Thought You Were the One (Love in Mission City)

Mercer When my high school crush, Gawain, walks into Fifties diner on that February evening, ten years after walking out of my life, I’m stunned. He’s still hot, and I still can’t resist him.

We share a meal that leads to a whole lot more. But when he reveals the truth he hid ten years ago, I have to face the decision of sending him away forever or living with the hurt he’s caused.

Thought You Were the One is a 6k gay romance short story about second chances, high school crushes, and the power of redemption.

The story originally appeared in Secret Identities: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology