Sometimes, I wondered if there was ever a time when I hadn't cared about others' opinions, either the subtle ones that I'd heard through hushed whispers... or the harsher ones I'd fabricated within my own mind. If there was a way to appease the vicious hounding of my own worries as they nipped at my heels, it felt far beyond my reach. I longed for the peace of hearing something unpleasant and allowing it to rush through me without it tearing me apart. --- Bennett Oden had long ago grown accustomed to the numbing coldness of reality. He led a miserable existence at the hands of his father, but starving was all he knew. He understood how to navigate it... and how to survive on having just enough. On being just enough. Then, he crashed into Mason Locke-warmth incarnate. [Book 1 of The Rapture Series. Stand-Alone.)

Jemma isnt your typical 17 year old. Her life is busy and stressful. She thinks senior year is going to be an easy ride. She's smart and popular, and a hilarious mix of wild child and miss innocent. One minute she's putting a person in check in a not so nice fashion, the next she's blushing and mothering her friends and siblings. Life's given Jemma a hell of a lot to swallow but she always overcomes it. Michael Jenkins has just gotten out of the army and started his first job as a civillian calculus teacher. He's spent the last 5 years resisting enemy forces in extreme conditions yet can't seem to resist Jemma. He finds himself instantly intrigued by her. She makes him forget the horrors of war with her spunky ways and goofy pranks and sassy attitude. Follow them through their twisting journey as they become each others one and only. For this relationship to work they'll have to over come numerous obstacles. Can they make it?

There's some people and some stuff happens and then more stuff. The end! Haha just kidding. Dereck Smith and Vincent Ford have been best friends since birth. Inseparable and unstoppable. They have it all. The grades, looks, money, countless girls, popularity and athleticism. But life hasn't always been so wonderful. They've stuck together through it all but then a game of truth or dare throws everything they ever knew out the window. Should they take the leap from friend zone to more? Nosy friends and mean exes all weigh in. What happens when the rest of the world finds out the top two dogs aren't playing the field anymore because they're playing with each other? People will try to come between them. Ultimatums will be made. Can they make it through or will the cross from best friends to boyfriends destroy everything they have.

Eric Stevens is gay and just came out to his parents who kicked him out. Follow along as he comes out to his friends and falls for someone that society says he shouldn't. Meet Mr Becker. After a unique meeting and subsequently finding out that the boy who just knocked the crap out of him is dealing with coming out and homophobes he feels like it's his responsibility to help him through it all. Eric is his to teach. As you can tell this story is going to be BoyxBoy and yeah Student/Teacher with some twists. It's rated R and will most likely have some frisky naughtyness in it. Cause thats just how I roll ;) Like, love it, or hate it vomment and let me know! As always I appreciate you taking the time to read my stories and hope you like the characters as much as I do.

serənˈdipitē/ (noun): The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. "Girls are awful, that's why I'm not friends with them." - Sydney Barker. Seventeen year old Sydney Barker prefers to have guys as friends over girls. For her, girls are just too dramatic and problematic. Her five best friends, Walker, Bradley, Tanner, Mikey and Drew, have always been there or her, and she knows that they always will be. But in between her senior year of high school and personal problems, will one of those friends be there for her more so than the others? And in more than a friendly way? Sydney's never been the one for long overdrawn relationships, simply because the thought of being with someone for extended periods of time frighten her. As her friends like to say, she has severe commitment issues. But maybe, just maybe, if the right guy is their for her, Sydney can find it in her to get past her so called 'commitment issue'. © Copyright 2013 Millie Morgan. All Rights Reserved.

After the sudden death of her parents, collapse of a destructive relationship and estrangement from her family, Leda Barone, a conservative lawyer from Canada, leaves for Italy, her ancestral homeland. On a busy highway near Rome, Leda's dilapidated Fiat Uno breaks down irreparably. She is stranded until a stranger arrives and changes her life. Ian O'Neill is a cad - the Devil from Dublin. He is a mix of extremes - intelligent, belligerent, charming and nearly famous. One of the most popular racecar drivers in the International Racing Federation, Ian's charisma and good looks allow for all the perks of celebrity life, as well as the occasional temper tantrum. An amazing friendship culminates between these two, but can they just stay friends? Determined not to fall in love with the roving playboy, how long can she fight her feelings? Warning: Ian has a potty mouth. That's the way he rolls.

NOTE: The story contains mature actions and issues. It tells about the love between two young men. The story is NOT edited, but I have begun with that, so please read the Author's Note CAREFULLY, thank you. How do fire and ice combine together? Meet Travis Henderson, sort of new student, blunt to extreme when he can't keep his tongue on a leash, extravagant, vain and cocky as a cat and afraid of nothing. Well, almost. Although with his looks it's very difficult to walk-by unnoticed, he wants to keep a low profile and prefers to stay alone and the company of his I-pod only. Oh, did we mention he is gay? Proud and loud, he would say. Travis knows no half measures when it comes to feelings; he feels a fire burning inside him and has to let it out. Travis must have the object of his interest no matter what, but fire can really burn and hurt you, even if you are its master. And what happens when you realize who you want is the only man impossible to have? Yes, Travis is like a burning and shining ball of fire. Meet Aleksandr Lebedev, half Russian half American, star of the ice-hockey school team. Being 6′3″ tall with a fierce and dangerously annoyed glare make him one of the most feared guys in school. And he likes to be feared by useless and annoying people, since he doesn't appreciate to be involved in others' business at all. Sasha is like the solid and cold ice on which he skates, and only his family and closest friends have a place in his glacial world and heart. That's all you will ever get from Aleksandr and mind well not to annoy him. There is ice in his veins and nothing else. How will it turn out to bump into a constant magnet for trouble? How fire and ice combine together? Will the cold ice extinguish the fire or will the burning and unpredictable fire melt the ice?

WARNING: mature content of boyxboy or better manxman story and actions. The story is R-rated, therefore you know what it means. Thank you for your understanding. Story NOT EDITED. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I shall edit it as soon as possible. Emmett is a broken man, in a blink he had lost everything. His brilliant career in the NBA with a stellar contract, the fame and glory, his family, his fiancée abandoned him when he most needed her, when he most needed an anchor to keep him from sinking to the lowest point. Now Emmett lives on far side of the Atlantic Ocean, in the small, but colourful Dublin. However, his past nightmares keep hunting him, the regret eats his soul day after day. He is alive, but inside he is empty and arid. Then he meets someone, a brat with a natural talent for getting on your nerves. Shane, the young lad of 19yrs old is another broken and abandoned soul. Another wrecked soul who loathes with all his passion self pity and other's commiseration. He told his parents he is gay and hoped they would support him. They kicked him out to a hell hole and now he only lets his anger, acid sarcasm and resentment give him the force to face every single day to help him finally leave that hole. While Shane is openly attracted by the hot and empty eyes Emmett and tries to get under his skin with his provocations, Emmett tries with all his force to deny how intriguing and alluring are Shane's liquid eyes and the strange wicked light they hold in the back. And his smirking and soft lips. Will Emmett sink lower and end eaten by his own regrets or will he find the force and guts to react and win all of his prejudices? Can a broken soul repair another broken soul? Cover by Azer90

Warning: If you haven't read "Fire and Ice" I advice to do it, because you'll not understand some particulars and will ruin surprises and hot stuff in the main story, "Fire and Ice". Hot, sweet, mature, rated and not rated one shots and short stories concerning "Fire and Ice" characters, not just the main protagonists, but also secondary and maybe new characters! So let's have fun again with sarcastic and sexy Travis, icy and hot Alexi, sweet and cute Jasper, alluring and charming River and all their friends, families, acquaintances, teammates, schoolmates, classmates and enemies as well. Let's meet new and surprising people and get ready to some exciting, hot, crazy and sweet action. It's a boyxboy, so you're warned. Cover by XxAricka_DylanxX