[bxb, gxg] When Reid Edwards is shoved into a locker by his bully on the last day of high school, 1970, he certainly doesn't expect to tumble straight into a room containing the high school's three oddballs. What ensues is a carefree summer full of drinking, dreaming, and watching the stars. But as Reid grows closer to the three of them, Art in particular, he's caught between his religious home life and the quickly snowballing gay rights movement that his new friends are determined to be a part of. ✶ featured on the teenfiction the full spectrum reading list ! ✶ featured on the generalfiction freestyle fiction reading list ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the andromeda awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the campfire awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the oscar awards ! ✶ third place for romance in the mystical awards !

// Best YA Romance in the Romance Fiction Awards 2021// Thrill Hawthorne, keeping up to his name, lives his life on the edge. Or so people think. Ignatius Rookwood is the darling son and the sole male heir to a gigantic business corporation. Or so people think. One ill-fated night, one drunken exchange, leads their life down a messy spiral of lawsuits, car races, betrayals, greasy burgers and stolen kisses under the moonlight. As a whole new world opens up to Ignatius, Thrill is forced to face the demons of his past. But perhaps romance can bloom alongside their rivalry, perhaps it can't. Either way, paving the way through a society pitted against them is the journey of a lifetime. And at the end of the day, standing akimbo to one's fears only needs a hint of courage and the right kind of people by one's side... (boyxboy) ~ shortlisted in the Fall Awards 2021 ~ shortlisted in the Contemporary Romance Awards 2022 🏆 featured by the official Teen Fiction account 🏆 featured by YA Romance 🏆 featured by the official General Fiction account 🏆 featured by Wattpad India ... #1 in Teen Fiction #1 in Free the LGBT #3 in Romance #1 in boyxboy #1 in lgbtqIN #1 in TaygetstheGay #2 in bisexual #6 in LGBTQ #10 in love

Imani was just supposed to make sure that the lost dog got home safely, come back, and pretend like the mere thought of the owner with doe eyes and an armful of tattoos didn't make her question her entire belief system. Sounds simple enough...right? It isn't. (onc prompt #69 | when music becomes a way to communicate no words could compare)