Love Is Love (Lennon)

Ryder It's a cliche really, falling in love with my best friend, my very straight best friend. And to add more complications, I'm a football player, about to be drafted. We're manly men. We aren't supposed to be gay. But I am and I love the one person I'll never have. Until fate forces us together six years later. It'll be both a fantasy and hell on earth, playing along Crush-the only man who will ever truly own my heart. Crush He dropped a bomb on me. Then he left, never looking back. Our friendship-ruined until he lands back in my life. His presence is just as big as ever. I never forgot him, or what that one kiss so many years ago still does to my body. He's here, but is he willing to stay? Contains mature themes.

Dallas: He's the one that got away. But, Banks Weston is more than just the man who got away. I let him go. He'd been ready to share with the world his true self, living life openly. He's loud and proud. It's all the many things I'm not. It took me a while, but I did it-everyone knows I'm gay. I want him back. My betrayal broke his heart. No-I obliterated it. But somehow, our paths cross again, and we have a reason to come together and pretend we're something we're not. Though in my heart, I'll always hope for the second chance I don't deserve. Banks: I both hate him and love him all at the same time. His arrogant smirk, the way he rakes his hands through his hair when he's nervous, and how he lightens any situation with his humor-are just a few things I miss about Dallas Phillips. I won't let him suck me in again by his charming nature. My guard is up. I'm standing firm. That is until we find a reason to be together. We'll have to fake it, showing the whole world that we're a couple. Then again, it won't be hard because my heart has never stopped loving him. Contains mature themes.

Garrison: Love sucks! There I said it. I've never looked for it, nor do I want it. All it seems to do is cause open wounds. I already suffer from the guilt of a horrific accident. I won't let love suck me down the rabbit hole. But Murphy's Law is a diva out to destroy my life. Someone sees me for more than just a one and done and though I've pushed men away for years, he's refreshing. But remember that diva I told you about, she's sort of a b**** too. Yeah, love more than sucks but since I can't use the words I want, I'll just stick to that because the man I want has a connection with me, no one knows about. Lawson: I met a man. Sure he's a little detached and cynical. Though, try telling my heart he's all wrong for me. I've been over it with this particular traitorous part of my body. And, I do the one thing I never do with my hook-ups. I give him a way to reach me. But it's more-I almost beg him to call me after my next deployment. Oh, yeah, forgot to mention, I'm in the military and am shipping out. I want him to be my welcoming party, when I come home, yet, when I unravel every complicated part of Garrison Fisher, I find more and more I should run from. But I can't. He's broken, but after my time in the military, I'm broken too. Can we fix one another and heal the wounds that may very well tear us apart? Contains mature themes.

Lane: Shaw and I have a unique kind of love. One that has found us inviting a third to join our bed from time to time. Our playmate is never meant to be anything more-fulfilling a purpose and leaving before sunrise the following day. It had been the rule until Shaw went and confessed that he wants more. There's just one problem. I've been keeping a secret from the man I vowed to love forever. And it's the key to why we can never be a committed triad. Shaw: Sex is more than an action; it's an intimate exchange between partners. And I can no longer continue to have meaningless sex with strangers that disappear in the morning light. I never thought the man I love would be so opposed to sharing our life with another-until a stranger lands in our bar one night. Keegan: I'm no stranger to denying myself the basic needs I want in life. It's how I ended up here, alone, on the cusp of my dream job. My plans, goals, and ambitions fall apart before my very eyes, and it's then that two strangers find their way into my life. Professional football may not be ready for an out and proud coach, but I'm willing to take a chance on the two men who I vow will one day be mine. Contains mature themes.