After Dark

boyxboy College art student Jamison Parker struggles with getting close to anyone after trauma crippled his ability to reach out and connect with others both physically and emotionally. More interested in nature than people, he keeps his head down and tries to get through each day without giving up entirely. Classmate Elliot Astor is a trust funder that can't buy his way out of grief and secrets of his own. Spending his nights partying with his friends to forget, he drifts through days with little interest in chasing anything but the next distraction. After a chance meeting, they find themselves drawn increasingly close together, pushing the boundaries of their heartache and histories, and fighting for a future neither dared to envision. current word count: 262,048 -------- • trying to update once a month, if not sooner • some chapters are broken into multiple parts for ease of reading, as some chapters are over 16K words • I'm a very dialogue-heavy writer :) • this is a genuine slow burn ***Read with caution*** This story includes mature content and themes such as explicit sexual content, suicide, self-harm, abuse, violence, trauma, drug use, mental illness, death, extreme homophobia, slurs, cursing, etc. There is no SA, though Stats: #1 in anxietydisorder 10/22/25 #2 in bxbromance 02/02/26 #5 in loneliness 01/26/26 #6 in freethelgbt 01/26/26 #11 in gayboys 01/26/26 #17 in gay-sex 01/26/26 #18 in gayness 01/26/26 #34 in explicit 01/26/26

I'm Finn Vasco but that's not quite important right now. I'm a pretty sarcastic guy if I'm gonna be honest. I'm closed off and I literally only have one friend. I might hate everybody in my school... but there's this guy there. He's... let's say, dreamy, someone who I thought would never even acknowledge my existence. That guy who was too damn good to be true, who was too good for me, who was too good for... everybody! You get what I'm trying to say. He's that cliché king of the campus and a popular and attractive heartthrob and with just one wink, he can send people on their knees... That sounded so wrong, anyway. So can you blame me for being over the moon when one day, he approached me only to what? ...To ask for my help courting my freaking best friend. I knew it was stupid for me to hope I'd even have any chance with him anyway. So I just agreed to help him. Even if I was hurting myself and potentially my best friend in the process, my best friend who has been there with me through the thick and thins, I still did it... I mean what could go wrong besides literally everything? So my plan was to just set my crush and my best friend up, and then everything would be alright... right? But of course, life doesn't like it when people have it easy. *** Highest Ranking #2 on #lgbtfiction #5 on #boyxboy #6 on #gay #8 on #teenfiction *** ~ WARNING: This story contains strong language and bullying. If you're not a fan of LGBTQ+ stories or BXB stories, then this story is not for you. ~ If you're gonna plagiarize, you might as well just put your clown outfit on.

Growing up, Rue has always found his mother's rules strange. Rue was told never to take off the gloves while outside, and before a speck of new growth could grow on his head, his mother would dye the color brown. Rue loved her very much, but he always felt her behavior was unnatural, and never knew why. Until one day, Rue and his best friend are attacked by three teens who have been causing them trouble for years. When Rue's best friend is injured in front of him, a power Rue never knew he had awakened. Overwhelmed, Rue blanks out. When Rue finally regains consciousness, he saw that two of their attackers were gone along with most of their surroundings. When one of the teens managed to get away, he turned the entire town against Rue. Desperate to protect her son, Rue's mother forces him into an enchanted barrier to a world he never knew existed. A world where people were magical, and they flew alongside birds, fairies, and dragons. Rue's mother truly believed he would be safe there, but Rue quickly learned that was not the truth. *** This magical story is about adventure, survival, friendship, and discovering a love so strong that not even death can break it. - Important Book information 'No Place For Me' is 120,000 -150,000 K words | Copyrighted © 2020 So please be respectful and not copy my work, translate into another language or repost. If I find out, I will take legal actions. About the story This story does NOT include any sexual contents. It does have deaths, but never described in a morbid way and the story moves over it quickly so you are not left thinking about it. Fun stuff 💋 Highest Ratings #2 in romance - 10/26/21 #1 gay 10/27/21 🏳️‍🌈 #2 bxb 10/28/21 #5 boyxboy 10/28/21 #1 Journey #2 Journey #6 fantasyfiction 10/28/21 #15 fantasyfiction #25 lgbtq 10/29/21 🏳️‍🌈 #25 lgbt 10/29/21 🏳️‍🌈 #47 Fiction

Ben is a 22-year-old with anxiety issues and no idea what he wants to do with his life. Anthony is a college junior who knows exactly what he wants: to socialize with as few people as possible for the rest of *his* life. Ben wasn't looking for a mate. Anthony didn't *want* a mate, ever. But when his brother (and pack Alpha) Darius summons him home for the summer to help deal with his own mate issues, Fate has other plans. This is Book 1 of the Mountain Springs Series. Book 2 (On Purpose) is finished. Book 3 (Collision) is finished. Link to Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zc8QQEcSfmwqCGkLcsuGp?si=sRwoVI17TpueQJN-ltoypA "This story is criminally underrated, I loved it so much!! Thank you for writing it :) Fated mates usually don't interest me because it's kinda weird how people just fall in love with strangers, so I love how awkward and how real you made it seem here ❤️" - @CandyCrushDB

It could have been simple. Childhood friends - First Crushes - Football - Laughter - Cuteness - Love. Maybe even happily ever after. But it is not simple, and Noah doesn't know why. All he knows is that Ethan suddenly ghosted him when they were thirteen. Cutting their story short at Football. Now, years later, the same game throws them back into each other's lives when Ethan unexpectedly transfers to Noah's school. What he doesn't know is that Ethan comes fighting an invisible battle for control that Noah can't begin to understand. He just feels frustrated that Ethan seems hell bent on keeping a solid wall between them. A wall that keeps cracking. And the question is, once it finally breaks, can they find their way back to the story they were meant to have? ___________ Completed 19 of February 2026

"I hate you - so much Tripp." More confusion because, once more, wasn't this a good thing? "Why did you have to say that? What if," A little quieter, just above a whisper. "What if we mess up our friendship?" "But what if we don't?" "You don't know that," I bumped his nose with my finger. "And neither do you. So, why don't we give it a shot?" He bit down on his bottom lip, hesitation and worry filling his gaze. __ This is literally a story that follows the plot of two best friends realizing their feelings for each other, yes, I know, very cliche, but I enjoyed writing it. There will be mature LGBT+ content, so if you don't want to read those chapters or this story, skip it. Highest Rankings (that I'm aware of): LGBT+: #3 , College Romance: #2 , Gay: #19 / GayPride: #2, Gay boyxboy #1

Bad boy, introverted nerd. Two boys, one Biology project. When a Biology project forces Ryder and Nathan together, an unexpected bond forms between them. But there's more to this than meets the eye. It's cliché, really. Typical bad boy x nerd. But perhaps it's different than your average bxb story? Only one way to find out! ~ WARNING: ✨Pure 100% Organic wholesome stuff✨ (Note: this book contains NO sexual scenes/smut but has a considerable amount of swearing.) ~ STORY IS 35 PARTS LONG (everything else is extra stuff) ~ MILESTONES! #1 in #boyxboyromance [23/9/21] #2 in #lgbtlove [15/10/21] #2 in #questioning [28/10/21] #2 in #wholesome [6/11/21] #3 in #nerd [4/6/22] #2 in #pride2021 [20/9/22] Story: babbleduck Editor-in-chief: girlsandgaysOnLy Cover drawn by girlsandgaysOnLy

When Samuel finds himself lost and incapable of facing his problems and the whole lot of insecurities he's built up from childhood, he comes to realize that he can't fix all of it all by himself -- and that it's okay to ask for help. It's okay to be miserable, and it's okay to feel things he's never felt before, such as having a crush on a boy. With June, his best friend, and Charles, the guy who's been crushing on him since the start of the year, Samuel courses through life, slowly coming to find some worth in himself and opening up to the people around him. . . . Yeah shut up I couldn't come up with a better title ok . . . HIGHEST RANKS SJSHAJSGSJAJSJSS #1 - strongfriendship #52 - introvert #280 - queer #59 - questioning #37 - lgbtq #25 - warm Published - Jan 10th 2022

Chicago had never greeted the Valentines with open arms. Instead it greeted them with a slap in the face and reality served on a silver platter. Living with such a large family and such a small income was harder than anyone could have imagined especially when your best form of income comes from your mom being a hooker. Alexander is a middle child in the large family. At the prime age of fourteen he's starting to become confused about many things in his life such as where he fits in, what he wants to do when he's older and his sexuality. Nolan is in the same boat. Though he is not part of the Valentine family he got the privilege of living down the street from them. He had a slightly smaller family with only a slightly better income. But the only things Nolan feels he needs is astronomy, books and his best friend Alexander who is always getting them into trouble. TRIGGER WARNINGS : suicidal thoughts/mentions, abuse, underage drinking, some sexual content, cussing. If there's any questions about the triggers feel free to message me to ask started: November 1st, 2018 completed: November 30th, 2018

|| Description edited. || "I'm just an ordinary guy. There is nothing special about me." Ashton constantly told himself. Ashton was the only gay kid in town. The only people who knew about this was of course his best friends, mother, and sister no one else needed to know so he kept it to himself until one day. Ashton was always a loner type of kid, avoiding crowds, making friends or being noticed by anyone then the male moved in down the street in the house that has been empty for years. Ashton wasn't gonna bother them until he spotted the boy that was there. Fernando had just came from California, another move and another town he thought. He knew this wasn't gonna last so making friends wasn't on his mind until he decided to go for the football team being immediately labeled the schools quarterback. One day he spotted a boy who looked younger than him but very fragile and immediately took to the other male wanting to know him and get near him. Ashton begins to crush on Fernando a few days before school started. He has been from the first eye contact they ever had but he never made a move in fear of being rejected. Ashton constantly fear that Fernando doesn't notice him but what he doesn't know is that Fernando has been eyeing Ashton since the first eye contact as well. With Ashton hopes high will he be able to talk to Fernando or let him slip, but what he doesn't know is that secretly Fernando has been wanting to talk to Ashton but never had the nerve to. Will either them confront one another, what truths will be revealed, What secrets lie in wait? Will Ashton be able to survive this year of high school? | Boyxboy | Gay Love | Male Pregnancy | Mature | School | @All Rights Reserved. #30 Firstbook! - April 4th, 2025 #25 Firstbook! - May 1st, 2025 #18 Firstbook! - May 8th, 2025