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  1. The Seducer: A Gone From Daylight Inspired Story In Process

    By MrM, in FanFiction. 10/31/2020 (Updated: 04/28/2024)

    Fandoms: Gone From Daylight
    Genres: Horror
    Sub-genres: Horror - Modern
    • young adult
    • vampire
    • gay
    • college
    • first time
    • dark
    • 20th century
    • halloween

    The year is Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Nine and one William Harker is on the brink of starting the rest of his life.

    Little does young William Harker know that his whole future has been a manipulation by powers he cannot possibly comprehend! From the time of his birth to now in his flowering manhood, he has been watched over by one of the great powers of this world! A power secret, ancient, hidden, and often feared.

    • 32 Chapters
    • 58,513 Words
    • 32,677 Views
    • 60 Comments
    • 2 Recommendations
    • Mature
  2. Never walk alone- Walk on In Process

    By Andre Delport, in Fiction. 12/27/2021 (Updated: 04/28/2024)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, General Fiction, Romance
    Sub-genres: Adventure, Drama, Contemporary Romance
    • young adult
    • mature adult
    • adult
    • gay
    • boat
    • travel
    • africa
    • light-hearted

    The continuing story of Andrew and Ryan Devlin-Major. The tale picks up five years after the end of 'Never walk alone'

    • 37 Chapters
    • 217,938 Words
    • 110,942 Views
    • 485 Comments
    • 9 Recommendations
    • Mature
  3. Indian Summer Complete

    By Backwoods Boy, in Fiction. 05/02/2024 (Updated: 05/12/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Romance
    Sub-genres: Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance
    • teen
    • gay
    • rural
    • anal
    • first time
    • coming of age
    • light-hearted
    • 20th century

    Dallen's interest in nature and American Indian culture leads him on a series of adventures that will change his life forever.

    • 11 Chapters
    • 35,793 Words
    • 19,087 Views
    • 337 Comments
    • 16 Recommendations
    • Mature
  4. Adam's Grace Complete

    By CasualWanderer82, in Fiction. 02/08/2024 (Updated: 05/13/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Romance
    Sub-genres: Drama, Romantic Fantasy, Coming of Age
    • young adult
    • gay
    • rural
    • first time
    • coming of age
    • serious
    • religion
    • friendship

    Once upon a time, in a little town called Dog's Creek, there was a boy named Adam...

    • 6 Chapters
    • 39,791 Words
    • 9,131 Views
    • 57 Comments
    • 4 Recommendations
    • Mature
  5. The Cockney Canuck Temporary Hold

    By Dodger, in Fiction. 08/15/2015 (Updated: 05/19/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Romance
    Sub-genres: Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance
    • teen
    • bisexual
    • north america
    • coming of age
    • light-hearted
    • adopt
    • modern

    Following the death of his mother, fifteen-year-old Robbie is forced to move from England to start a new life living with his uncle’s family in Canada. Homesick, confused, and missing his close friend, it soon becomes clear to his new family that Robbie is carrying more than a suitcase of baggage.

    • 168 Chapters
    • 1,022,160 Words
    • 1,036,197 Views
    • 4,194 Comments
    • 18 Recommendations
    • Mature
  6. What Else Is There? Complete

    By Al Norris, in Fiction. 04/10/2024 (Updated: 05/24/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Drama, Coming of Age, Cultural
    • teen
    • gay
    • rural
    • first time
    • high school

    Being the oldest and growing up in a large family can be hard, especially when you are gay and the family is extremely homophobic. You are constantly being compared to your deceased father. A man whose stature and deeds are always increasing, as time goes by, and are held up as your goals. Anytime you reach those goals, your mother moves the goalpost further away.

    You never seem to measure up. You are always being told that you are worthless and will never amount to anything since you cannot measure up to your father. It never mattered that you were a straight "A" student and that you were an athlete.

    • 15 Chapters
    • 84,496 Words
    • 18,366 Views
    • 437 Comments
    • 19 Recommendations
    • Mature - Member Only
  7. Connor and the Wolves 5. The Neko Astara Temporary Hold

    By Yeoldebard, in Fiction. 04/03/2023 (Updated: 05/27/2024)

    Genres: Fantasy, General Fiction, Paranormal
    Sub-genres: Coming of Age, Low Fantasy, Anthropomorphic Fantasy, Werewolves, Shifters
    • young adult
    • were-creatures
    • disability
    • transgender
    • interracial
    • non-binary

    Khurtschono is a bigender neko living in a blended family of werewolves. Soren Eilan has lived a solitary life for the last eight years. An unexpected friendship flourishes when they meet.
    But their friendship is based on a lie. That lie will be put to the test when they meet the son of two Wolf Patrol guards.
    Can their friendship survive the truth?

    • 50 Chapters
    • 122,163 Words
    • 25,562 Views
    • 166 Comments
    • 1 Recommendation
    • Mature
  8. Dating Rules And Pretty Fools Complete

    By Laura S. Fox, in Fiction. 06/14/2023 (Updated: 06/04/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Mystery, Romance
    Sub-genres: Drama, Contemporary Romance, Detective
    • mature adult
    • gay
    • north america
    • anal
    • bdsm
    • first time
    • oral
    • love

    To have someone to love is one of life’s greatest gifts, his grandma used to say. However, what grandma didn’t know, and Otis didn’t have the heart to tell her, was that getting there in this day and age required going through a painful phase called dating. Something he’s not very good at, to put it lightly. However, when someone moves in an apartment a few doors down from his, Otis begins to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.

    Full summary inside.

    • 33 Chapters
    • 165,159 Words
    • 71,698 Views
    • 641 Comments
    • 20 Recommendations
    • Mature
  9. Out Of The Closet In Process

    By RichardWrites, in Fiction. 01/05/2024 (Updated: 06/06/2024)

    Genres: Western, General Fiction
    Sub-genres: Drama, Western Modern, Coming of Age, Western Romance
    • teen
    • rural
    • first time
    • coming out
    • high school

    Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

    • 10 Chapters
    • 32,566 Words
    • 12,534 Views
    • 48 Comments
    • Mature
  10. After We Danced In Process

    By Mark Ponyboy Peters, in Fiction. 05/08/2024 (Updated: 06/13/2024)

    Genres: General Fiction, Romance
    Sub-genres: Drama, Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance
    • young adult
    • adult
    • gay
    • australia
    • anal
    • oral
    • coming out

    Best friends, Luke and Matt, have been inseparable since primary school and now, after twelve long years of schooling, the end of those school years are finally within sight. All that is left to do is make it through the night of the school formal, before starting their final exams.

    So what will the night bring for the boys and their group of friends? What secrets are about to be exposed? How will they, their families and their friends all react to the events that are about to unfold? And what will they discover about themselves . . . about each other . . . and about life?

    • 16 Chapters
    • 128,061 Words
    • 14,772 Views
    • 190 Comments
    • 11 Recommendations
    • Mature
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