Bang, bang, bang!
Colt sat up in bed, his heart flying with panic. “What is it?!”
“Your friend’s here,” Rylee said from behind the basement door. “The girls will be here any minute. I’m letting him downstairs before they see him.”
“Fine.” Colt fell back on his bed with a sigh. “Let him down.”
The door opened just a crack and Noah slipped through and came down the stairs. He was in another pair of shorts and the bandages on his knee looked fresh and clean. His blond hair was i
They got to the library just after one. The building sat at the end of a modest strip plaza, squeezed between a regional bank and a grocery store. Like the town’s high school and middle school jammed together, the library was small. A few cars sat idling in the baking asphalt parking lot, but the plaza didn’t look busy.
The awkwardness between the boys had faded during the ride, and Colt was cheerful as they parked the bike at the empty rack near the door.
“Is this like your favorite p
Bang, bang, bang!
Colt sat up in a panic as the basement door flew open.
“Wake up, freak show! Your dorky new friend is here,” Rylee’s loud voice floated down the stairs, an assault on the ears, and Colt growled.
“Jesus, you scared the hell out of me.” He flung the covers off and swung his legs to the floor. “You could have just knocked like a normal person!”
“I did,” Rylee snapped back. “Now come upstairs. I don’t want to keep this little kid company for much longer.”
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It's finished this time. I made sure I finished it. 😂 I stopped last time because the ending I had planned wasn't working. I'm glad I did.
This is short and sweet 70kish so for me, short story central!
And the island story needs a rewrite because I fucked up!!!!! Okay everyone? I fucked up!!!! 😂
Not new. It's been hidden on here for 4 years, I just finally decided to dust it off. The old version is still hidden, hence the name of this one with the 2026...
Colt's temper got him expelled. Now he's starting over in a small town where he meets Noah, a quiet, bookish boy next door hiding a terrible secret. As their friendship deepens into first love, Colt discovers that Noah's stepfather has been abusing him for years. Desperate to protect the boy he loves, Colt agrees to a dangerous plan. But the guilt of his choices and the friends he's made over the summer may be the only things that can save them both.
It was mid July and Colt sat in the backseat of his mother’s car, bored from the hours of driving.
“Look, kids! We’re here,” Michelle said as they drove into town. A little diner was on the left and across from it, a hardware store that looked like a barn. “Isn’t this exciting? A fresh new start.”
“All they’ve got is a hardware store?” Colt looked out the window as they passed, unimpressed with his surroundings. “Welcome to Shitsville, folks.”
“Shut up, Colten,” Rylee grumbled fro
The ride to the lake took twenty minutes in the dark.
Twenty minutes that felt like two and also like two hundred, the horses' hooves pounding the path that wound south from the castle through the old growth forest, the alarm bells still ringing behind them, torchlight bobbing through the trees as troops that had been sleeping in prepared positions scrambled to full readiness three hours ahead of schedule.
It was two in the morning. The sky was black and starless, the gray film Ember h
I really feel like a pervert when I think about their ages... but... its really the setting. It REALLY IS, although I do perfer teen/young-adult because I like coming of age type themes. I think you guys understand so I'm just preaching to the choir lol. Thanks for the support btw, I feel better!
I'm just be insane again. I need to get away from 13-14 year olds having sex😆 I didn't want them to have babies this time either because their parents are actually hanging around....caring about them.