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Crush
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Complete, First published Apr 10, 2023
Mature
Oliver Pierce and Asher Williams have known each other for years as their dads work together. Secretly, both young men have been crushing on each other yet, they each believe they don't stand a chance with the other and grow apart over the years. 

But then a chance does present itself. Asher is being transferred from a private school to Oliver's high school. After the school principal finds out the two of them have a history, he asks Oliver to be the one to show Asher around the school, even putting their schedules together so that they have the same classes.  

As the two of them rekindle a friendship that they thought they'd lost, it soon becomes obvious that their feelings for one another have never died. The more time they spend together, the stronger their feelings become. They both secretly want the friendship to morph into something more, something that they have only ever dreamed of ...

But the outside world is waiting for them .... Ready to keep them apart. Ready to throw obstacles at them. 

And ready to judge.
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The Boys From Hatley High

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    76 parts
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    Season 3
    9 parts
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