Nearly eighteen years have passed since Willow was allowed to simply exist. Raised in locked rooms and silence, she learned rules without ever being told they were wrong-so she steps into freedom bright-eyed and reckless, all summer dresses and soft wonder, finding joy in everything the world kept from her. Willow is sunshine with sharp edges: independent, curious, too kind for her own safety... and still unaware that what she survived was abuse until someone shows her what choice actually feels like. Byron Ferrari isn't that someone because he's gentle. He's twenty-four, a billionaire built from old money, grief and discipline, running a ruthless security empire and a stricter life. Control is how he breathes. Anxiety is how he loves. He doesn't want to cage Willow, he wants to keep her close because losing people is the only thing he's ever been good at. Byron is forced to learn the difference between protection and possession all while unintentionally turning her into a spoiled brat who craves his attention and affection. Willow walked into his immaculate kitchen, barefoot, carrying a fistful of wildflowers like contraband. Byron stared at the mud. Then at her. "Absolutely not." She smiled, radiant. 'Absolutely yes.' She signed. Ten minutes later, Byron was on his knees, gently cleaning the soles of her feet while she hummed. Tropes: Sunshine x Grumpy • Morally Grey Protector • He Falls First • Found Family • Touch-Consent • Fast paced • Lake House / Summer Vibes • Chosen Autonomy • spoiled MFC #1 sunshine #1 soft #1 old money #1 spoiled

The cold man fell in love with the kind girl because he knew that she deserved the world and that he wanted to be the one who gave it to her. ♡ Alette Faye was a sweet girl. She was exceptionally kind and had an air of simplicity. Between her part-time job at the bakery, her classes, her time spent tending to her flowers and walking in the fields, she didn't get the opportunity to experience much. Her past created fears in her that she seemingly couldn't overcome, and then she met him. For when she meets him, she should have run away in fear, but she stayed. She stayed and she opened her big heart for a man who found his heart, just for her. ♡ This story is a little cliché, a lot unedited, and super simple.

Chase Campbell has the love and affection of the entire university. Playing as an exceptional wide receiver for a D1 football team, improving his game and keeping his grades up should be his first priority. No distractions. No slacking off. And no drama. He has his whole future mapped out ahead of him, play well in college and make it to the NFL, but those plans soon go awry when he stumbles upon a beautiful girl being harassed at a party. Helping her was the natural thing to do, yet now he can't get the sight of her shining brown eyes and smooth black hair out of his mind. Mirai Nakamura is an aspiring film student who's determined to prove to her mother that she can make a viable career out of her passion. New to the university and living with her best friend Skylar, she goes to a party not thinking twice about it until the night goes horribly wrong and she's rushing to get back home. Her savior appears in the form of a 6'1" football player with curly brown locks and piercing hazel eyes. She doesn't expect to see him again until a twist of fate brings them together and sparks an intense connection neither of them could have ever imagined.

He only needed her to play the part. He didn't expect her to become everything to him. Grayson Hawthorne is the campus golden boy- untouchable, cocky, star of the hockey team. When his ex-girlfriend starts flaunting her new relationship, Grayson decides to fake-date the last person anyone would expect. Lydia Ashford is quiet and brilliant. She is in the first row of her psychology lectures. She wants nothing to do with Grayson's world of headlines and partying - until a moment of weakness turns into a deal she never meant to accept. What starts as pretend handholding and staged smiles blurs into something real. Beneath Grayson's confidence lies a boy drowning in pressure. Beneath Lydia's silence lies a heart that feels everything too deeply. As the lines between fake and real disappear, both must confront their feelings and be vulnerable because pretending to love is easy. Letting yourself be loved is not. A story about the quiet girls, and guarded boys, and the kind of love that sneaks up when you aren't looking.

──── CITY LOVE ❝ you need someone. let me be that person. let me be what you need. ❞ ﹙ percy jackson x fem!oc ﹚ ﹙ the titan's curse; the battle of the labyrinth; the last olympian﹚ ﹙ book one of the song of the siren series ﹚ ﹙ status: completed﹚ ©ronaldiary | 2022

| 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. | 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Serena Vale comes to Camp Half Blood beneath a sky that feels too heavy with meaning, as though the air itself remembers wars long forgotten. The borders still stand and the fires still burn, but the land hums with unease, threads of destiny pulled too tight, stretched thin by the hands that wove them. The gods remain distant, their voices scattered like echoes across centuries. Monsters stir where they once slept. Old loyalties begin to erode, not through open conflict, but through silence and doubt, where even truth feels unreliable. Percy has survived prophecy and defied expectation, yet this time the future refuses to reveal its shape. The signs are not carved into stone or whispered in dreams, they surface slowly, in fractures and omens, in the growing realization that some paths are set in motion long before anyone chooses to walk them. As mortal will and divine design begin to blur, Serena and Percy stand at the center of a gathering storm, not as champions summoned by fate, but as witnesses to its slow unfolding. What binds them is not certainty, but the understanding that every step forward carries a cost already accounted for. This is not the story of when war begins. It is the story of how it has always been waiting. Because some destinies do not arrive with thunder or flame. They move quietly, patiently, through the veins of the world, until there is nothing left untouched. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟏𝟐.𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝟏𝟗.𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏 - 𝟓 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 - 𝟓 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎

"Why is it that whenever I try to get closer to you, you always shy away from me?" Aiden asks, hurt dripping from his voice I look at him and instantly i'm filled with regret and fear. "You wouldn't understand Aiden." I say pleading with him "Try me," He challenges. "Listen," I pause. "I need you to understand that when I push you away, it's because it's the only thing I know how to do anymore." He opened his mouth to say something but she stopped him, holding her palm up like a white flag. "You need to understand that everyone else has left and my problem," I say raising my voice. "My problem is that I'm scared," "I'm scared of getting too attached to someone, until eventually, that someone has the power to control me. To end my world when they feel like it." Aidens eyes bore into mine but he doesn't say anything. "Are you attached?" He asks. I glance away and then back at him nodding "With you? Too much." I say as a tear rolls down my left cheek "I'm scared that you are going to leave." I whisper as Aiden wraps his arms around me. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A grumpy figure skater and a golden retriever Hockey Captain.

Ellen Hegarty has three rules: 1. No jocks. 2. No drama. 3. No falling for cocky guys with abs that make your GPA drop. Then she meets Josh Parker-Evergreen State College's star right wing with a wicked smirk, a mouth made for sin, and a knack for driving her absolutely insane. When she's assigned to cover the Coyotes hockey team for the school paper, Ellen thinks surviving senior year just got harder. He's ice-cold on the rink. She's fire in a hoodie. They can't stand each other. They can't keep their hands off each other. One accidental kiss. One too-hot-to-handle rivalry. And one steamy story that might just melt the ice between them. Who knew getting Pucked could feel this good?

ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴇꜱᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴅᴇᴍɪɢᴏᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴡꜱ ʜɪᴍ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ꜱᴇʟꜰ. #51 ɪɴ ᴀʀɪᴀɴᴀɢʀᴀɴᴅᴇ (1/1/24) #9 ɪɴ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱᴛᴏʟᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ (1/6/24)

☞A ʜᴀʟꜰ-ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ ɢᴏᴅs Sʜᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ sɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴅᴅs Aɴᴅ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇss sʟᴇᴇᴘ Tʜᴇ ʜᴇʀᴏ's sᴏᴜʟ, ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ʙʟᴀᴅᴇ sʜᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴀᴘ A sɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ sʜᴀʟʟ ᴇɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴅᴀʏs Oʟʏᴍᴘᴜs ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴀᴢᴇ☜ [𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑥 𝑂𝐶] 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 5 ~𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝗺𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧~ 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝒊. 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝒊𝒊. 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝒊𝒊𝒊. 𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝒊𝒗. 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔