False Idols: A 1970s MM Romance

In the neon-soaked haze of the 1970s, Austin Rivers was once the golden boy of television, an icon plastered across every bedroom wall in America. But as the spotlight fades, Austin is left grasping at straws, drowning his relevance in a cocktail of drugs and reckless encounters. When a career-saving role comes with the steep price of six weeks in a mandatory rehab facility, he thinks he has hit rock bottom—until he meets his assigned roommate. Harvey Laden, the spoiled, volatile son of a rock-and-roll legend, is everything Austin loathes. While Austin clawed his way to fame, Harvey drifted through the industry on a wave of unearned privilege and headline-grabbing debauchery. The two have a history defined by bitter rivalries and bruised knuckles, and trapped within the confines of recovery, their shared animosity is immediate and intense. Yet, as the forced proximity strips away their carefully curated public personas, the hostility begins to shift into something unrecognizable. Amidst the chaos of their pasts and the uncertainty of their futures, they discover that their greatest enemy might have been the only person truly capable of understanding them. In a decade defined by excess, they find their most dangerous addiction yet: each other.