"G-get the hell away from me!" I yelled at the monster before me. It didn't budge, only stared at me with it's hypnotizing gaze. I was terrified, but I couldn't move. It was doing this, making my feet lead and my mind crazy. It looked like a normal white wolf, but it was huge. It moved closer. I whimpered as it stepped forward again. It was only a foot away now. It started to stand, and I shut my eyes; I was done for. I felt a huff of hot breath that left a lingering scent of fresh rain. A sob escaped me, and the tears on my face turned cold quickly. "Open your eyes." A male voice said. I felt another hot breath on my face, and I opened my eyes. I couldn't stop shaking.

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