student!luke and teacher!michael have some pretty big problems.

"See, I told you he likes boys."

"Destiny doesn't always go to plan and it's okay not to know where to go from where you are now. Everyone gets lost sometimes and looking for your way out can be a lot harder than it seems." {soulmate au}

all michael wanted for christmas was for his best friend to come to life. {holiday au} copyright 2015©HEAVYDIRTYSOULED

a story in which a prince falls hopelessly in love with a slave boy {finished 9/9/15}

Six years away. You would think your best friend would be happy you're back home. ☹☼

Luke Hemmings had been neighbors with Michael Clifford for as long as he could remember. Playing outside in the warm California air, having late night conversations through their windows that were right across from one another. It was everything a child could want at the age of 11. Michael had been traveling the country with his family for the past five years for his fathers business. The Clifford's still owned the house right next door to the Hemmings. Now both boys being 16. Michael's parents wanting him to finish up high school in the city he grew up in. You could say when Luke found out he was ecstatic. Finally getting see that his best friend Michael Clifford was moving back. Little did he know he was in for a big surprise. [vaguely based off the book Lola and the boy next door by Stephanie Perkins. ]

"I then realized that I really loved the feeling of Luke's lips against mine, and I really loved making out with him in the back of the tattoo shop, with only a curtain to hide us from everyone else, and the soft sound of The Paper Kites playing in the background. And more importantly, I realized that I loved Luke." // © gayboymichael, 2014-2015. Completed. Translations in my first reading list.

the one with the modern-day secret admirer and the unknown sexual tension.

"Why do you always wear that mask?" Luke asked. The boy shook his head stubbornly. What Luke didn't realize was -- behind that mask. the boy was crying.