I remember meeting Prince Zuko very early in my life. He was different back then. For one, he had no scar on his face. But he was also still a sweet little boy. He was still that person somewhere on the inside, but the scar was a visual reminder of the changes he had undergone both physically and mentally. There was no doubt he was lost. But was I wasting my time by trying to help him find his way again? Maybe. But I didn't think so. ••• This story follows an original character Sora as she accompanies the Prince on his journey. Fair warning that there will be changes made to the story. I do not own ATLA or any of the character besides Sora. However, I don't believe writing an OC story makes any sense unless they play an active role in the story. But I promise it will still be the story you know and love.

At twenty-four, Cora really believed she knew what her life was going to be like. But when that perfect life threw her a curveball with two pink lines and a suddenly bare ring finger, she's forced to face a new life she didn't know could belong to her. Now five months pregnant and still alone, she's left trying to prepare for a baby while untangling herself from years that have left her without an identity. She isn't looking for a savior, just wishing to be stable enough for her baby. Eric isn't good with words. He never has been. But in every small act of service, every quiet presence, every protective glance when life reminds Cora how vulnerable she still feels, he says everything he doesn't know how to speak aloud. He doesn't try to save her, but somewhere in that silently protective presence of his, Eric becomes something more dangerous than a savior. He quickly becomes someone she begins to trust.

They met by accident-in chaos. At twenty-five, Brielle Price has learned what it feels like to pour years into something that was never meant to last. Fresh out of physical therapy school, she's focused on healing, rebuilding, and climbing forward in her career. Love is no longer a priority. Stability is. Perseverance is. And for the first time, she's choosing herself. Andre Carter, also twenty-five, is fresh off his rookie contract in the NFL and stepping into a new chapter of his life. Focused, disciplined, and painfully aware of how quickly everything can be taken away, he moves with caution. Labeled a golden boy by the world around him, Andre knows better than to believe the hype-or tempt fate. One drunken night in Houston brings their paths together in the middle of chaos, neither aware of the impact that fleeting moment will have on their carefully laid plans. Some encounters are brief. Others linger... Waiting for the right time to return.

"He was everything loud. She was everything quiet. Somehow, they fit." Mia Bennett has spent her life surviving quietly. Moving to Lakeshore College in Chicago is supposed to be her escape-from an abusive father, from a childhood shaped by fear, and from the responsibility of caring for her twin brother, Miles. But freedom doesn't come easily when Miles is an eighteen-year-old hockey star battling alcoholism, and Mia is the one holding everything together. Shy, guarded, and struggling with anxiety, Mia has learned how to disappear into the background. She doesn't expect anyone to notice her. Then she meets Kai Donavon, a confident, driven hockey player at Lakeshore, Kai is everything Mia isn't-and somehow, exactly what she needs. Through Miles and the team, their worlds collide, and Kai becomes the steady presence Mia never knew she was missing. He doesn't push. He doesn't judge. He simply stays. But storms don't stay silent forever. When their father reappears and the truth behind their mother's death comes to light, Mia and Miles are pulled back into the danger they thought they'd escaped. As the past threatens to destroy their future, it won't be the strongest man who saves them-but the brother who finally chooses to fight for himself, and for the sister who never stopped fighting for him. Silent Storm is a raw, emotional college hockey romance about trauma, healing, and the quiet strength it takes to survive-and to love.