This is the story of how one perfect couple becomes three.<br><br>Austin and Riley have been together since high school. They've always loved each other and know they'll spend the rest of their lives together. But when they start playing soccer in college, they meet a sexy blond named Luke who, as far as they know, is the stereotypical conservative rich kid with the perfect GPA, who might also be their answer to a question they never asked.<br><br>For Luke, college life means keeping his head down and working hard, denying his own needs until he graduates and can get out from under his father's thumb. It works, until he meets Austin and Riley, smart, gorgeous, and in desperate need of someone to look after them. Luke longs to be that someone, but is he willing to give up his future to have an amazing now?

Off Sides

He sighed and put Luke from his mind. They’d experimented with other guys before, but this was the first time both he and Riley crushed on the same guy, Riley shyly confessing Luke made him feel safe. That was rare. Come to that, he made Austin feel protected and cared for as well, and that never happened.


Riley shifted on the bench and spread the damp coat out on his lap. “I couldn’t get all the blood out,” he said, and Austin hated the defeat in his voice he heard too often lately.


“Fuck,” he muttered, touching the rusty stains down the front of the coat. Suddenly, it was too much, and he fisted the fabric. “Fuck it all. Living on Murphy Court would be better than this,” he asserted, mentioning the homeless camp that had sprung up over winter.


A light flared in Riley’s eyes, hope, but then his shoulders dropped. “No. It’s almost summer break, then three quarters to go until graduation. After that you’ll have your business degree and we can live anywhere we want.”


Chapter 6