pyr·rhic /ˈpirik/ (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor. "with your love, your love i'm a better, better man with your love, your love i'm a better, better man darling, all of my wrongs, they led me right to you wrapped in your arms, i swear i'd die for your love, your love i'm a better, better man thought i'd found the highest of highs you came and topped them all you shine in the dead of the night and i was the first to fall" in which he decided that being lonely was his prerogative, as long as he's lonely with her.

"oh really so what are you then? miss piano slash cello girl?" "the angel from your nightmares." "is that so?" "indeed." ~~~~ scarlett dawson- isla fisher calum hood- calum hood

The new girl in town, Allison Johnson, makes a deal with local sports-star Calum Hood. Little does she know, that's the first of many deals she'll be making with him.

"It doesn't have to be for real, we can just pretend."

"If I only want you when I'm vulnerable then you only need me when you're drunk.", Ava almost whispered upon his muted tears, her voice cracking mid-sentence. But that he was the one causing her to feel vulnerable while he got drunk on needing her remained unspoken that night. // Coping with emotional outbursts by biting into a lemon was way more effective, so he found, when tasting the yellow fruit from in between the lips of his night-time lover. // TW: DRUGS, ALCOHOL, VULGAR LANGUAGE, VANDALISM, DESCRIPTIVE SEXUAL CONTENT, MENTAL ILLNESS (PANIC ATTACKS OR EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS IN GENERAL, INSOMNIA AND DEPRESSION MAINLY) // started december 31st 2021

won't last, I'm okay with that // burn, crash, romance -basically a Calum fluff book with occasional smut and a big surprise at the end :) (previously called If These Walls Could Talk) highest rank: #1 in 5sosfanfic (sept-nov. 2018)

"I don't do voodoo, that brings bad karma." "It'll help you get what you want though, right?" ••• Adeline is the type of person that manifests what she wants, whether it's consciously or not. She always gets her way. She's always got some type of spiritual protection, and she meditates regularly. The only problem, she lives in a town where no one else believes in these things. She doesn't like anyone and they don't like her. Except for one person; Calum Hood.

Rochester New York is riddled with crime, split down the middle by two rival gangs. Octavia Smith was just a girl running from a past she couldn't seem to shake, but when she finds herself mixed in with the leader of The Wild Ones it seems her past could be the least of her worries. ---- "Do you trust me?" He questioned, grabbing onto the sides of my face and gently pulling me to him. Looking into his eyes I couldn't deny the comfort I found so easily in his embrace, fear be damned, I've never trusted anyone more. "With my life."

Elena Matthews has an alcoholic mother that "sells" her to Calum Hood, a successful 20 year old. What will happen while she lives in the Hood residence?