When I met her, I fell in love with her smile. With her laugh, which she gave so free and loud, or soft and breathy in my ear. I'd fallen in love with her hands as they traced the air in front of my favorite paintings. With her fingertips as they braided her soft black hair. I'd fallen in love with her icy blue eyes, the dimple in her cheek, the smell of her spicy sweet perfume at the hollow of her throat, poisonous to me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucy Stewart is a textile artist in love with art of all kinds, but especially those that play on dark emotions. While sitting in a museum one evening, one of her very favorite such artists steps into her life. Together, they will create an art form neither of them have yet to experience alone... **New parts published on Wednesdays and Saturday's** CONTAINS: graphic consensual sex, language, kink Trigger warnings will be listed at the top of each chapter (there won't be many)

Juline's job is simple on paper. keep the schedule tight, the rumors quiet, and Billie Eilish exactly where she needs to be. But nothing about this tour is simple. Juline Moreau is an French manager. Cool, flawless, unshakable. At least, that's what she wants everyone to believe. But Billie? She's unpredictable. Magnetic. Impossible to keep in line. Between sold-out shows, relentless fans, and sleepless nights in unfamiliar cities, Juline starts to realize that holding everything together might be harder than she thought. Because sometimes the hardest part of the job isn't the world watching- it's what happens when no one else is looking. --- ⚠️ This story includes: smut, mental health issues and maybe violence

Isabella Cruz never thought her life would turn out this way. At 25, she's a single mother of two Andy, 8, and Casey, 6 living in a New York apartment with her sisters and fighting to hold on to stability. Once, she dreamed of acting, even got a few call backs. But that dream died the moment the man she married told her it would "stab him in the heart." Instead, Isabella gave him everything her youth, her loyalty, her future only to discover his betrayal in the worst possible way. The divorce left her broken. Piece by piece, she rebuilt, only to lose it all again when her steady job suddenly collapsed. With no paycheck and no hope, Isabella is ready to give up until one ad changes everything. "Personal Assistant needed" She applies. She interviews. What she doesn't know is that the job could place her side by side with global superstar Billie Eilish...

Betty A single mother of two, her days are built around school lunches, early trains, and hotel room checklists. She's good at staying unnoticed - by guests, by life, even by herself. Billie lives in the spotlight. A global icon on tour, her days blur with flashing lights and distant faces. But when she spots a familiar one - the girl from the front row, now cleaning her hotel suite - something shifts. Betty tries to keep it professional. Billie can't help but be curious. What begins with cautious glances and guarded conversations unfolds into something softer, deeper - a connection neither of them expected. In a world where fame and routine never touch, what happens when opposite worlds collide... and refuse to let go?