My Straight Crush

he would go unnoticed…

and he would never be brave enough to get close to someone like Hunter.

Team captain. Confident. Impossible to ignore—

and, above all, straight.

So Dean does what he's always done: he watches from a distance.

From the bleachers, from the hallways, from stolen moments in between…

keeping everything to himself. The feelings. The glances. Even the sketches he was never meant to draw.

Because wanting Hunter is already wrong.

But being found out would be worse.

Until Hunter starts noticing.

A look that lingers a second too long.

A conversation that was never supposed to happen.

A closeness that leaves Dean breathless.

And suddenly, what once felt safe—hiding, avoiding, pretending—

is no longer an option.

Because the closer Hunter gets…

the harder it becomes to deny what's growing between them.

Even if it means falling for someone he was never supposed to love.