Straight Jock And His Gay Best Friend

Nothing gets in the way of freshman quarterback Hunter Calloway's game.Not tryouts. Not the team. Definitely not moving into a tiny dorm with his openly gay best friend.Hunter is the guy with the cannon arm, the abs that make cheerleaders forget their names, and a lifetime of being straight as a goalpost. Percy Vale is everything he is not. Theater kid. Dramatic. Unfiltered. Completely comfortable walking around their freshman double in briefs like it is nothing. They have been best friends since they were stealing beers from Percy's dad's garage. Sharing a room was supposed to be easy.Publicly, Hunter is still the same jock. He invents a girlfriend. He shows up to practice. He tells himself curiosity is just proximity.Privately, he cannot stop noticing. The way Percy's jeans ride low. The sounds coming from the other bed in the dark. The jealousy that hits every time Percy smirks at his phone. What starts as banter and accidental touches becomes a secret neither of them planned.The smart thing to do? Walk away. Blame the lack of privacy. Blame late nights. Blame anything but Percy.Hunter keeps telling himself he is unchanged. His body already knows better.A slow-burn college roommate romance told from the straight jock's point of view.