Blurb:

Ethan Wong, an ex-prodigy violinist, thinks it's not meant to be. 

After his latest mental breakdown at his last violin competition, where he placed tenth out of ten contestants, he's not sure why his music professor appointed him the soloist for their New York concerto. 

Cameron Langley, the star college baseball athlete, believes it's meant to be.

After being completely ghosted and shut out of Ethan's life after high school, he's finally found the man at a chance encounter at an overbooked hotel. More determined than he is to win his college's first championship, Cameron is desperate for answers and another shot at love with the guy who stole his heart.

Will they face the music or strike out from each other's lives for good?

Content/Trigger Warnings:

-Discussions of mental health, including but not limited to suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, pressures of societal and parental norms, etc.

-Mentions racial discrimination, harmful stereotypes, microaggressions, etc.

Characters:

Ethan Wong

Age: 22

Major: Performance, Music Education; fourth year

College: Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

Cameron Langley

Age: 22

Major: Sports Medicine/Kinesiology; fourth year

College: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

This story was originally posted on Wattpad as part of the 2023 Open Novella Contest. It was luckily apart of the shortlist this year.

What is Open Novella Contest?

The goal is to write a 20k-40k novella in 3 months using one or more of the provided prompts from OpenNovellaContest's list of prompts.

Prompt(s) Used:

44. music is the bridge that can join together people regardless of their differences. Connect your diverse characters through their love of music.

45. You call me up again just to break me like a promise, so casually cruel in the name of being honest. —Taylor Swift

51. The problem with red flags is that I'm attracted to them.