Hot Takes & Housemates

MM Contemporary Romance
by Chase Power

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Pairing: MM
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Inferno
Tropes: Roommates to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Bi Awakening, Praise Kink, Forced Proximity, Fake Dating to Real, One Bed

They share a podcast, an apartment, and a “no feelings” rule that doesn’t survive their fanbase’s thirst.

Drew Callahan is the charismatic ex-jock who co-hosts a growing sports podcast from his living room. He’s loud, charming, and completely in denial about the way he looks at his producer.

Kai Morrow is the stats-nerd producer who keeps the show running on spreadsheets and sarcasm. He’s been in love with Drew since junior year. He’s also been hiding it with the precision of a man who knows exactly what he has to lose.

When a fan-submitted dare segment forces them into lap-sitting, shirtless Q&As, and a kiss “for the algorithm” that goes viral, the chemistry that makes them internet-famous also makes it impossible to keep pretending they’re just roommates.

But Drew’s never been with a man. Kai’s been burned by a straight friend before. And their careers, their home, and their friendship are all on the line. The only thing more dangerous than faking it for the audience is admitting it was never fake at all.

You’ll love this book if you enjoy:

✅ Roommates to lovers with forced proximity
✅ Bi awakening with zero hesitation once he knows
✅ “It was supposed to be for content” energy
✅ Praise kink that wrecks them both
✅ Friends to lovers slow burn that EXPLODES (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ — graphic, explicit, emotional)
✅ Found family through a podcast fanbase
✅ HEA guaranteed

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⚠️ Content Warning: This novel contains explicit sexual content (graphic MM scenes), strong language, bi awakening, references to sports injury, and depictions of anxiety and self-doubt. Intended for readers 18+.

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Chapter One: Opening Monologue

“That was not pass interference,” I said into the mic, leaning forward like the ref could hear me through time and a podcast recording. “That was a man running a route and another man existing in the same zip code. If breathing near a receiver is a penalty now, just put them in separate stadiums and let them play via satellite.”

Behind his laptop, Kai didn’t look up. His fingers kept moving across the keyboard, but I caught the corner of his mouth twitch. That was the thing about Kai—his face was a fortress, but the cracks were everything.

“Drew.” His voice came through my headphones, dry and flat, the way it always did when he was about to ruin me with facts. “The defender made contact at the five-yard line. The receiver’s route broke at the seven. He was physically rerouted two yards off his line.”

“He was gently redirected.”

“He was shoved.”

“It was a love tap.”

“It was seventeen pounds of lateral force. I did the math.”

“You always do the math,” I said, grinning at him across the desk. “That’s why nobody invites you to parties.”

“You invite me to parties.”

“Yeah, and you stand in the corner calculating the alcohol-to-mixer ratios in everyone’s drinks.”

“Someone has to. You had four rum and Cokes at Marcus’s birthday and every single one of them was eighty percent rum. You couldn’t find your shoes.”

“I found them eventually.”

“They were on your hands.”

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