Here's T Ashleigh's "Omitting You." It's the second novel in the Lionheart Academy series.
["Rhys:
I’ve loved him since before I understood what love meant.
My best friend, my secret keeper, my defender.
The boy with the glasses and quiet temperament.
The guy with the sweetest smile, who has the dirtiest mouth.
The man who owns me. Mind, body, and soul.
I’m ready for the world to know that he’s mine. To love him out loud.
The problem? Winston isn’t ready. And I’m not sure he ever will be.
Loving Winston was never optional for me.
I want to be his everything, instead, I feel as though I’m disposable to him.
After all, how could I not be when I’m his dirty little secret?
Winston:
Being a Connley comes with certain expectations.
Go to school, take over the family business, marry a woman, and have two point five kids.
So, imagine how life would be if the prodigal son turned out gay?
I don’t want to cause a rift in my family. So instead, I grit my teeth and plaster on a fake smile to avoid dealing with the bullshit.
The problem? I’m completely, unbelievably, devastatingly in love with Rhys Evander.
I know I need to stop hiding. I need to own who I am.
It’s not fair to Rhys for me to keep him on the sidelines, yet fear keeps me paralyzed.
I just hope I have the guts to follow my heart before it’s too late.
Because losing Rhys is never going to be an option for me."]
Honestly, I was looking forward to this one...until I saw who the next one was about. Apparently, I'm also in a hurt-comfort, angsty-as-fuck era. THOUGH, this one was pretty damn good. Even if I somehow cried more in this one than the previous one.
I wasn't sure how the plot or the characters would pull this story along if they were best friends and already in love with each other. The angst. That fucking angst will get you every single time.
Their love spanned ages with all of the cute pictures and inside jokes and found family. All of the chocolate chip cookies and Lion King references. They fit each other in sooo many ways, if only certain fears (unfounded...but I digress) hadn't gotten in the way.
Honestly, though, the person (people) who knew the entire fucking time and was just cool with it and kept it a secret even while struggling with his own shit? Legend (for now...until I hear what he did/does to Tyler (because we aaallllll know he's going to fuck it up somehow)).
Trigger Warnings: child neglect, child abuse, and more.
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