Mia McCarthy is the class clown - always making people laugh, but secretly harboring a crush on her best friend's twin sister, Charlotte Vanderhorn. Charlotte is everything Mia thinks she's not: confident, popular, and way out of her league. As Mia's senior year unfolds, balancing friendships, school, and her role in the student newspaper, she begins to question if her feelings for Charlotte might not be so one-sided after all

❝It's okay to feel it all. It's okay to feel it half. Or nothing, nothing at all. The moon isn't always full.❞ -ventum ღ Life was an infinite ocean of unexpected, sometimes too heavy to carry on weak shoulders. After those eighteen years of existence she already knew too well the bitter taste of deception, loneliness and desertion, hence the wall she learnt to build all around her. Until someone forced themselves into her life and heart. But this love was forbidden and they both knew it. (gxg; teacherxstudent) (this needs to be deeply rewritten but i'm awfully lazy atm ahah)

Spencer Reed is a kind and hard-working high school senior, who's just waiting for the last day of her last year to graduate and study something she's interested in. She's just trying to finish the year without problems, but she discovers one can't hide from problems, especially in a town ruled by secrets. And what a secret it is to be in love with your new English teacher. [CW: Use of language and explicit sexual content. Teacher/Student relationship. Drug abuse.]

||WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023|| [LGBTQ+ New Adult Fiction] When Mia Cunningham leaves her hometown in coastal Maine at 11 years old after her mother's death, her best friend, Leila Sutherland, gifts Mia a seashell "so she can hear the ocean and remember her home." Over a decade later, the two young women are beginning to navigate their post-grad lives. Leila has remained in Maine, afraid to branch out of her comfort zone, and Mia, after spending her college years in New York and unsure of her future, returns to the only place she ever felt home--Kenneburk, Maine. After a fateful meeting between the young women, Leila and Mia slowly begin to rekindle the friendship that had once been long forgotten. Their friendship is immediately tested, however, as Leila begins to develops familiar feelings and Mia, unsure of where she belongs, cannot help but wonder the direction her life is calling her towards. Will their friendship survive these new trials of adulthood, or should it have ended permanently the day that Mia left 12 years prior? Find out in "Can You Hear the Ocean?" (Published: 2021)

Olivia Hansen is perfect. At least, that's what everyone thinks of her. She maintains her busy schedule by following routines and setting rules for herself. The pressure is stacked on by everybody in her life, but once she's assigned to tutor Cleo Roberts, the school's troublemaker, Olivia's entire life changes. Will she learn to embrace this unprecedented addition to her life, or will the idea of chaos scare her away? ~~~ #1- Lesbian (January 16, 2021) #3- Girlfriend (May 22, 2021) #1- Tutor (January 16, 2022), (May 31, 2022) #1- gxglesbianlgbt (March 24, 2022) #2- lovable (June 9, 2022) #1- closet (July 26, 2022) #1- gaylove (August 11, 2022) #1- nonbinary (January 1, 2023)

Leah's just a girl like another: hanging out with friends, experiencing love, having family fights and love... But what happens when her perfect world isn't that perfect anymore? And what about this teacher that always tries to help...?

Tessa, 21, is a college dropout and doesn't know what to do with her life. After having had a full gap year basically doing nothing, her parents give her an ultimatum: find work/go to college or get kicked out of the house. Tessa comes across an advertisement to be a nanny for two lovely kids. And when reading that she is expected to live there for an entire year, it is truly a win-win for her. A year of personal growth is awaiting Tessa, and maybe it was just what she needed in life to be able to enjoy it again. Especially since it might bring Tessa experiences she could have never foreseen. __________________ [Started: oct 2021] [Finished: dec 2021] [Edited: april 2023]

My name is Brooklyn Robert. I'm 17, head cheerleader since my freshman year, I have fair grades and people always compliment me on my looks even though I see myself as completely ordinary. I have to admit that my life includes indeniable advantages. My mother, Laurence Robert - pronounced in French s'il vous plaît - is a worldwide renowned fashion designer, meaning that I have quite a lot of pocket money along with a huge property to my disposal. For a teenager who just gets started in life, those assets may lead one to believe that I have all the tools to be happy and successful. But I'm not. I reached the bottom so fast and so hard that I couldn't see a way out. I was trapped in a dark hole with no issue. I was so tired that my only desire was to end it. I wanted it so bad that I swallowed two bottles of sleeping pills and I let myself be taken away by that haunting darkness. But it didn't work. I'm still here, alive and ready to die. #1 sexualorientation #2 suffering #11 girlxgirl __________________________ [Explicit content. May be triggering (rape, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault, violence, revenge porn...). Please take care of yourselves.]

Dani Lennox has a secret she's been keeping for half of her life. She's in love with her best friend Mia. The only problem is that Mia is straight, or at least that's what Dani thinks. Sometime's she'll catch Mia staring at her adoringly, but best friends do that, right? After Mia comes home after 2 years traveling around the world, Dani can't help it anymore. She wants to tell Mia about her feelings but her world comes crashing down when Mia comes home wearing a huge rock on her finger and a handsome fiance. Can Dani put aside her feelings and help her best friend plan her dream wedding? or will this spiral downwards just like her love life? _____________________________________________________________________________ The chapters are going to be titled just some of the things everyone has probably wished they said to their crush or what they regret not saying :) #1 Dani - 09/22/21 #1 Unrequited love - 10/04/21