If you never fooled around with someone of the same gender, did you even go to high school?
PEYTON
My whole life Iâve had the pressure of being Marcus Talon and Shane Millerâs football prodigy. Iâve been destined to follow in my NFL-playing fathersâ footsteps since the day I was born. I usually thrive under pressure, but as senior year looms, it all gets too much, and I need an outlet. The last place I thought Iâd find my release is at Levi Vanderbiltâs graduation party. In his bed. With him.
Itâs a one-time thing. An experimentation. And while it was fun, we agree that being with guys isnât for either of us. Iâm happy to accept that until he turns up in California.
I havenât had to think about him for four years, but now I canât get him out of my head.
LEVI
Coming to Franklin University for grad school to follow a boy I hooked up with once is the stupidest thing I could have done.
We said that high school didnât mean anything, but the truth is, that night made me realize who I truly am, and since then, Iâve been trying to find that sense of freedom again.
Iâm hoping it can be with him, but everything Iâve heard around campus points to Peyton not having the same life-changing revelation I did.
And if thatâs the case, did I just move across the country for a straight guy?