Varsity Bruises: A Dark College Queer Romance

By Julian Ashcroft

At Sterling University, Jaxson Vance is untouchable. Star quarterback. Legacy name. A future already written in ink.

Leo Castello exists in the margins. An art student on scholarship, hiding in basement studios and surviving by staying invisible.

They were never meant to collide.

But when Jaxson begins watching Leo-too closely, too deliberately-their paths tangle into something volatile. What starts as intimidation fractures into obsession. Power games blur into fixation. And proximity becomes a weapon neither of them knows how to put down.

As forced tutoring sessions drag them into each other's orbit, the lines between control and desire begin to erode. Jaxson is everything Leo despises-and everything he can't stop seeing. Leo is everything Jaxson is not allowed to want.

Varsity Bruises is a dark, slow-burn queer romance about repression, dominance, and the dangerous intimacy of being seen by the wrong person.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG7FQX14
• ISBN13: 9798242965546
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"