BALLBOY (MM)

RILEY ATTICUS is a prodigy.

He's taken the dancing world by storm, approaching a traditional sport, ballet, in an untraditional way. There isn't a soul in the dance world who doesn't know who he is, and that fame is beginning to leak into other worlds he doesn't know if he wants to be apart of.

Riley is still living under his parent's roof. Money's tight, and the only reason he's able to attend the prestigious Archwood University is because of his dance scholarship. His mom is unsupportive, overbearing, and passive-aggressive. Every jab and snipe she makes chips away, and Riley is worried there wont be anything left when she's done.

But he has a reputation on campus to uphold, as the gorgeous star athlete that seems to have a million friends, when in actuality he's an insecure mess with a boatload of mommy issues. He's never even had a boyfriend, let alone been on a date. And even with his twentieth birthday on the horizon, things don't look promising.

A chance group project leads him to be face to face with his university's basketball team captain. The dude is scary, all sharp edges and black clothes. He's intimidating and followed by a slew of rumors, ranging from 'on-the-run criminal' to 'mafia prince'. He's cold and standoffish someone Riley wants nothing to do with. But unfortunately for him, Santiago Moreńo has his sights set on the pretty ballet dancer.

Santiago Moreńo setting his sights on you means you might as well be dead. He stops at nothing to get whatever he wants, and Riley is no exception. He's prey being hunted by the largest predator around. Though it won't be easy to break down his walls. Riley is damaged, jaded and reserved.

But Morenos' doesn't know how to quit. And Riley Atticus will bear the Moreńo name.