Too Hostile - Nicole Dykes

Fletcher\n I’m a total nerd, but I look like a jock. I had a perfect GPA in high school, and my GPA in college is perfect too. I smile when I’m supposed to smile. I have two loving parents and a brother and sister who are always by my side. I’m the perfect all-American guy.\n But the only thing that actually defines me is the before. The things I keep hidden deep inside because I’m too afraid of losing what I have now. The past lives deep inside me as I force the plastic smile on my face. And no one sees through it because I’m just that good.\n No one except . . . him.\n Ronan\n Every day is like a dream. A dream I live, not knowing when I’ll wake and find I’m still living in a nightmare. I never made it out, and these past few years have all been fake. Then he walks into my classroom . .