Someone Like You: An MM College Romance by Lyla Dane

Author:Lyla Dane [Dane, Lyla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

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“When I was a freshman in high school, there was a junior named Ethan. He was super popular, on the football team, golden boy, everyone loved him, blah, blah, blah. I was just a dorky loner with no friends, and one day, Ethan started talking to me. He would go out of his way to say hi after gym class when we were in the locker room, and at first, I liked having his attention and didn’t really think anything of it at the time. Honestly, I just thought it was weird a junior was in a freshman gym class, but apparently he’d skipped gym his freshman year because of an injury or something.

“Anyway, no one had ever really tried getting to know me before and I looked forward to those few minutes at the end of gym when I knew Ethan would come see me. I blame my naive eagerness to finally have a friend on my home life. I was adopted by my aunt and uncle when I was two after my parents died in a car accident, but they never wanted me. It wasn’t until I was older that it really started to sink in just how much they neglected me emotionally. I started to resent them, but mostly I just felt like there was something inherently wrong with me. Like I was completely unlovable in some fundamental way, and it was really my fault they couldn’t stand me. I kind of thought it was because I like boys, but I never told them that and I don’t think they ever really knew. Pretty sure they still don’t, but I haven’t spoken to them since I left for college.”

I shrugged, as if the memory of having guardians that weren’t meant to be parents was no big deal.

“So when Ethan started talking to me, being nice and complimenting me—I really, really liked it. He made me feel special when no one else in the world ever had. But there was something wrong with him. It was just a gut instinct, but it was strong. While I did like his attention, something about him made me really uncomfortable at the same time. And it wasn’t very long until I learned why.”

I took a deep breath and kept staring at my hands as I tied and untied the flimsy cords of my pants. I couldn’t bring myself to look at Brody.

“One day he invited me over to his house. I thought, ‘Hey, why not, no one ever wants to spend time with me outside of school.’ When I got there, Ethan said he wanted to show me something in his room. It never occurred to me that he might hurt me.”

I sighed and shook my head. I didn’t blame myself anymore, but remembering how gullible I was back then was still hard. There had been countless moments when I wished I could somehow visit my past self and warn him.

“We got to his room and it was like a switch had been flipped, like he was showing me the real Ethan.

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