My own story dating back to 2004. I have re-written it and reversed the gender in the two characters. Took me some time. On reading back, I was quite pleased with the way the original tale worked from a female POV
Where's Waldo? It was a popular kids game back in the eighties, but now I'm playing it for real, against a very determined opponent, with my marriage and my happiness hanging in the balance.
An athletic young man learns he has telepathic powers that can affect how people think and act. Can he learn to harness these powers? Can he use them to get the girl he wants? What happens when he's recruited into a high-level spy organisation and discovers its head is corrupt?
At fourteen, Janine Simm's rosy family life turns for the worse when her mother dies of cancer. She is left to alone with her baby brother and her drunk abusive father. We become witness to the rising perversity of the father as Janey's body begins to mature.
What happens is all irrelevant if you're not completely aware of your surroundings. Joshua Smalls is about to learn this lesson in spades as he is hit with a situation that will forever change his life.