The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who reunite at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating apples on the riverbank. A lot has changed in the six years since they saw each other. One thing is still the same: the longing for each other's company. But aren't the objects of our yearning so much easier to encounter in the imagination than when they're standing in front of us? GENRE: literary fiction, queer romance TROPES: second chance romance, friends to lovers, mutual pining COMP TITLES: A Little Life, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Call Me By Your Name, basically Wolfstar Muggle AU featured in Ambassador Reads featured in Ambassador Recommendations: Living Beyond Labels Dec 24 featured in Ambassadors: Slice of life featured in ContemporaryLit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in ContemporaryLit: LGBTQ+ Contemporary featured in ContemporaryLit: Literary Fiction featured in lgbtq: ManxMan (NA/Adult Fiction) featured in FreeTheLGBT: Diverse Literature featured in WattpadLitFic: Novels featured in WattpadMulticultural: September 2023 Reads of the Month

Boys with bone diseases shouldn't race motorcycles. ⋆☆⋆ Asher Delrov knows he's fragile. He's known this since his diagnosis in infancy with osteogenesis imperfecta: imperfect bones. When racing offers him all the freedom, confidence and adventure he grew up without, the young prodigy doesn't hesitate to win competitions and break records under the watchful, loving eyes of the general public. But is a boy so fragile ever meant to fly? ⋆☆⋆ [ Featured on @TeenFiction | The Full Spectrum | October 2021 ] [ Stand-alone. Completed. Word Count: 60K - 75K ]

"remember you'll die," she whispered before taking a drag of her cigarette. at least, i thought, in the end i'll die by your side. •••• after bumping into each other at a party or two, opal and liv - despite all teenage awkwardness - start to form a relationship. as the end of senior year approaches, the two must face the cusp of adulthood and the coming of real things on the horizon. the only question is will they face it together, or wind up facing it alone?

[ impermanence ] • noun - the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ➸ 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭/𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬

[bxb, gxg] When Reid Edwards is shoved into a locker by his bully on the last day of high school, 1970, he certainly doesn't expect to tumble straight into a room containing the high school's three oddballs. What ensues is a carefree summer full of drinking, dreaming, and watching the stars. But as Reid grows closer to the three of them, Art in particular, he's caught between his religious home life and the quickly snowballing gay rights movement that his new friends are determined to be a part of. ✶ featured on the teenfiction the full spectrum reading list ! ✶ featured on the generalfiction freestyle fiction reading list ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the andromeda awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the campfire awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the oscar awards ! ✶ third place for romance in the mystical awards !

a story where two boys meet at boarding school.

Sol Juarez has been obsessed with Valentine's Day for as long as they can remember; between the roses, the heartfelt confessions and the pretty cards - the disgustingly sweet day is practically begging for their attention. Every February, the school buzzes with cute notes and secret admirers, and Sol wants nothing more than to be a part of it. October Lee and Sol Juarez complement each other. Ride-or-dies since middle school, they spend more time getting into trouble than they spend in school. So when the annual Valentine's Day Soiree rolls around again, and Sol finds Lee catching their eye more often than not, what's a little more trouble? --- ♡ co-written with @-hayle-

Sometimes you feel gray, empty and numb and dull. And sometimes you feel red, bold and anxious and full of emotion. Too bad they're both terrible. What would the world be like if you only saw in black and white, and as soon as you meet your soulmate, everything turns colorful? This is a short story about two people in that world. Trigger warnings: signs of depression, actions of a depressed person.

It was dark out. Rainy. But it wasn't odd. Not many people were at his funeral. No one cried. WARNINGS: suicide, may trigger some people, the last couple chapters choked me up, so yeah. Sadnesssss. DISCLAIMER: This book was made from the top of my head, entirely fictional, and I DO NOT OWN MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. They are simply a band I enjoy, I am not gaining any type of money from this story, or any one else. Everyone in this story is fictional and are my characters that I have created. Any name or physical resemblance is a complete coincidence. Thank you.