Catharsis

- Leo West hates his life. His father is a drunkard whom he does his best to avoid, his brother is practically a stranger, and his friends treat him like dirt half the time. He's constantly excluded, and finds himself as the butt of most jokes. To him the future is everything, and now means nothing. But on the verge of collapse, Reese is there, with an offer that could light up his life, even if he doesn't like it. Suddenly the present holds so much possibility, and he's afraid to let it go. The question is, what is he willing to sacrifice for love?

- Reese Briar's mother has been a wreck ever since his father passed, and in the five years since, she hasn't truly recovered. Reese wants to make her feel again, even if it's just to hate him, so that his sister doesn't lose the youth he did. Then he devises the scheme to end all schemes: fake a relationship with a boy. Yet for his mother it'd be real, and the reaction could be unparalleled. But beneath all the flirts and the teasing, he never expected to have real feelings for this boy, and now he risks losing one of the greatest friends he's ever known.