Odd Man Out

He's already rewritten himself once for the sake of a dream.
It cost him everything — and gave him nothing.

Now Ryker is back in the spotlight with a new band, a new image, and a carefully curated lie he tells the world: the gay lead singer in an all-gay band, finally palatable, finally marketable. They aren't asking much from him. Not at first. Nothing that should hurt.

Until Nikki.

Nikki — all sharp wit and guitar-curve confidence — understands what it means to bleed for a dream. She's everything he's never allowed himself to want, and suddenly she's the one thing standing between him and every sacrifice he's already made. Not the band that failed him. Not the friend who didn't stay. Not the slow erosion of his mother's memory. Not even the lie he wears like armor.

Just her.

But Nikki has plans of her own. And shaping herself around a man who cares too much about optics, labels, and hiding isn't part of them. She could be his future — his hope — but only if he's willing to want her out loud.

Dreams, after all, are funny like that.
Sometimes they change.
Sometimes they collide.
And sometimes they ask you to choose.

If Ryker finally lets his dreams shift… will Nikki's be waiting — or will he be too late?