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    March 2024: Nick and Charlie, platonic soulmates and partners in crime, are on the road trip of a lifetime around the beautiful and magical east coast of Australia. Charlie has barely seen his best friend since he left for uni over two years ago, and he's looking forward to catching up over three sun-soaked weeks packed full of breathtaking scenery, local wildlife, moonlit parties and seriously hot surfers.

    September 2015: 13-year-old Nick Nelson has no idea who he is or where he fits in. Then 11-year-old Charlie Spring, anxious overthinker and raging introvert, crashes rather messily into his life and changes it forever.

    A story about friendship, love and growing up, with a generous sprinkling of true travel stories, savage British banter and horny sparkles.

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    06 Jun 2025

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    Joe gets more than he bargained for while looking for an anonymous hookup on Grindr.

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    30 Mar 2025

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    Chris has no idea what he's doing here. Here - at this school, in Michigan, so far from home.

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    29 Mar 2025

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    When the Bridgertons move from London to Aubrey Hall, 17 year old Colin begins an e-mail letter correspondence with his friend and crush, Marina Thompson. Or so he believes. Because Marina isn't much for letters or writing, she asks her cousin and Colin's childhood friend, Penelope Featherington, to just pretend to be her. Penelope doesn't feel gorgeous, funny and popular Colin will ever return her feelings when beautiful Marina is right there, so she agrees. It's not like two people can fall in love over e-mail, right?

    Right?

    Mature rated chapters: Chapters 8,9,10,11
    Explicit rated chapter(s): 12/13

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    26 Mar 2025

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    Thabk you, next!

  5. Public Bookmark 27

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    They had been cuddled up in bed, giggling between whispered confessions and childhood stories. One of the best parts of being queer, in Charlie's opinion, is comparing shared experiences with other queer people, and that night had been full of them. They talked about media and how Nick's favorite superheroes just happened to be the ones in the most scandalous costumes. How maybe, just maybe, Nick had ulterior motives when asking to watch MMA fights with his brother.
    Then Charlie had brought up the YouTubers he used to obsess over and how slowly but surely every one of them had come out as gay.
    "Oh my God, do you remember the Chapstick Challenge?" he had asked, dissolving into giggles. "I used to literally look up 'Chapstick Challenge gay.'"
    Nick had snorted. "I do remember that." Then, after a beat, he'd added, "It actually sounds kinda fun."

     

    or, Nick surprises Charlie with a variety pack of flavored chapsticks, things quickly get heated.

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    15 Mar 2025