Distant Swimmer

Shy and scholarly, long-distance swimmer Ryan Zwick thinks he’s the only gay member of the college swim team. He keeps his head down in the showers, and his head in the books the rest of the time. But when a sporty new transfer student joins the team, Ryan feels a surge of hope. Sexually inexperienced and looking for love, fellow swimmer Blake Gossens is everything Ryan wants in a boyfriend. But what is Blake’s game, exactly? And just how straight is he? Blake seems to be more interested in Ryan’s best friend, Marissa, leaving Ryan to go back to secretly checking out his teammates in the pool. But Ryan keeps getting mysterious messages in his dating app from a stranger who seems to know a lot about him. Could this messenger be Blake? Or someone else? When bad weather hits unexpectedly, Ryan is forced to confront his real feelings toward Blake, while opening up to the stranger by his side, eventually giving in to his wildest fantasies -- and his heart.

Jacob Cheyenne · LGBT+

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50 Chs

Chapter 5

“Cheese fries for you,” said Marissa, plopping down a plate of gooey, crispy fries, “And a raspberry shake for me.” She sucked on her straw. “God, that tastes like heaven.”

“We should be studying,” Ryan reminded her, dropping a handful of dripping French fries into his mouth. He licked the ketchup from his fingers. “Midterms are next week, Marissa.”

“La la la la lah!Not hearing you,” Marissa said, holding her hands over her ears. “So not interested. I know midterms are next week, and I already know I’m going to fail Biology of the Seed.” She sucked on her shake, then moved the long and glossy hair to the side of her face. Her brown hair had turned redder since college, and Ryan wondered if she was tinting it.

“You always say you’re going to fail,” said Ryan, “And yet you still ended up valedictorian of our class.”

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