Noah Hale has always known who he is. He's loud, dramatic, unapologetically himself, and somehow still exhausted by the world every single day. Coming out hasn't made his life easier, but he refuses to shrink himself for anyone. Asher Reeves has never been good at handling things, especially his own feelings... He's quiet, anxious, and constantly too stuck in his own head to know what's going on around him. Asher Reeves also happens to be the older brother of Noah's best friend. Although they've seen each other plenty of times over the years, they never really knew each other. One party changes everything. Noah was drunk. Asher was not. Noah didn't mean to kiss Asher. Asher definitely did not mean to kiss him back. Now Noah remembers nothing. And Asher remembers every second. In order to preserve the miniscule friendship they have, Asher chooses to keep everything a secret, keep it in like he always does. The closer they get, the harder it becomes for Asher to pretend nothing happened. What happens when the one moment that you're trying to forget is the one thing you can't escape?

As always, one kiss changed everything. ... Shortys entry

Florian is dealing with a lot. He knows that, but it's not something he wants to hold him back. Being away from the people he calls his family may be hard, but he has his ways of dealing with it. Maybe they're unhealthy, but it's not like he cares. He has more important things to worry about than himself, and it's not like anyone's going to stop and ask him if he's okay. But it's fine. He's used to it by now. If anyone was going to care, they would have done so a long time ago. Orel's life is perfect, or at least that's what it looks like on the surface. He has a girlfriend, a lab partner that doesn't hate him, and at least he's not being pushed around by the football guys like he was in school. But when paperwork is lost and he's forced to share a room, he finds his personal space invaded by someone who won't even tell him why he hates him. Flo doesn't like sharing his space. Orel likes it even less. But when they're pushed together against their wills, will they see that they're not actually that different? That, despite everything they're going through, they can build something together? Or will it all come crumbling down?

Nigel Padbury hasn't felt anything in years. Not really. He spends all of his time alone, or at least he did, until he's convinced to work as a stage hand for a musical at his university. Billy Simpson had a reputation. Everyone knew how good of an actor he was, but now he's nobody. He's desperate to build it up again, and that means auditioning for everything he can. Luckily for him, he's talented enough to get in the cast over and over again. Two boys. One on the stage, one off it. But when personalities collide, will the two of them be able to get past it? Or is something deeper going on that neither wants to admit? Something that will turn heads and break hearts.

Is love truly strong enough to survive all that denies it? Slipping away ~ a short story about love, discovery, and trying to let go of someone that was never yours to love in the first place -- [Shortys 2026]

Content to live in his superstar twin's shadow, Evan Reed never expected to join the volleyball team-or fall for his brother's best friend. But one accidental collision sets off a whirlwind of spikes, secrets, and unexpected feelings that just might pull him into the spotlight for good. *** Evan has spent his entire life living in the shadow of his twin brother and volleyball prodigy, Ethan Reed. And to be honest? He likes it there. No expectations, no pressure, just quiet. That is, until one day he trips and falls into a boy, and subsequently triggers a highly dramatic series of events that starts with him reluctantly joining the volleyball team, and ends with him dating his brother's best friend. (And unfortunately, after all of it, he's still on the volleyball team.) *** NOW COMPLETED

Oscar Cross has spent most of his life being told he's too much. Too particular. Too honest. Too intense. Too difficult to understand. At nineteen, he's grown used to people keeping their distance and has mostly stopped expecting anything different. Kiho Moon has spent most of his teen years with too much on his shoulders. Too many responsibilities. Too many things to worry about. One too many people depend on him for him to waste time worrying about himself. Oscar has more love to give than he knows what to do with. Kiho has never learned how to let anyone give him any. When the two unexpectedly find their lives becoming tangled together, neither of them is prepared for what starts as an unlikely friendship to become something neither had made room for. Oscar has spent years believing that being loved means being tolerated. Kiho has spent years believing that being loved means being useful. Maybe they're both wrong.