The Teammate Who Hates Losing To Me: An MM Rivals-to-Lovers Academic Romance (Hate Me, Want Me #3)
Mikel Vale
Ryan Cole’s only goal is to finally beat him.
Elliot lives his life like a perfectly structured argument—organized, precise, completely under control. Top of his class, star of the college debate team, champion of color-coded spreadsheets and zero distractions.
Ryan is a walking distraction. Loud. Charismatic. A little bit reckless. He wins crowds, loses ballots, and swears he only hates Elliot because Elliot keeps beating him… definitely not because he can’t stop staring at his mouth when he speaks.
On the circuit, they’re rivals.
In practice, they’re a problem.
So when their coach does the unthinkable and makes them debate partners, Elliot is horrified. Ryan is delighted. And the rest of the team starts placing bets on how long it takes before they kill each other—or kiss.
Suddenly, everything is too close.
Shared prep sessions. Shared strategy. Shared hotel rooms. One bed.
Their clashes turn sharper.
Their banter turns flirtier.
Their “I hate you” starts sounding a lot like “I can’t stop thinking about you.”
On paper, they’re the perfect Elliot’s icy precision plus Ryan’s fiery charm. But as practices blur into late-night confessions and accidental touches that linger, the line between rivalry and something much more dangerous starts to disappear.
They were supposed to chase trophies.
Now they’re trying not to fall for the one person they swore they’d never lose to.
Rivals-to-lovers. Forced proximity. Debate nerds with too many feelings.
The Teammate Who Hates Losing To Me is a high-steamy, slow-burn MM college romance packed with flirty banter, mutual gay panic, and two disaster boys who discover that the real competition isn’t winning the round—
It’s seeing who admits they’re obsessed first.
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The 'Hate Me, Want Me' series
4.00 · 1 ratings- The Boy Who Thinks I Hate Him: A chaotic enemies-to-lovers MM college romance novella full of tension, teasing, and queer longing by Mikel Vale Book #2
- The Teammate Who Hates Losing To Me: An MM Rivals-to-Lovers Academic Romance by Mikel Vale Book #3
- The Tutor Who Hates Studying With Me: A New Adult Tutor–Student Gay College Romance Novella by Mikel Vale Book #4
