This story begins with Conrad in California, detached and disciplined, carrying the familiar weight of being the responsible one-the son who absorbed pressure, grief, and expectation until love felt indistinguishable from obligation. He is older now, sharper, angrier, and more self-aware, but still haunted by his past: his mother's death, his father's failures, and the wreckage left behind with Belly and Jeremiah. Everything fractures the night he meets Valeriya-brilliant, commanding, emotionally guarded, and immediately unreadable. Their connection is instant and volatile, built on challenge rather than comfort. Valeriya doesn't soften Conrad; she exposes him. She calls him out, refuses to be managed, and meets his intensity with her own. What starts as mutual fascination quickly spirals into something obsessive, physical, and deeply binding. Their relationship becomes the emotional center of the story: fierce loyalty, constant proximity, and an intimacy that is not gentle but deliberate. They move fast-not recklessly, but with certainty-building a shared life that feels private and impenetrable. Sex becomes routine, grounding, and expressive rather than impulsive; domesticity becomes just as charged as conflict. Conrad finds himself choosing her again and again-not out of duty, but desire. But as their bond deepens, the past fights back.

Mother, let me tell you a secret Your flowers always died in my hands And I hated being the goddess of spring Something you could never understand And I know how you see me Your broken, corrupted child of light But mother, I wanted pomegranates and death I craved the cruel shadows of the night Mother, the god of the dead loves me He bows before me on his knees He offers me a crown of thorns And calls me his queen And maybe you did love me, mother But he loves me, darkness and all He knew that I was meant for more Than being your silly, fragile doll ---------- "Aren't you afraid of my darkness, cara mia?" Hades asked with mischief in his eyes. "No, mon cher." Persephone replied, "You haven't seen mine yet." OC x OC!Addams Wednesday @madebyrach , 2023

Born in Philly, raised in New York, and now packing up her Bostonian life for the Emerald City. Freshly graduated from her fellowship at Harvard Medical School, a newly famous World Renowned Surgeon is given a new start in life. At only 24 years old, Elena has reached the highest set of skills a professional in surgical medicine could accomplish. Specializing in Cardiac, Plastic, and General Surgery, nothing could ever come between her love for Neuro, especially not her older brother, the equally famous Derek Shepherd. She was determined and sharp, she was everything Dr. Ellis Grey, her mentor, imagined her to be when she offered her the position of Head of Neurosurgery. Even with such a reputation like hers, Elena still had to face the worst of it. The prejudice and ridicule of her co-workers she could handle, she had faced it head-on during her time at Mass Gen, but she had never been the center of attention in the public eye. Can she keep her life in control or prying eyes? Or will she have to submit to the rumors and whispers spreading across the hospital?

"A soulmate is an ongoing connection with another individual that the soul picks up again in various times and places over lifetimes." - Edgar Cayce FULL SUMMARY INSIDE!! **This story is also intended for Mature readers! 18+! Reader discretion is advised.** Sequel: This is Us coming Jan. 2023. ---- HIGHEST RANKING #85 IN #elijahmikaelson #71 IN #elijah #69 IN #elijah3

they were best friends in college but grew apart after graduation, he's a big time actor now and she's waiting tables, will they reconnect and become closer then ever? - mainly real life - some social media - WARNING: there is eating disorder talk

Highest Rank #19 in Fantasy. Four guys , hot guys rooming with you and that's not all , they're princes. Supernatural princes. As if that wasn't enough , I might as well have feelings for one if them. But he'd never notice a girl like me. Afterall , he's a demon prince soon to be king and I'm a normal human; aren't I ? Cover by AverySummers.

after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious. and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreaker, chase everett. [not edited...like at all]

Amzie Hunter hasn't had an easy life, but she goes through life with a smile on her face because of her best friends. Will that smile always be there? In a perfect world, but no world is perfect. [OC x L. Ross] book 1 in the Hunter's Sister series.

••• 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐚. a mythical drink that makes the drinker taste what their heart most desires. After one sip, Aaron would come to find that for him, it was the sweet honey he had tasted on her lips just moments before. ••• ❝ 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 ❞ - 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘪 ••• 𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙-𝙨 © 2020

"𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝-𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞." "𝐚𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐝!" ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which the new bau employee has everyone wrapped around her little finger [eventual ofc x omc] [THIS IS NOT A SPENCER REID FF SO PLEASE STOP ASKING FOR IT] [starts in s3]