Peterson has always been sure that he's straight. Being raised by a homophobic father, he knows that getting involved with Quentin wasn't acceptable. Still, the past is hard to remember when all he could think about is that red-haired boy and the way he makes him feel.
Only to Feel This Fully [Completed] by ewwwdavid
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Charlie Holloway has great friends, good grades, a steady part-time job he actually likes, and athletic ability that makes him a star in two sports, but recently it's all felt rather hollow. However, when childhood friend Theo Broussard comes back into his life, Charlie is shaken out of a years-long daze that has left him coasting through his teenage years. Theo just happening to be the star player for his school's biggest rival and his first crush only complicates matters further. When things get difficult, Charlie finds himself forced to choose between his current life following the path of least resistance or a harder but possibly more fulfilling one. "Only to feel this fully, this entire, the way snow touched bare skin & is suddenly, no longer snow" -Ocean Vuong, "Devotion" from Night Sky with Exit Wounds [Re-edited 4/18/20]
Pictures of Us by Twoony
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In order to help his best friend confess, Mylo agrees to also confess to his so-called crush. Surprisingly, he now finds himself in an unexpected relationship with Jace Cuevas, a guy he always thought to be straight. With Jace having a plethora of ex-girlfriends, Mylo isn't so sure if he should trust him especially when he has no idea why Jace agreed to date him in the first place. Jealousy, ex-girlfriend's, horrible communication, and mysterious phone calls, Jace and Mylo find themselves delving into a summer romance that neither of them expected to be so serious. Warning: These characters act like real people. They make mistakes that they'll regret. If you can't handle people making bad decisions while in mourning, this story isn't for you.
The Suburbs by Pixie022
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Kody leaves behind the bright lights of the city and moves to a small town in the suburbs, where his only choice is to adapt to the rainbows of monochrome and repetition. There, he meets Arlo Middleton, a boy fresh out of hospital. [Posted: May 2020]
Serial Dating ✓ by emporiums
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Milo Park is a serial romantic with an addiction to online dating. Lee Asano is the barista stuck taking the orders of every date Milo reels in. It wouldn't be an issue if Milo wasn't such a hot topic-star running back for the USFC football team as a freshmen, member of the most iconic fraternity at USFC, and general campus heartthrob. When Milo convinces Lee to be his gym buddy, it sounds and feels like the friend zone. But who knew the #GymLife was so gay anyway? Certainly not Lee.