Playground Games

As promised, here's me binge-reading through yet another author. This time, we have Lily Morton. "Playground Games" is exclusively on #ProlificWorks and easily accessible after you sign up for Lily's newsletter.

["School trips are hell on the teachers.

Auguste Patterson's happy place on a winter holiday would involve a seat by a fire and alcohol. Which is why he's horrified when the headmaster at the primary school where he teaches demands he accompany a group of young students to France on a ski trip. Gus believes snow should always be viewed from inside a warm building and never encountered while flailing on skis.

The holiday's single perk is the school's PE teacher, Doug Henshaw. Doug is Gus's secret crush, and sharing a room at the ski chalet with him almost makes managing forty school children bearable. But Gus doesn't stand a chance with Doug. A handsome, funny ex-professional football player would never fall for a hopelessly unathletic language teacher. Would he?"]

Okay, this was one of the sweetest, fluffiest things I’ve read in a long time. There’s this whole conversation about how Gus wants to be courted and he’s looking for more than just a hook up. Spoiler Alert: Doug pulls out allll kinds of tricks. 

Then there’s the whole mutual-pining, everyone-knows-the-feelings-are-mutual-but-these-two-oblivious-babies thing. A++.

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