COMPLETED [boyxboy] Wren Ridley is always two steps ahead of everyone, or so he thinks. His life seems out of his control when he starts having feelings for someone he knows he shouldn't, someone who he's better off avoiding at all costs.
Landon Reilly is still trying to figure himself out. After coming out to his parents and nearly getting sent away to conversion therapy, he finds it hard to get close to anyone. He's ice cold, closing himself off to anyone.
But when the two constantly bump into each other on their daily runs, avoiding each other becomes nearly impossible and the two are drawn to each other more than either will admit.
"On Thin Ice" spinoff. Can be read as a standalone, but contains "On Thin Ice" spoilers and will make more sense if you read that first.
Toby Wentworth's life is a clusterfuck. For a lot of reasons.
And one of them just happens to be the fact that he is very gay, and also so far in the closet that he's practically in Narnia.
But then there's this guy. This guy in his calculus class who winks at him.
And suddenly, they're partners for a project.
And Toby cannot stop thinking about him.
Toby does his best to balance school, work, relationships, and the biggest secret he's ever kept as life goes on. He does, honestly. He tries so very hard.
But things like drama, bizarre coincidences, and, of course, his crippling tendency to overthink have been making it difficult, and it's really not fair.
But Toby just cannot stop thinking about that boy. And there are times when he wants to hate himself because of it.
Sometimes, Toby's life sucks. He'll admit it. But as aggravating as the feeling of being just out of reach of a romance he desperately craves is, there's something... thrilling about it. Something that, no matter how many times he tries, cannot get him to stop this madness.
He's in trouble. Absolutely.
But maybe trouble can have its benefits.
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cover art by me!
Final chapter upload: 5/7/21
Word count: ~65k