A Competitive Edge by Adara O'Hare

Two photos, each of a young man. One is tall, skinny, and pale-skinned with straight, platinum blonde, straw-like hair. He wears black skinny jeans and a tight black shirt with a v-neck and the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. The other guy is a few inches shorter, slightly more muscular and tanned, with wavy, brown hair. He wears black jeans and an open black leather vest, showing off his body. To see the original story prompt photos, please join the GoodReads M/M Romance Group and go to the original story thread, here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/882628-adara-o-hare-a-competitive-edge-5-22 STORY PROMPT Dear Author, I’m running warm up laps around the track when the shot put throwers start their practice throws. Ogling them distracts me enough that I veer off course into the hurdles. The end result is embarrassment, a sprained ankle, and losing my chance to participate in today’s meet against our biggest rival. As a senior, I don’t want to give up my spot, but I especially don’t want to give it up to him . Since the start, we’ve been rivals on the track. We run the same distances and are competing with each other for spots at the starting block. But while I’m sure what relationship we have on the field, I’m less sure what we have off of it. Being forced to share a bedroom in a house with our other teammates doesn’t help any. One day he’s flaying me with sarcasm and the next he’s gazing soulfully at me from across the room when he thinks I can’t see. “What’s his probl