He was the golden boy who made my life hell.
Every day in the halls, on the field, in the lecture rooms—he found new ways to remind me I didn’t belong.
Verbal cuts. Public humiliation. A shove that left bruises no one else could see.
I hated him.
I feared him.
And God help me, I wanted him.
Jaxon Thorne: lacrosse captain, campus king, untouchable.
Rowan Hale: the quiet scholarship kid with too many books and not enough armor.
One forced poetry project.
One rainy night.
One kiss that tasted like rage and ruin.
What started as hate turned into hunger.
Hunger turned into nights we couldn’t take back.
And nights turned into something neither of us expected: love.
But love built on broken bones is fragile.
When the world finds out—when his teammates, his reputation, his carefully constructed life start to crack—will he choose the easy path and walk away?
Or will he finally fight for the one person he spent years trying to destroy?
A steamy college MM enemies-to-lovers romance with high angst, intense redemption, possessive jock energy, poetic tension, and an emotional HEA that will leave you wrecked—in the best way.
Trigger warnings: Past bullying (verbal/physical), internalized homophobia, explicit sexual content, emotional hurt/comfort.
18+ only.