Kickoff Blues by Parker Avrile

As long as nobody knows how you feel, they can’t take it away.

Grayson:
My parents don’t believe I was born this way.
They think I’m gay to peeve them off.
But I’m not about to change my truth.
So they ship me off to the all-male academy to get turned into their idea of a real man.
At first, I’m pretty burned up about it.
Then I meet the rookie quarterback.
The sparks between us light up the sky for miles.
Where are we if my folks yank me out of the academy?

Sparky:
I was meant to be a star.
Then I fumbled the ball, and I don’t mean the football.
That senior year arrest lost me my scholarship and my first pick for college.
So now I’m stuck here. The worst team in the southeastern conference. No future.
Or so I thought.
Turns out Gray and me together… we’ve got something special.
Both in and out of the spotlight.
The “in the spotlight” part is what causes all the problems.