Current WIP

I've been elbow-deep in research and reading novels that talk about the asexuality spectrum to see how other authors have written their asexual characters. I love how many books I've found that have addressed both asexual sex-positive and asexual sex-repulsed. However, I've never really come across a character whose sexuality fits my main character. So I'm really hoping to do the character justice.

So far the story revolves around Qi Jiang, an analytical, passionate senior in high school who already questions his sexuality. Has dated girls in the past based on who his friends talked him into dating as opposed to having felt anything and is taking a step back to analyze his feelings towards his sexuality and realizing he might be aroace.

Enter Tristan Donovan. A football jock who became instantly besotted with Qi the moment he laid eyes on him. A fortunate event lands in Tristan's lap giving him the chance to get closer to Qi and the more Qi gets to know Tristan the more he realizes he may not be as aroace as he thought.

This story spans from their senior year of high school into their university years. It's very much two boys figuring out who they are and finding out how they revolve around each other. I haven't decided on spice yet, but if it happens it will be a slow progression and won't get really spicy until they are in university.

It's still in the earliest stages since I'm still researching and gathering information to incorporate and make sure that everything is accurately represented. My characters are going to be a gray-pansexual MC and a demiromantic aceflux MC.

As usual in my stories there will be important side characters such as each boy has their own group of friends, and Qi has a nonbinary omnisexual older sibling that he idolizes that plays a prominent role.

However, unlike my other stories, I'm trying very hard to keep this story lighthearted and low angst. I really want to portray that not all self-discovery has to come with a side serving of pain. Some people get lucky and find the support they need to blossom. There will still be representation of other characters finding their path the hard way, but the main storyline will be more about the two MC's pining with communication between them, understanding and patience while they figure it out and taking everything one step at a time.

But I don't know when it will be ready. I'm hoping to have it ready for a sensitivity read in a month or two, so hopefully I can have ARC's ready to go out by early spring... We'll see.

If anyone lands on the spectrums mentioned above, please feel free to pop into the comments or my DM's and leave experiences, thoughts, or things that you feel aren't represented enough for that spectrum. Also if anyone is interested in discussing a sensitivity read that falls within that spectrum that would be amazing!

I'm really excited for this one!!!!