Richard and Carlton are childhood friends who haven't seen each other in five years after that embarrassing incident. Things are about to get awkward now that Carlton is the butler of the Preston family and Richard is the sole heir of the Preston-Astor Group, one the largest conglomerate in the world. --Completed 02/27/25 WATTYS SHORTLIST Ranking Milestones #1 boyxboy #1 bxb #1 lgtbt #1 gay

Sam has been hopelessly in love with Rick for as long as he can remember. Nine years older, guarded, and impossibly out of reach, Rick has always seen Sam as nothing more than a shy boy from the pack. But Sam has never been able to look away from him, even when loving Rick meant wanting someone who would never want him back. Rick knows a thing or two about hopeless love. Closeted all his life and still nursing the wounds of loving his straight best friend, Rick has buried every forbidden desire beneath discipline, duty, and his obsession with leading the pack team to victory. Love has only ever taught him restraint. Want has only ever brought him pain. Then a series of last-minute changes forces Rick to recruit Sam, now twenty, bold, flamboyant, and nothing like the quiet boy Rick remembers. Sam tests his patience. Tempts his control. Makes him feel things he thought he had buried for good. With the tournament only months away and their hearts caught in a game neither of them knows how to win, Rick must decide whether to keep playing safe-or risk everything for the one love he never saw coming.

Leroy Adkins is an underperformer. He barely graduated. He barely got a job, and he hardly socialized in his day-to-day life. Zachary Turner has been sick for as long as he can remember, and as he grows older the crushing realization that he never got to experience his youth or transition into a normal adult life starts to weigh on him. What happens when the two meet after a promise of cat cuddles, and the youthful giddiness of new romance and feelings bloom? They might just be a little too old for all of this.

~WATTYS SHORTLIST 2025~ Hunter Dannings was a young CEO who had given up on love. But when he met River Conyers, a single dad and bar owner, his life began to change. Being around River gave him hope, and being around his daughter, Melodie, let Hunter imagine creating the family he's always wanted. But River doesn't let people in easily. And falling for him puts Hunter at risk for more heartbreak than he's ever known. ----- "Thanks for bringing me home." "It's no problem," Hunter shrugged, crossing his arms against the bitter Toronto cold. "You did the same for me." "Yeah," River started in, but paused, fingers tightening around the doorknob. "Maybe I should return the favor." In two large steps, River stepped in front of Hunter. His breath left his lips in small clouds as he stared determinedly at Hunter's mouth. Hunter's body was confused. After battling the oncoming winter chill for so long, it was strange to suddenly have River in front of him, warming his skin from proximity alone. Fingertips tinged pink by the cold reached up, grabbing Hunter's jacket and using the fabric to pull the taller man down. "You were gone for so long and never reached out," River croaked, fists tightening around the fabric of Hunter's coat. "Never sent me a text or gave me a call." "I'm sorry." "Are you?" River's whispered words warmed Hunter's lips, teasing him with the promise of more. "Then prove it." __________________________________ Highest Rankings: #1 mxm/malexmale/manxman #1 gayness/unlimitedpride #1 parent/singleparent #1 nosmut #3 gay #3 lgbtlove/lgbtlovestory #4 gaylove #5 fallinginlove #7 bxblove #16 wattpride #35 lgbt #64 bxb #96 boyxboy #99 single-parent #136 lgbtq #200 BL Date Started: 02/02/2024 Date Completed: 10/4/2024

David Cross's life is complicated. He's a divorced, single father with a full-time job and a son who, although brilliant, is proving to be too much work for David to handle alone. After another nanny quits her job, unable to handle Leo and his antics he decides to hire someone different. Enter Mihail Turgenev, a young man with a tumultuous past and more baggage than David could imagine, desperate for a job. David is apprehensive about hiring someone so young and inexperienced but does it either way once it becomes apparent that his son has taken a liking to the strange young man with sad eyes. What David couldn't have predicted was that along with a nanny he would be getting so much more, as Mihail slowly but surely starts turning his life upside down.

Ryan Baker left New York City to care for his two-year-old nephew, but renovating homes with his brother's hunky best friend in their small Pennsylvania town wasn't part of the plan. Neither was falling in love. ***** When a devastating accident leaves his nephew parentless, 26-year-old Ryan doesn't hesitate to abandon his unsuccessful art career in New York to travel 300 miles to Windber, Pennsylvania. But once he arrives, Ryan quickly realizes he's in over his head. He doesn't know how to change a diaper, take care of a two-story house, or deal with his dead brother's face plastered on signs advertising his home renovation business all over town. The one saving grace is his brother's business partner. Unlike Ryan, Darren Reynolds is a pro at bath time and knows exactly how to soothe the baby. Ryan had always looked up to him, even as kids, the quiet jock with a gentle smile. But suddenly they're living and parenting together. All of Ryan's teenage fantasies come rushing back and Ryan must decide if he wants to renovate his life for a straight guy.

Tucker Conway is a self righteous lawyer, who has decided to dedicate his life to fight for justice, put criminals behind bars, and be the youngest District Attorney in the country. With a slight alcohol problem, and a large attitude problem- there are a lot of things that he despises. Callum Kaufman being one of them. Callum Kaufman, CEO of a multi-billion empire, gives the phrase 'rich and famous' a whole new definition. Used to always getting his way, imagine his dilemma when he runs into Tucker, a man that offers him nothing but disdain. With lives that are oceans apart, and ideologies even more so, read how Tuck and Cal collide. [mxm]

HR-19SS | Sammy Walcott is the loner boy. The boy with scars and bruises. The quiet lacrosse boy. Sammy doesn't have a problem being alone and everybody has come to know and respect this. That's until Elijah Gracia comes back to town. Being alone isn't possible anymore. Copyright © CriticallyIntense

Cameron White has never understood the appeal of a relationship: he much prefers his own company, or the company of a cigarette. When an incident one night turns everything upside down, Cameron finds his whole outlook changed, as well as reality as he knows it.

TW: This book has a lot of descriptions of abuse and because of how often it is, there are no trigger warnings at the beginning of chapters. Take this as a warning for the whole book. --- Samuel never thought that moving out of his childhood home would make such a drastic change in his life, at least it wasn't supposed to. When moving the last of his things in to his new home, he meets his upstairs neighbours: Taylor, and her boyfriend Benjamin. At first everything seemed normal, until Samuel begins to notice things about the couple that prove everything to not be quite as perfect as he first thought they were. ••• If you are reading this story on any other platform than Wattpad you are very likely to be at risk from a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe, form, please go to @-cynicaloptimism- on Wattpad. Thank you