I Like Soccer Balls?
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Last published Mon, Jul 28, 2025
Theo and Leonardo have been inseparable since fifth grade-surviving COVID, middle school, the brutal NYC high school application process, and tireless soccer pre-seasons together. Now, as they gear up for junior year, everything feels steady... until it doesn't.
Leonardo is the effortlessly charming soccer star-always at parties, always with someone new. Theo is the quiet kid on the team, sticking mostly to his band friends at school. But after a spur-of-the-moment "practice kiss," Theo can't ignore the feelings he's tried to bury. And Leo? He's been hiding his own for years.
Caught between fear and desire, friendship and something more, the two boys must decide: are they willing to risk everything, and more importantly, everyone's judgment, for a shot at something real?
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