This is a plot that I like a lot and wish I could read as a full novel. Boxer/fighter Noah is nervous about his upcoming fight, his fellow boxer comforts him. The sex scene was also clearly tacked on and didn't really add anything to the story. I didn't really find this one believable at all. Cowboy Cody pines after a former childhood friend and longtime crush when said crush returns to his hometown after several years away. A basic misunderstanding plot, really common in yaoi manga, which I find rather unrealistic and gets resolved fairly quickly. The relationship between best friends and football teammates Owen and Rory change when Owen confesses his feelings for Rory, then runs off after taking Rory's stunned silence for a rejection. The age gap involving a minor really puts me off. Barnaby, "End of the World As We Know It". Meh, most of these were not really my taste, I suppose. With such short stories, I felt a lot of the sex scenes were totally unnecessary, and some stories seemed to be set up around the sex scene, with character/plot background just to pad it out so it wouldn't be totally about gratuitous porn. There were a couple I really like (one particular stand-out story is Clare London's "Say a Little Prayer"), most were just ok. I only read about half the stories in this anthology.
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