It's tough, being best friends with the person you love. Especially if the feeling is... mutual? Wait, what? Truly, neither Mason Byrd nor Cody O'Neill wanted to be just friends. It's just that Cody was fast in the swimming pool but not so much when it came to realising feelings, and Mason was terrified of losing their friendship. Enter Mason's brother asking one stupid question during a college drinking game, and that fear might well become reality. With Mason making terrible panicked decisions to continue hiding his love, and Cody repressing his newfound 'unrequited' crush to focus on his swimming career, one thing's certain: getting where they both wanted to be won't be easy.

Disgraced honor student, Nico Gray-Gomez, falls from top of the class to bottom of the food chain. He has a disastrous plan to reclaim his academic status, but just how low is he willing to go to claw his way back up? • • ● • • Nico has been demoted to the lowest class in school. In an attempt to put himself back on top, he forms a ragtag group of brilliant idiots to go against the academic elites. Soon enough, it becomes a cutthroat competition between honor students and motley misfits -- book smarts versus street smarts, brains versus bravado. It's already gearing up to be a disastrous senior year. And on top of that, Nico also begins to question his sexuality, his relationship with his best friend Mack Porter, and his feelings for the new kid Chipp Rivera. Grab a seat and mind the chaos. Disaster Class is in session. • • ● • • 𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 【↺】

Only one lesson from high school is considered completely irrefutable: football players and basketball players do not get along. Jordan Wolf is the quarterback of the football team. Chase Jackson the captain of the basketball team. They're the spearheads of their school's football-basketball rivalry, constantly butting heads. After enough almost-incidents, however, the principal lays down the law: they must learn to tolerate each other, or both of them will be kicked off their teams. Initially, both boys are certain that the year won't end without another fight. But is it really all hate between them? One additional bonus chapter available on the Lacey Grace Library.

Tyler Andrews is the best wrestler at his club. He's also one of the most popular guys at school, and has no trouble hooking up with attractive guys every Friday night. When his club is attends a tournament- their biggest yet- Tyler is quickly considered to be one of the two favourites to win the whole thing. The other is a smaller boy named Leo- who wears a mask constantly. Leo's ability in the ring may or may not be dramatized by the black mask he never seems to take off, and the lack of an explanation for the other wrestlers- but could Leo threaten Tyler's chances at victory in more than one way?

Alaric Serafino has a secret. He is one the last of his kind, probably the last one. He had run away from his palace in his early hundreds and lived life like a human. Or at least tried to. Each time, someone would catch his eye and he would live with them, only to realise that true love wasn't his thing. Kevin Pallis is trying to graduate. He had to repeat his last year twice and this was his last attempt. He had a secret, but nothing quite major. It's just that he was asexual. Yeah, no sex. What happens when Kevin catches Alaric's eye and he tries to seduce him? Will Kevin blurt out his secret first or will Alaric? --- #4 in fluid [27/08/20]

Sebastian Shaw had a secret. Not a very scandalous one that would make people gasp in horror and want to keel over but it was a secret nonetheless. Sebastian Shaw liked boys. So as he was trying to come to terms with himself, he met someone who was nothing less than an enigma and that was the first step towards acceptance.

Beware the Cloud Barrier where Thunders soar on skeletals. When former bullied prep student Alex Harlington, gets hold of a pair of switchblades, he learns bravery comes in many different forms. He takes on the role of protector against Thunders, to his new found family in Cloud Association.

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 For bipolar fifteen-year-old Aaron, growing up in '90s Dublin, being gay is a choice. It is a choice between risking alienation from his conservative Catholic family and close-minded friends or drowning under the weight of his secrets. So discovering he is falling in love with his witty, bi-racial best friend, Robbie, an aspiring actor, plunges Aaron into a sea of confusion. Swimming against the tide of expectations, the young men set a course through sex, drugs and Bowie concerts, an outlet from a world that doesn't understand them. But weighted under the pressure of maintaining a double life, Aaron sinks into a deep depression. When a shocking incident puts his life in perspective, Aaron must decide whether staying silent and invisible is worth losing the only love he has ever known for. 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀: @nonfiction (Memoirs/Sex, love and relationships/ Mental Health and Awareness/ Self-discovery) @DangerousLove (Hot Nerds, Rockstars & Musicians) @AmbassadorsUK (Very British Teens) @Romance (Young Love) @YA (Love, Actually) @beauty (Feel Good Stories) @GeneralFiction (Freestyle Fiction-Miscellaneous/ Finding Love-Romance) @PsychologicalNovel (Triggering Romance) @ProfileMentalHealth (Self Love) @NA (Let Me Share The Truth) @YARomance (A Diary of Everything) @TeenFiction (Teen Featured) @HistoricalFiction (Decade Fiction) @BullyingPrevention (LGBTQIAP+ Pride) @ComeSitWithUs (LGBTQIAP+ I Am Who I Am) @wattpadfriendsandfamily (Always with you) @FreeTheLGBT (Coming of Age)

Noah is a runaway who is busy keeping his emotions under control and his secrets close to his chest. Living rough on the streets, every day is a fight to survive, and his inner demons wreak havoc as he struggles to conquer them. Malik masquerades as a dumb jock so no one knows he dedicates hours to solve his brother's mysterious death. But behind his façade, his identity is a blur, and accepting himself is the hardest part. When they cross paths, they're thrown into a world full of schemes, lies, and...love. Love that forges them together as they fight their own battles. That is only if a band of thugs, a shady father figure, and Noah's life on the streets doesn't destroy them first. Featured on: @FreetheLGBT @NA @GeneralFiction @Wattcliches @ContemporaryLit 💢Awards: 2023 Amby's Diverse Lit Winner 💥 1st in Fiction: Milorate Laurels Awards 💥 1st in General Fiction: Shimmer Awards 💥 Sole LGBTQ winner: Ambassador African Awards 💥 2nd in LGBTQ: Aeryn Awards 💥 2nd in New Adult: Greek Script Awards 💥 3rd in Mystery: Aspirants Awards 💥 3rd in Romance: Better Days Awards 💥 3rd in General Fiction: Punk Rock Awards 💥 Wacky Writers Judges' pick for November 2020

*Formerly "Ratbags & Scallywags" now going through a revamp. Professional cover and re-release three weeks away.* Eyes to see. A heart to listen. Silence collides with chaos. Openly gay and attention-crazy Charlie Rascal doesn't mean to expose the secret of his quiet, broody classmate Aubrey Keats-who keeps his struggles as silent as the world around him. It was all in good fun, but this time, Charlie crosses a line that can't be brushed off with a little sass or dry wit. When rumours spread and high-school drama unfolds, Charlie finds himself chasing more than just redemption. He's drawn to the late-night conversations, the stolen glances across the classroom, and that magnetic pull neither can seem to resist. As their masks slip and leave them exposed, Aubrey and Charlie must decide: cover back up, or let themselves be seen-even heard-for who they really are.