Leonardo (Leo) Matteo Rossi - 19, gay, half Italian/half American-Italian, lives with his Mama, and her Mama (his Nonna) , his Mama's boyfriend of 7 years, and their 2 children - 3 year old twins - Alessandro Dante & Salvatore Rocco Rossi-Taylor. Is an only child of his parents. Wants to know more about his father's side of the family, and his father because he knows nothing about them. He decides to get himself a passport, and round trip plane tickets to visit Milan, Italy where his father and his family are from, and where he knows his father last lived. He meets his father and his father's family, and spends Christmas with them because that's when he was able to fly out to Milan because that's the time he had off from college, where he's taking classes to become an Accountant, and he has one more year for his bachelor's degree in this field. Meets a man in Milan, who he can't seem to forget about, and meets him again while out sightseeing with his paternal family in the city. Leonardo's also able to become pregnant.

Rye always wondered why he was different, it didn't seem like he belonged in any group and everybody else knew where they belonged. So he used lies, fake laughter and excessive porn to cover up. Blending in with friends and pretending to be who he isn't became the order of the day. Well, until he met Evan, the boy with bruises. He couldn't understand why he always shrunk 2 feet smaller whenever his eyes met with Evan. Why Evan was suddenly everywhere and why he laughed uncontrollably and didn't lie once in his presence. It felt like the love books and movies talked about, but it couldn't be because he wasn't gay. Gay was nails, colors and pencil jeans and he was none of that. Tried as much as he wanted but he couldn't stop the pull to Evan and what he wanted to clothe under the umbrella of friendship quickly blossomed into something else. Never had Rye seen himself putting his life on the line for someone... Well, meet Evan.

(MxM) The only thing Atticus could ever remember was the enormous shadow his siblings casted over him. In a family of greats, he was the exception. Constant pressure by his parents has left him the black sheep of the family. His jaded outlook on his skills is tested once he finds himself stuck in a pottery class forced onto him by his academic advisor. Ajaw finds his heart shattered after he's abruptly dumped by his girlfriend. His only safe haven is a little pottery club tucked at the far side of campus. Away from everyone else he finds peace in creating small pieces of ceramic art. Tensions are high as these two get to know each other, forced to be roommates during their time in univereiry, will their disdain for each other turn into something else? Started 12/8/24

Baylee James - 24, gay, quiet, works as an EMT-Paramedic and makes handmade candles with his Uncle Carlisle who raised him after his dad's (Bryce) death from Cancer. Doesn't remember his mama (April) because she died when he was 2 in a car crash in February of the year he was 2. His Uncle raised him from the time Baylee was thirteen until he graduated high school and left for EMT training. They are at a Christmas Festival selling their handmade candles when he meets Gage, and a few of his friends. Has 1 friend - Kyrian Jacobson.

Jasper Whalen wasn't looking for love. Sure, he had a few relationships here and there, but they had all been with girls, and for him that didn't count. He didn't think he'd ever fall in love, and he had begun to accept that. So imagine his surprise when he meets Gale Woods, a mute street violinist. Gale was everything he was not. Shy, hesitant, and sweet. Jasper wants to know Gale, but it's hard to when all Gale will do is push him away. For Jasper, it was love at first sight. For Gale, it was another risk. And Gale isn't a risk taker. After what happened in his past, Gale is reluctant to love someone. Gale struggles to fight his rising feelings for Jasper and move forward, but it becomes harder when important people from his past return, threatening the happiness he finally found. Gale doesn't want Jasper to know the truth about him, but sometimes you need to just speak up. But that's something that's very hard to do, especially when you can't speak at all.

Jason and Rosie have known each other since they were five years old, when Rosie moved in next door. The two were at odds almost immediately, fighting and betting over anything and anything, both of them desperate to best the other. They grew up side by side, hand in hand, and they each consider the other to be their best friend, despite constantly being at odds. And for the past few years or so, they've actually been more than just friends. Neither one of them know how it really happened, just that one drunk night led to something more, and it just kept going. Jason's never really put too much thought into their relationship, and sort of considered this thing that they do together to be just another layer of their friendship... That is, until Rosie got a girlfriend. ***WARNING WARNING THIS BOOK CONTAINS BOYXBOY GAY SEX*** ***IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THEN BE A BABE AND GET OFF MY PAGE*** This is once again going to be a fairly short story, not sure how short yet, much like one of my other books, The Fear of Falling Apart, which is only sixteen chapters!

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

He pops up in my mind more frequently than I'll admit. He's popular. He's three years older than me, a basketball star and a local hero. He's always the talk of the town. But he's changed, and there's something about Rowan that's different. He's got more secrets hidden away than I thought. And I never thought I'd stumble into one like this. * on hold while this is getting edited *

Lyric Matthews is a 16-year-old, young man who was kicked out of his home by his mum for being gay. His dad died when he was only six. He lives in abandoned homes until he is caught by the new owners of the home is currently staying at for the last two months. He had been beaten by a group of teens just before he was found. He is terrified of the new owners, and what these two men might do to him for being in the home. He is selectively mute due to the trauma in his life. Benjamin Clark is a 21-year-old, bisexual man who buys several homes to fix and then flip with his dad Xavier Clark. They find Lyric squatting in one of their newly bought homes, and is surprised at his instant attraction that he feels for the dirty, homeless, skinny boy, and he knows that this boy is afraid of him and his dad. Will Lyric and Benjamin become a couple, or is there another person out there for each of them?