also known as: leo valdez is in love with another girl who's way out of his league... 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 a daughter of aphrodite and a son of hephaestus try to prevent history from repeating. leo valdez x oc ___ #1 in leovaldez on 11.10.25 #1 in demigods on 11.10.25 #1 in percyjackson on 9.06.25 #1 in heroesofolympus on 8.31.25 #1 in pjohoo on 8.04.25 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: "primadonna - MARINA" 01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:42 ⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻ :¨ ·.· ¨: '· . living life like i'm in a play, in the limelight i want to stay, i know i've got a big ego, i really don't know why it's such a big deal though... 🌷🐚🦢જ⁀➴ 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 was absolutely stunning. like, jaw droppingly beautiful. of course, she knew it, just as everyone who met her knew it. blonde, shiny hair, crystalline blue eyes, sunkissed skin, she was the epitome of the "beauty standard." she's used to being underestimated, her intelligence dismissed in favour of her honey-coated looks, and her power ignored. deep down, she was sure that she'd never be truly loved - that no one would ever get past the perfection she was designed to embody. desirable, not lovable. 𝐥𝐞𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐳 was, well, not so stunning, if you asked him. he was kind of scrawny, and short, with curls he did not know how to take care of and usually dirty hands. he wasn't all that interesting, a background character in everyone else's epic. he had scars on his hands and his heart, convinced no one could ever really want him. he knew that love is for other people - people taller, stronger, better. it would probably end up like their parents. hephaestus, pining over a girl who would never love him back, aphrodite, who was repulsed by him, falling in love with the war god, ares. who could ever love leo, right? definitely not some

Sixteen-year-old Leah D'Amore thought survival meant silence, foster homes, and pretending not to care. But when a single phone call rips her from her gritty life in Australia and drags her across the world to Italy, she finds herself face-to-face with the family she never knew she had-six overprotective brothers, a powerful father, and a past soaked in secrets. Now Leah must navigate a world of whispered warnings, forbidden memories, and loyalty that could cost her everything. Because in this family? Love isn't safe. And the truth might kill her.

In a world swallowed by shadows, where ruthless hearts rule and evil walks freely, kindness is a rare bloom in a field of thorns. Among the chaos, where mercy is weakness and love is a forgotten whisper, a little light dares to shine. She is that light. But can a fragile beam of sunshine survive in a storm of cruelty? Can innocence find peace in a world built on blood and betrayal? Can love bloom in a place where it's never been truly known? Let's find out.

The De Luca brothers reign supreme in the underworld, holding dominion over the ruthless realm of the Italian Mafia. They are cold, merciless, driven by madness, their loyalty solely to blood. Yet, their lives take an unexpected turn when they discovered their thirteen years old little sister. *** "When she was choking me, is that... love?" she whispered, her voice barely audible, each word trembling as if afraid to leave her lips. Her eyes, wide and glassy, searched mine desperately, seeking a truth that she couldn't grasp amidst the fog of confusion and despair that clouded her mind. My heart seethed with rage, a torrent of emotions crashing against the walls of my restraint, threatening to betray the stoic facade I had carefully constructed. I wanted to scream, to shake her out of this misguided belief. Hestia, my little sister, stared back at me. Her innocence tainted by the cruel hands of someone who had twisted the meaning of love into something unrecognizable. She couldn't differentiate the painfully obvious truth, the clear distinction between love and control, kindness and cruelty. It was as if the very essence of her spirit was being suffocated, just as her breath had been. ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This story contains sensitive and potentially distressing themes, including abuse, sexual assault, rape, psychological trauma, and mature content. Cover by Canva Update: Random

Annabelle has been lost for a very long time. Being forcefully taken away from her family at 3 years old, she hasn't been the same since. Her once picture perfect family of her loving parents and 5 older brothers are left grieving at the loss of their precious baby. Come 8 years later and little belle has been exposed to the harsh reality we call life although she gets by day by day with her shy and quiet self afraid to speak in her horrible foster home with her mom and stepfather James. After a freak accident she discovers she has brothers living in France and just like that she is shipped off and reunited. Follow little belle on her journey of rediscovery getting reacquainted with the brothers she forgot she had.

Ten-year-old Brydee Prescott has learned to stay silent. Mute since her sister's tragic infection, she hides her fears behind a grumpy facade, watching as the undead roam freely and danger lurks at every corner. Life in the Quarantine Zone is bleak, but Brydee's greatest worry is her father, who vanished on a secret mission for the Fireflies six weeks ago, leaving behind nothing but unanswered questions and a promise to return. Desperate to find him, Brydee hatches a daring plan. She sneaks into the back of a Firefly truck, hoping it will lead her to her father. But instead, she ends up trapped in the State House, surrounded by the chilling remnants of the Fireflies-only their dead bodies remain. Just when Brydee thinks she might never escape, three strangers appear: Joel, Tess, and Ellie, a fearless girl with a mysterious secret-she's immune to the Cordyceps virus. Things lead to another, the State House blows up with, regrettably Tess in it. Not having anyone but each other, Joel, Ellie and Brydee embark on a harrowing journey to track down the elusive Fireflies, with Brydee determined to find her father. Along the way, she discovers that the fight for survival is as much about finding hope and family as it is about facing the undead. -> cover by the lovely @pinkmatterwp

ᥫ᭡ ʚ⋆ 𝜗𝜚 ⋆ɞ ᥫ᭡ Liliana "Lilia" Dolohov is the Red Room's greatest secret-and its only true success. Created from the genetic material of Natasha Romanoff and James Buchanan Barnes, she was engineered to be the perfect weapon: precise, unbreakable, and lethal. From childhood, her life was shaped by brutal experiments, relentless combat training, and layers of brainwashing meant to erase every trace of individuality. But in Lilia, something unexpected survived. Alongside her sharpened instincts and flawless execution came a love for ballet. What the Red Room used as a tool for balance, grace, and disguise became her quiet refuge, the one place where she felt human. Every movement on stage mirrored her duality-elegant yet deadly, fragile yet unyielding. To her handlers, she was cold and calculating, a flawless assassin. To herself, she was something more: a weapon forged in blood who carried within her the discipline of a soldier and the soul of a dancer. STARTED: 12/11/24 ENDED: - [ caws - thunderbolts*]

𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗗 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻- 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 "𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀." 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽-𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁... 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆- 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁.

Liliana has always had a bad life. Ever since she was five, her mother would date the wrong people who would corrupt her, and she was the one who always got hurt. The abuse was usually mental, but then Liliana turned ten, and that's when it became physical. Four years later, she finds out that her mom died in a car accident and has to go live with her older brothers who she has no memory of. Will her brothers welcome's her with open arms? Will she learn to let them in? Will they find out the truth of her childhood? TRIGGER WARNING: includes abuse and mental health like anxiety, depression, and self harm