Bad boy, introverted nerd. Two boys, one Biology project. When a Biology project forces Ryder and Nathan together, an unexpected bond forms between them. But there's more to this than meets the eye. It's cliché, really. Typical bad boy x nerd. But perhaps it's different than your average bxb story? Only one way to find out! ~ WARNING: ✨Pure 100% Organic wholesome stuff✨ (Note: this book contains NO sexual scenes/smut but has a considerable amount of swearing.) ~ STORY IS 35 PARTS LONG (everything else is extra stuff) ~ MILESTONES! #1 in #boyxboyromance [23/9/21] #2 in #lgbtlove [15/10/21] #2 in #questioning [28/10/21] #2 in #wholesome [6/11/21] #3 in #nerd [4/6/22] #2 in #pride2021 [20/9/22] Story: babbleduck Editor-in-chief: girlsandgaysOnLy Cover drawn by girlsandgaysOnLy

Since he was young, Khaydel De Luna vowed to his parents that he would do everything to achieve the dreams that they wanted for him. With the pen and paper on his hand, he would do all the things to pave a way towards his dream to be one of the top journalists of the country. He would do all the tasks just to be the headline of his own scoop. He thought everything was as serene and peaceful as the calm waves, but, it wasn't. It was just the calm before the storm. Like a strong typhoon, someone barged inside his perimeter. With the gun and piercing gaze, the man was owning, Khaydel knew it wasn't good news. He knew that he should start building walls and burning bridges, but he found his defenses collapsing like dominoes. With the tension rising between the two of them, Khaydel knew that he should think of a better strategy to defend his heart from further damages. Would he fight for his beliefs inside the battle of heart? Or would he surrender himself to the man as they conquer each other's territory?

Raiv Aldrick San Jose, a straight-A student meets the school's all time playboy, Evander Mattias Arguello. Will these differences be a hindrance to them? Or will it be the piece of a puzzle they are both ought to solve?

Gael once saw the sunset as a painful reminder of the parents he lost, but when fate brought Rivenn back into his life as his FUBU, those sunsets slowly became less painful. What started as a fake relationship to escape an arranged marriage slowly became something deeper.

Keiran was the shore beneath the rain, standing quietly through every storm while hiding the pain he carried inside. Then Ferro came like a break in the storm, showing him that not every rain was meant to hurt, and some could lead him home.

Kaius had buried his dreams under the shadow of his father's praise for someone else, and his despair slowly turned into anger toward Aethon, whom he believed had taken away his chance to be seen. Yet fate would make his greatest rival the only person who could truly see him.

Rence and Lian were caught in tides of pain, secrets, and fear, never knowing where life would take them. But whenever they were together, everything felt calm, and in each other, they found the comfort that felt like home.

Aleksander Volkov (29) is a self-made billionaire with a mysterious past, running a powerful media-tech empire. Though the world sees him as cold, distant, and perfect, behind closed doors, he's isolated, touch-starved, and bored of the luxury life. Daniel Cruz (17), a final-year high school student, is bright, witty, emotionally mature, and breathtakingly beautiful in a soft, ethereal way. He's openly gay, supported by his easygoing parents who adore him, even if they don't fully understand him. Their lives collide when Daniel is accepted into an elite youth art mentorship run by Aleksander's foundation. A spark ignites instantly-but both know the age difference, power imbalance, and looming judgment make things complicated.

When cold-hearted CEO Leonardo Blackwell's only light is his five-year-old son, he never expects a chance encounter at the mall to change everything. Max, still heartbroken over his mother's sudden departure, finds comfort in a soft-spoken stranger-Emery Vale, a beautiful young man who looks eerily like the woman who left them. Desperate to soothe his son, Leo tracks Emery down and offers him a job as Max's live-in nanny. Emery, battling his own struggles and a life-threatening illness, reluctantly accepts-unaware that this decision will entangle him in a world of secrets, luxury, and dangerously growing feelings. But as Leo's cold walls begin to melt under Emery's gentle touch, old flames reignite-Vanessa, the ex-wife who once used him, returns to claim what was never hers. With public scandal, emotional wounds, and a viral photo that threatens to unravel it all, Leo must decide: will he fight for the man who taught him how to feel again, or lose him to the chaos?

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