Pippin & Nacho (Alpha's Rejects #2)
Courtney W. Dixon
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Explicit open door [?]
· 11 ratings · 308 pages · Published: 15 Jun 2024
Pippin (Sampson)
I’m broken, hiding my pain behind fake smiles and pretend joy. Inside, I’m a mental mess between being tossed into conversion therapy and foster care as a kid. I struggle to focus and suffer anxiety, panic attacks, and nightmares. My passions for skateboarding and bartending make me happy enough. But only Nate, my former foster brother and best friend, calms me and keeps me going forward. I’m not sure what I would do without him. Even worse, I secretly love him. Loving him could mean losing him.
Nacho (Nate)
I’d been in and out of foster care for as long as I could remember. My last home was with Sam. We quickly became friends, and I instantly went into protective mode. After Sam got hurt by our foster father, I took Sam out of there and watched over him for two years while living on the streets. When you spend a lifetime not being wanted by anyone, you crave being needed, and Sam needs me. But I secretly love him. I’ve told my friends I don’t want to ruin my friendship with Sam. The truth is if we don’t work out, I won’t be there to take care of him. Sam’s needs are more important than my feelings.
This book is the second in a series, but like all my books, it can be read as a standalone.
Please read the triggers before picking up this book.
CW: Conversion therapy (abusive and sexual assault), foster care, abuse, runaways, suicidal ideations, panic attacks, anxiety, PTSD, iatrophobia (intense fear of doctors), abandonment, co-dependency, homelessness, poverty, smoking, mental health.
⭐ Best Friends to Lovers
⭐ Neurodivergent/ADHD
⭐ Urban Romance
⭐ Skater Boys
⭐ Found Family
⭐ Hurt/Comfort
⭐ Foster Brothers
⭐ First Time for Both MCs
⭐ Smaller Top
⭐ Mental Health Rep
⭐ Co-Dependency
⭐ Mutual Pining
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Tagged as:
- gay romance 5
- new adult 5
- angst 5
- queer romance 5
- friends to lovers 5
- dark romance 4
- contemporary 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- tortured hero 3
- caretaking 3
- anal sex 2
- first person pov 2
- dual pov 2
- virgin hero 2
- neurodivergent mc 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- short king 1
- male pov 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 4
- mental trauma 3
- mental illness 3
- suicide / ideation 3
- past abuse 2
- past sexual abuse 2
- child sexual abuse 2
- past child abuse 2
- body betrayal 2
- past child neglect 1
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The 'Alpha's Rejects' series
4.08 · 34 ratings
queer · dual-pov · male-pov · m-m · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · contemporary · tortured hero · suicide · abuse · angst · length-medium · explicit-open-door · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · new adult · mental-trauma · first-person-pov
Alpha's Rejects reading order and complete book list ❯
