OFF LIMITS
He was the golden boy. I was the art geek. Our love was a forbidden masterpiece... until he shattered the canvas.
Zee Pruk Panich is the university's champion swimmer,a god on campus and an heartless playboy with a messy backstory carved from arrogance and privilege. His life is a perfectly curated performance of victory and control, dictated by a ruthless father. Until he meets Nunew.
Nunew Chawarin is a fiery, brilliant art student who sees the world in colors and chaos. He isn't impressed by Zee's trophies or his smoldering looks. He sees the trapped, anxious boy underneath the perfect facade, and he isn't afraid to call him out on it.
Their worlds collide with explosive force when a university program forcibly pairs them together. What starts as a battle of wills-a clash of discipline against creativity, rules against rebellion-ignites into a passionate, secret affair. In the dark of an abandoned art studio, Zee discovers a freedom he never knew existed, while Nunew finds a muse in the most unlikely of places.
But their forbidden love cannot stay hidden forever. As pressure from Zee's family mounts and a vicious rumor mill grinds them down, their fragile trust begins to crack. Betrayed by lies and his own deep-seated fears, Zee makes a catastrophic mistake, publicly humiliating Nunew and breaking his heart.
Shattered and alone, Nunew tries to move on, finding solace in the kind and stable arms of a new student, but Zee is drowning in the wreckage of his own choices. He's molded by Nunew, broken by his loss, and now, he'll do anything to win him back.
Note that this is purely a work of fiction and it does not relate to any of the characters in real life and No hate intended
When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart.
*****
Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive.
Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence.
[#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]