I'm sick of being called Junior. Sure, I'm William Nicholas Martens, Jr., but I just want to go by Nick. I'm sick of my boyfriend mismatching his socks on purpose. And I'm sick of being in the closet.<br><br>All this changes when my band Taking Back Nick lands a record deal. My friends Casey, Kennedy, Levi, and I are about to make it big. In one night I come out to my parents and break up with my boyfriend. And then the hard part starts. Casey is my oldest friend, and I move in with him after my breakup. But things ... start to happen.<br><br>We skyrocket to fame, but Casey finds himself in the middle of some serious addiction issues. Combined with him showing me so much affection, I start to worry there's more going on than just the stress of success. Will Casey be able to overcome his addictions and find happiness? More importantly, will that happiness be with me?

Porch Light

“This is good, Nick. Really good. I think we’ve got some solid songs for our next album.”


I let out a sigh of relief. “I’m glad I didn’t hurt your feelings.”


“Oh, I mean, I totally feel what you’re saying. It’s…interesting to be called out in lyric form.”


“We don’t have to do anything with them. They could just be for us or something.”


He shook his head. “No. I think they’ll make good songs as soon as we put music to them.”


“Are you still thinking you might have Levi sing the lead on yours?”


I rolled my eyes. “I mean, yes? But I also think it would be nice to give Levi a chance to do lead vocals. I don’t want to be a diva after all.”


He held up his hands. “We’ll figure it out, dude.”


He sighed. “Well, we should put these to tunes. Yours is badass. Let’s Fleetwood Mac this shit.”18: Werewolf’s Debut


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