Ball Boy

Austin - the perfect golden ball boy! Whatever he sets his eyes on, he works hard and relentlessly to achieve - A+ student, A+ baseball player with impressive stats and captain of the school's team, A+ trail guide. Bright, curious and always looking for a new learning challenge, watching a kinky video gives him a new goal - to seduce the coach of the team. It starts like a game and slowly builds up into inferno. But inferno can't be controlled and the direction always predicted. Even though the relationship between Austin and Marcus starts when he is already 18 and both of them are consenting adults, relationship between a teacher/coach and a student is frown upon. I loved the slow build up, the gradual warm up between Marcus and Austin, the way their relationship changed into intimacy, the open communication that showed how mature and serious both of them were in developing a future together. Marcus' resistance didn't stand a chance with Austin's relentless flirting and he didn't put a big fuss, because he already knew deep, down how much he would love to have a boy like Austin. Not any boy - his golden ball boy, such a praise sl*t and naturally submissive, eager to please and learn how to be his Daddy's one and perfect. They paid a steep price to be together, because Marcus knew he was putting his career on the burner, crossing the line teacher/student, he wasn't supposed to cross. But sometimes a big prize deserves a big sacrifice and they both went through the wringer to be together. For Austin this was also one of the most difficult life lessons - losing the pink glasses and seeing the reality in all its ugly glory - coming out, losing his childhood friend, learning to stand behind his choices. And Marcus? He totally deserved to be happy being such a genuine, good, selfless caregiver.
It was such an enjoyable read and between all the laughing moments were sprinkled little meaningful nuggets, that make a reader stop, think and remember.