Stories

Dean had spent most of his life pretending not to feel. It was easier that way, easier to fight, to fix, to fuck, than to face what was underneath. His father taught him early that softness got you hurt. So he built a life of noise and distraction: engines louder than his thoughts, nights that ended before morning could ask questions.

Kris had spent his life quietly holding things together. After his father died, it was just him and his mother, small home, smaller dreams, and the fear that one more break would undo them.

Neither expected love to expose what they’d buried, loneliness, guilt, and the need to be seen.

Sixteen-year-old Jacy Elliott has always felt like an outsider. When a sudden flash of foresight saves a stranger from a fatal accident, he’s left questioning his sanity. A simple family-history assignment then unravels hidden truths, old wounds, and long-buried connections. Pushing past his mother’s evasions, Jacy uncovers a lineage he was never meant to know — and a bond with a stranger that feels inexplicably ancient. Never Alone explores chosen family, identity, and the first glimmers of an extraordinary gift.

Christmas in Australia, in yet another new town.

It's hot and dry and there's not really much to look forward to, or so sixteen-year-old Cameron Lewis thinks.

But then he stumbles upon a neighborhood game of cricket in a dusty, vacant lot. This might be just what he needs?

18 year old Oliver (Olly) is gay and going through the process of discovering himself amongst his group of close friends as they navigate their senior year in Northern Minnesota. This is a coming of age journey about friendship and love with over 50 chapters to come!

Dexter Osenfield is a restaurant owner and executive chef, who suffered several setbacks and is on the verge of losing everything.

Reese Hershell is trying to get his head above water after his mother's death, dropping out of college, and supporting his younger brother.

They'll strive to live better, find their lost passions, and perhaps gain more than they could ever imagine.

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Jessy is someone you have to believe—quite literally. That's his superpower. Without uttering a single word, he can make anyone believe absolutely anything.

In a world where everyone with even the slightest superpower is labeled an "Aberrant" and forced to live on a so-called reservation, Jessy is left with a choice: He can do what the law requires, or he can be a supervillain. There are no other options.

He and his boyfriend choose supervillainy.

Sometimes life just doesn't fit neatly within the lines. Having grown up in foster care from age 5 to 14, tattoo artist Sevastyanov Diaz knows that well. Fortunately, family can be found when you least expect it to grow beyond tragedy. After he loses his foster sister, Ava Diaz, and is left to raise her daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend, Aiden Ward, life takes on new twists and turns, including new discoveries about a man Sev thought he knew everything about. But broken crayons still color, and if people are meant to be together, they always find a way.

A chance meeting in a park on a sunny day changes the lives of Tanner and Branch.

(This is a story I wrote and posted on tklfrat about ten years ago. I ran it through Google Gemini to fix the grammar mistakes.)