Bruce hears whispers about Jerome, of course he does, but that doesn't stop him from noticing that he looks really cute and develops a crush on him. Jerome also thinks Bruce is pretty cute but doesn't accept the fact he's also growing a crush on him too. He makes the first move though when he gets tiered of just looking and acting like a friend. He wants to be more and finds out Bruce wants the same.

*COMPLETED* 1979. After Tommy helps his cousin Jesse and his boyfriend escape the religious and homophobic town Evanston in Utah, his parents send him to conversation therapy, thinking he too is interested in the same gender. Without much arguing, Tommy agrees, thinking he will just spend three months of his life away from school, coming out the same, because he is, in fact, only interested in girls. But when he arrives and meets Kenneth, a boy he remembers from his school, things start to change and Tommy realizes, that he may not leave this place being the same after all. Sidestory to Loving the Sin, can be a Standalone Rankings! #2 1970s 26/08/20 #3 conversiontherapy 20/08/20 #1 church 25/11/20 #1 gayrights 27/11/20

Lucas Sawyer has gotten used to being forgotten. His twin brother Mark, captain and star quarterback, everyone's favorite, gets the spotlight. Lucas doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't go to parties. His life is safe and logical, and that's exactly how he likes it. But when his brother's football rival and worst enemy, Damien Castillo, starts work at the same small bakery, everything changes. Damien is Lucas' worst nightmare: an arrogant heartbreaker with a bad reputation, who threatens to ruin all his careful plans. Lucas hates him. Right? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This story was inspired by @hipstateasee's "Knight", and I have her permission. All credit to her for the great premise!

COMPLETED [boyxboy] Mason Maloney has lived his whole life in the shadow of his twin brother, Nathan, star quarterback of the football team. While Nathan impresses everyone in town with his athleticism, Mason spends his afternoons working at the local bakery. His rather mundane life becomes more interesting when his brother's rival quarterback, Sam Knight, gets a job along side him at the bakery. The rivalry between their two schools should keep them apart, but does it? COVER BY: @Grand_ ~166k words

[Completed] Asher's life revolves around two things; being popular and his boyfriend, Danny. Unfortunately for Asher, these things don't really coincide, so he leads two completely separate lives. At school he is captain of the football team, he flirts with pretty girls and parties like there is no tomorrow, but that all changes when his boyfriend visits on the weekends. This jock thinks that he has the best of both worlds but things are changing and Asher's entire façade starts crumbling around him like a house in an earthquake. Will Asher be able to keep his boyfriend once he finds out all of the secrets he has been keeping, or will losing Danny be the price of popularity?

Isaac Harley is Eton's devilish delinquent, and Josiah Beckett's the pretentious prefect. At least, that's what the two have always presumed of each other, their true selves buried under a facade and hidden like a sin. Neither one would've ever guessed that all it took was one fateful night, one of hazy minds and absolute misery, for their masks to slip off. For them to strip each other completely bare--naked in body but more exposed in places unseen. Neither one intended for this night to happen--raw, wanton, burning hot. Neither one was prepared to touch the untouchable. 05.05.19 - 11.17.19