Boys and tot featuring in stories (7)
I believe the answer is:
laddies
'boys' is the definition.
(laddie is a kind of boy)
'tot featuring in stories' is the wordplay.
'tot' becomes 'add' ('add' can be a synonym of 'tot').
'featuring in' is an insertion indicator.
'stories' becomes 'lies' (I've seen this before).
'add' going into 'lies' is 'LADDIES'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for laddies that I've seen before include "young men" , "Boys" .)