He walked off the court and out of my life. Now he's my doubles partner.

Two years ago, Andre Kessler stopped answering my calls. No fight. No goodbye. He just stopped.

I was nineteen. I decided I wasn't worth a sentence, and I built my whole life on top of that.

Now he's back at Calloway. Same shoulders. Same way of saying my name like it's the end of a thought. Coach put us on court one together and I said fine like it cost me nothing.

It costs me everything.

Because Andre knows something about that summer. And every day he doesn't say it, I get closer to a boy I already survived losing once.

I've got a scholarship holding my whole family up. A mother working doubles. A sister who deserves better than a brother who blew it all up over a boy with a building named after him.

I can love him quietly. I can love him carefully.

I just can't love him where anyone can see.

Unforced Error is a slow-burn, second chance MM college sports romance with dual POV, a closeted captain, a rich boy who gave up everything, a rival who knows too much, and one kiss on center court in front of six hundred people.

No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed happily ever after.