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Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

A coming-of-age story about a sixteen-year-old musician named Abby. While experiencing the innocence and fun of her teen years alongside her twin brother, Aaron and best friend, Sierra, Abby encounters the teenage girl's greatest downfall- a charismatic boy. From the moment Abby meets Jace, her life begins to unravel at a sickening pace. This novel explores the dichotomy between love and lust, the toxicity of codependence, and other contemporary themes such as addiction and mental illness. As Abby loses those around her one by one, the reader witnesses a constant struggle with one of life's greatest questions- when is enough, enough.

Anya Lockhart is an amateur writer, using the hobby as an outlet to vent about her constant struggles that not a single person could even pretend to care about. By no means does she claim to be a professional, but she still hopes to publish a novel someday. The fictional characters of which she determines the lives of are her only friends; the only ones who are willing to listen to her silent cries. Anya portrays the characters as the feelings and emotions that she suppresses within herself. Trace McAllister is the main character in Anya's first ever novel. Wallowing in constant depression, Trace is forced to shoulder all of Anya's pain in the tough life that she has created for him. Miserable, misunderstood, and alone, Trace feels that he is not in control of his life. He can't find a point in trying to turn his life around from his drug addiction when fate won't allow his life to change. When a boy fitting the exact description of Trace transfers to Anya's class, she is convinced that he is the boy from her book. She isn't prepared for the hostile way Trace regards her, placing the blame on Anya for his terrible life. He demands her to erase his entire existence despite the publishing contract that she has been offered. Can Trace rewrite the storyline of his own life? Or will Anya agree to completely abolish Trace's life? ******* WARNING: This story deals with heavy issues, such as depression and addiction. Please be careful if these could trigger unwanted emotions from you.

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ─────୨ৎ───── 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 feels invisible. As the daughter of the Royal Academy's football coach, everyone assumes they know her, but no one truly does. Beneath her fake exterior lies a girl drowning in secrets, desperate for someone to see past the facade. Then 𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 '𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄' 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 the academy's new star footballer, steps into her life and starts to notice the cracks in her armour. Connie has his own struggles. With a father who's relentlessly pushing him to become a football star, he's constantly fighting to meet expectations he isn't sure he can fulfill. The last thing he expects and needs is to find himself distracted and drawn to a certain curly haired blonde. ─────୨ৎ───── When I park in front of her house, I speak up before she can say goodbye. "I know you're going through something." The words come out rougher than I intend. "You try to hide it, but I see right through you, Carmen Castro." "Aaron..." Her eyes drop to her hands, her fingers twisting together. "You don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. Okay? You can text me, call me, whatever. I'll drop everything." Her eyes flicker up to meet mine. She looks... scared. Not of me. But of something else. "Please?" I add, my voice breaking. I was never one to beg but ever since meeting Carmen, I've been a fucking beggar. She swallows hard and nods her head slowly. "Okay." Then, gives me a weak smile before slipping out of the car. [ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ] #1 mental health #1 addiction #1 awareness #1 academy #1 teen love #1 drugs #1 football #1 sad #1 rehab #2 healing #3 sportsromance

18 months ago my world came crashing down. I lost my job, my family, and my friends. I lost everything. But now, 18 months later, my life is starting to get back on track. So come with me on The Comeback of a lifetime.

Peter runs a bookshop where the days repeat and the solitude never asks anything of him. He opens early. He sorts shelves. He goes home alone. He likes it fine. Then Sara walks back in after years away, her five-year-old daughter Mia trailing behind her with a stuffed fox and too many questions. They knew each other once. Teenagers circling the same store without ever quite colliding. Now she's tired, fierce, and carrying more than she'll admit. Mia claims a reading rug. Sara starts staying longer. And Peter realizes the emptiness he'd grown used to was never comfortable at all. But Sara fought hard to stand on her own. And the closer Peter gets, the more she fears losing the ground she built beneath her feet. Until Tomorrow Comes is a quiet, character-driven story about love that arrives gently and leaves a mark. About the difference between being alone and being lonely. About what it costs to let someone in and what it costs not to.

Take a dive into my mind, you might find something to hold on to.

They call her Trouble. Locked behind prison walls, A'Leiaa Onyxx Creed rules a place that was built to break people like her-but she never learned how to break. In here, she's feared. Outside, she was something else entirely. But every name has a beginning... and every empire has a fall. Before the bars. Before the silence. Before she became Trouble. There was a life she doesn't talk about anymore. And someone from that life still lingers in her past... a name she refuses to say out loud, but never forgets. And a story that made sure she never looked at love the same again.

Sold to the feared Demon King to end a war, Sierra expected cruelty, pain, and a loveless marriage. Instead, she found herself trapped in the obsession of a monster willing to burn the world for her. She promised herself she would never fall for a heartless monster. Too bad the monster fell first. And the more gently he loved her, the harder it became to resist him.

Lucien Vergara has everything the world envies-wealth, power, and a future already written for him. But inside the gates of International School Manila, he is just a broken boy hiding behind expensive silence and dangerous habits. Drugs keep him numb. Parties keep him distracted. And pain... he keeps buried where no one can see it. Until the night of his eighteenth birthday. When the lights go out. When the guests start screaming. When his entire world turns into fire and blood. Lucien wakes up from the ashes with only one thought left in his mind: Find the killer. And make them suffer. But the deeper he goes into Manila's criminal underworld, the more the truth begins to fracture. The messages guiding him. The enemies he destroys. The revenge he builds from nothing. None of it may be what it seems. Because sometimes the most terrifying monster... is the one you never realized was already inside you.

What happens when the line between fantasy and taboo blurs? 😶‍🌫️ When right feels wrong and wrong feels right? When just one thing stays on your mind? When normal seems boring and forbidden seems tempting?🔥 When the line between pleasure and pain blurs? Is that still fun?💋 When you're so obsessed, that the world fades? When everything is a distraction, and she/he is the only one worthy of attention? When addiction is the only survival and giving in is the only way? Do you still wanna survive? ❤️‍🔥

"This empire belongs to me, leave it with me." Yvette's life had settled into the same grueling cycle: long, thankless shifts at the diner, lonely nights, and the constant weight of just getting by. But when she reconnects with Jesse Pinkman, nothing feels simple anymore. Pulled into a world of violence, lies, and secrets he can't fully explain, Evie must decide how far she's willing to go for love-and how much darkness she can endure before it consumes her. Every choice comes at a cost, and staying by Jesse's side might just destroy the life she's been trying oh so hard to hold onto. "I protect the family, leave it with me." ((Jesse Pinkman x Fem OC)) AMC's Breaking Bad

ONC 2026 Round 1 Ambassador's Pick and Winner ❤️ Prompt 46: "We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than you." People love to call it fate when two lives brush past each other in a crowded city, as if only the universe gets to play matchmaker. But I know better. I work in restoration, and I have an eye for broken things that need it. I spend my days saving delicate, ruined things from time, from careless hands, from rot. I know how to scrape away grime without damaging what's underneath. I know how to make the broken look holy again. Then I see you. Elias Thorne-quiet grey eyes, and an even quieter presence that tempts me to learn more about you. You stand in front of blueprints like they're scripture, like you're trying to understand the soul of a building the way I try to understand the soul of a person. And something inside me clicks into place so perfectly it scares me. That's when I knew. I finally found the missing, broken part of me. I finally found my soulmate. I'm not here to pass through your story, Elias. I'm here to edit it. To erase what came before and peel away every ghost you still keep tucked behind your ribs-especially the one named Kathy. And I've already started drawing the version of your life where there's only one name you remember. Because love can fade. But attachment doesn't. And I'll prove it-I'll Never Leave You.

Some connections don't make sense. Some people don't fit into your life the way they should. And yet... you keep going back. Dunk lives in noise-flashing lights, crowded rooms, and music loud enough to drown out everything else. Joong lives in quiet-late nights, soft coffee steam, and a routine that never changes. They were never supposed to meet. And they definitely weren't supposed to keep meeting. But somewhere between after-hours and almost-mornings, between unfinished conversations and lingering looks- they become something. Not lovers. Not strangers. Just... something they don't understand. And maybe that's the problem. Or maybe- that's the reason they can't stop. - "I don't understand... but I love you."

Shane has been the good boy all his life. He craves a life of risks and romance. When he meets aspiring tattoo artist Anthony, things take a dark turn as Shane gets lost in a world of addiction and danger, no longer the good boy he once was. My first ranking!! #3 in addiction 7/12/2024

Jay never meant to destroy him. He only wanted to protect the man he loved. But the night Jay vanished without a word, he left Sunghoon alone with nothing except silence, unanswered questions, and the unbearable feeling that something was terribly wrong. Five months later, Sunghoon is still searching. Still refusing to believe his husband disappeared willingly. And when fate finally throws them back into each other's path, Sunghoon barely recognizes the terrified, exhausted stranger staring at him with fear in his eyes. Now, with danger closing in from every side, Sunghoon will have to fight harder than ever to bring Jay back home - even if it means uncovering truths that could destroy them both.

an isolated, traumatized firefighter finds himself missing real connection, happiness and love. when a beautiful woman mistakenly thinks he's her blind date, he says nothing at all, craving the company. "And for the first time? I had finally felt the sun."

"If they find us... we're both dead." Anik Varren built his life on control. Control over his empire. Control over his emotions. Control over every weakness that could destroy him. Then he met Elara Voss. Cold. Beautiful. Untouchable. She was the one woman he should never want-connected to a world filled with secrets, power, and dangerous consequences. But the more he tries to stay away from her... The more impossible she becomes to resist. Every glance feels forbidden. Every touch feels like betrayal. And every moment together pushes them closer to ruin. Because in their world, love isn't just dangerous- It's deadly. Now, with enemies watching from the shadows and secrets threatening to explode, Anik must choose between the empire he fought to build... Or the woman capable of destroying everything he is. Some loves are forbidden. Theirs was never meant to survive.

A dead best friend. A boyfriend buried in secrets. And a love story torn apart by murder. After her best friend is found dead, every clue begins to point toward the one person she trusted most - her boyfriend. Overnight, the boy she loved becomes the boy she fears, hates, and can no longer recognize. Determined to uncover the truth, she finds herself caught between grief and the lingering remains of a love that refuses to die. But the deeper she falls into the mystery, the more dangerous everything becomes. Lies unravel. Trust shatters. And the line between love and hatred slowly disappears. Because sometimes the person who once held your heart is the same person capable of destroying it.

(#1) 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. Six months after Nathanael had lost his wife Keira during their honeymoon, he is obliged to travel to Nigeria for a medical conference. But what he didn't expect was to come face to face with a woman who looks exactly like Keira, but who claims to be called Sharon Chioma. She's a painter... and is engaged with another man. Torn between truth and illusion, love and betrayal, Nathanael must unravel the truth of who Sharon truly is and maybe the secrets that surrounded Keira's life all along.