[LGBT+, Teen Fiction, Humor, Romance] There are only three things that Mycah Rhodes and Arden Fuller agree on. 1. Their mutual hatred for one another. 2. Their dislike for the fact that their parents are friends. 3. Their shared wish that they weren't stuck together for the summer. Cue a summer filled with friends, fighting and feelings.. what could possibly go wrong? [Part 1 published: 1st March 2018]

At first glance, nobody would be able to tell that Nathaniel Jean had a problem. Or second glance, or third, or fourth. After all, he had everything. He was a captain of his school's soccer team and one of the top players in the state. He had a big house and money to spend. He had family, he had friends, he had fun, he had faith. He never meant for it to happen. He never wanted to look at another man in the way he should have been looking at a woman. The idea had disgusted him for most of his life - living in a heavily Catholic town with heavily Catholic parents, homophobia was the only response he knew. That didn't change when he first realized that he didn't like girls. No, Nathaniel Jean was still homophobic. He hated the idea of a man sleeping with another man. He was raised on the notion that all gays went to hell, and he believed it. He despised them, and so he despised himself. Nathaniel Jean was more fortunate than most, because help did arrive for him. Help by the name of Lucas Morgan, they boy he'd always known but never known. The boy with big dreams and bigger talent. The boy that changed Nathaniel's life over the course of their thirty-six week long senior year.

After a tragic accident tears apart their friendship group, once best friends Kenji and Darian have never gotten along. Kenji thinks Darian is a goon who has nothing better to do than cause trouble and terrorize others. Darian, on the other hand, has secretly been in love with Kenji for as long as he can remember, but he has a funny way of showing it. It all changes when they are thrust back into each other's lives, and while their old group is slowly reunited, there's definitely something beyond friendship growing between the boys. Suppressed desires surface and new feelings arise. Despite crippling fears, personal demons, lurking secrets, a new nemesis, and their own tainted history, the attraction is undeniable. As Kenji and Darian fall in too deep, the pair must endure the consequences that accompany loving a goon. * A THREE-PART GAY ROMANCE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Copyright © 2016 October Silver. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of October Silver. * The visual image used in the cover art of this story along with all multimedia are the sole property of their respective owners. * Completed * Warning for strong language, crude humor, and explicit sexual content. * Posted: February 24, 2016 Completed: June 24, 2018