Anna Lynch was fucking petrified of men. Not just uncomfortable- terrified.She'd flinch if one of us so much as walked too close. She was always keeping herself pressed to walls, eyes darting for exits like she was planning an escape. And it wasn't just the loud ones or the gobshites. Even Johnny Kavanagh-her sisters boyfriend -made her recoil. That's when it really hit me. This wasn't nerves. This was trauma, stitched into every muscle in her body. The only lads she wasn't afraid of were her brothers-Joey and Darren. She stuck to them like her life depended on it, like they were the only two people in the world who'd never let her down. The rest of us? We were threats until proven otherwise #1-hughbiggs #1-chilhoodtrauma #1-mentalhealth #1-mutism

*FIFTH BOOK OF STEVE HARRINGTON FANFIC SERIES!* *FIRST BOOK: The New Girl | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *SECOND BOOK: Tell Me You Love Me | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *THIRD BOOK: The Hawkins Summer of '86 | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *FOURTH BOOK: Almost Forever | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* Based on season 5 of Stranger Things! -------- Hawkins was not the same. It was guarded heavily, and Vecna was still out there. Delilah could still feel his hold on her. For the past eighteen months, the group perfected a routine of searching the Upside Down for Vecna. But when one mission goes wrong, and a Wheeler is taken, they quickly realize this was far more complicated. Delilah must balance wanting to protect everyone and herself from what Vecna had planned. And stop the world from being merged with the Abyss. -------- Disclaimer* I do not own any of the Stranger Things cast. I only own Delilah Hopper, and the other characters I have made up!

*FOURTH BOOK OF STEVE HARRINGTON FANFIC SERIES!* *FIRST BOOK: The New Girl | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *SECOND BOOK: Tell Me You Love Me | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *THIRD BOOK: The Hawkins Summer of '86 | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* Based on season 4 of Stranger Things! -------- Eight months had passed since the accident at Starcourt Mall. Delilah has been counting down the days until she gets to see Steve again for spring break. Returning to Hawkins for the week was supposed to be exciting, but Delilah believed she brought her curse with her. Suddenly, her secret nightmares had meaning, and a new string of unexplained murders were popping up in Hawkins. In order to clear Eddie Munson's name, they have to find Vecna and stop him. Delilah and the group need to overcome the crafty wizard's plan while being forced to confront their deepest, darkest past. Will Delilah survive Vecna's curse? -------- Disclaimer* I do not own any of the Stranger Things cast. I only own Delilah Hopper, and the other characters I have made up!

*THIRD BOOK OF STEVE HARRINGTON FANFIC SERIES!* *FIRST BOOK: The New Girl | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* *SECOND BOOK: Tell Me You Love Me | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* Based on season 3 of Stranger Things! -------- In the summer of 1985, Hawkins seems peaceful-Delilah Hopper is lifeguarding with Billy, and Steve Harrington is scooping ice cream with Robin at the mall as they approach their one-year anniversary. Summer is the best! But when Dustin intercepts a Russian code and Delilah notices Billy acting strange, they're pulled back into chaos. Despite the traumatic past, Delilah fights to protect El and ends up trapped in a Russian base with Steve. Somehow, she finds herself trying to protect everyone and fighting the Mind Flayer. Can she survive it all and keep everything together? -------- Disclaimer* I do not own any of the Stranger Things cast. I only own Delilah Hopper and the other characters I have made up!

*SECOND BOOK OF STEVE HARRINGTON FANFIC SERIES!* *FIRST BOOK: The New Girl | Steve Harrington Fanfic!* Based on season 2 of Stranger Things! -------- Delilah Hopper and Steve Harrington are finally happy together. Everything seems to be back to normal in Hawkins. At a Halloween party, Delilah's relationship with Steve Harrington is tested when Billy Hargrove shows an intense interest in her, shaking up their relationship. A desperate call from Dustin Henderson pulls her and Steve into a hunt for a Demo-dog, forcing Delilah to face her feelings. Torn between her deep affection for Steve and a nagging worry that their relationship might put him in danger, Delilah struggles to balance it-all while the Mind Flayer's shadow looms over Hawkins. She realizes she needs to help save Will, all while worrying about her new sister Eleven, and a very strict Hopper. -------- Disclaimer* I do not own any of the Stranger Things cast. I only own Delilah Hopper and the other characters I have made up!

Jim Hopper's niece, Delilah Hopper, moved to Hawkins after her parents died in a fire. Delilah was sent to live with Hopper after the accident and she had trouble adjusting. She was childhood friends with the Byers. Until Nancy Wheeler brought her to a bonfire where she met the king of Hawkins High, Steve Harrington. The night Will Byers went missing was the night Delilah's life changed. She always thought about everyone other than herself. After Steve noticed Delilah's disinterest in him, he suddenly grew interested in her, changing the stubborn, emotionless girl. Delilah has to balance her life in Hawkins with the new interest of Steve Harrington and the Demogorgon monster roaming Hawkins. -------- Disclaimer* I do not own any of the Stranger Things cast. I only own Delilah Hopper and the other characters I have made up!

#1 Teen Fiction | #1 Young Adult | #1 Romance "We all need someone to drive us mad." - The Wombats. He stared arrogantly down at me, a smirk plastered across his face. I sneered up at him with distaste, wanting to wrap my fingers around his neck and strangle that smirk off of him. He brushed my golden hair from my face, his long, slender fingers sparking electricity in my skin, making my knees wobble together. "Will you ever, forgive me?" he whispered huskily, his eyes intently staring into mine. His face was only mere inches from me. I just needed to reach out a little further to kiss him... "Yeah. Over my dead body." I snapped, before throwing my arms out forcefully, shoving my hands into his chest, pushing him from me. -*-*-*- He, is Carter Williams. I, am Lacey Adams. We were once, inseparable. The 'Golden Couple'. The unbreakable best friends, that everybody envied. Nothing could get between us. A part from being tighter than white on rice, we updated our status from friends to being in a relationship, frequently. We were neighbours, which meant our families were all close and even co-owned houses around our town. This, all is, until the day of my sixteenth birthday. Everything changed. The loving relationship we shared, was severed and torn apart. I couldn't hardly stand to look at him any more, without spitting fire that is. Every day is torture being around him. He was in all my classes at school and the window in my room was even directly aligned with his. So, what happens? My mother's mum gets sick, so dad and her fly out. Just them. Leaving me to stay with Carter and his parents, who are never home. We would be alone. In one house. Under the same roof. If I was insane before, I have no idea what I am now. © 2016 by LaurenJ22. All rights reserved.

They're Off Limits Reading Event 😈 They know they shouldn't. They're going to anyway. Forced proximity, messy boundaries, and stories that don't hold back. 📚 Read from the They're Off Limits Reading List 🏆 30 mins → 30 Coins 🏆 90 mins → 90 Coins 🏆 150 mins → 150 Coins 📅 May 11 - 17 Stay for the tension. Leave with Coins. After an unexpected ceiling collapse sends her apartment into chaos, Madelaine Grayson ends up living with her brother - and dangerously close to his tattooed, way-too-charming roommate. He's off-limits... but resisting him might be impossible. *** When Madelaine Grayson's bathroom ceiling caves in, it's not just drywall that crumbles. It's her entire world. Forced to move in with her brother, she finds herself swept up in the chaos of his new protective attitude - especially when it comes to his tattooed roommate, Noah Laurier. Noah is the epitome of perfection: sweet, hot, and embedded into every thought Madelaine has. But he's forbidden, and the closer she gets, the harder he is to resist. Well... what her brother doesn't know can't hurt him, right? *** "Matt's sister, I presume?" He walks towards the couch and my eyes widen. He's tall. I thought I was tall but this man could tower me, and when he reaches a hand towards me, there's an intricate clock tattooed on the back of his hand and his fingers have bones tattooed over them. This man is not human. He's tall and angular and dripping with sex appeal. This man is hot. Capital H, capital O, capital T. I don't think I've ever seen a human being so attractive. All I can think about as I force myself to keep my eyes on the screen is the feel of his jaw beneath my hand, and it takes everything in me not to look

A Good Girl's Guide To Being Naughty • • • Ivy Collins is a normal 21 y/o woman. Except for the fact she's a virgin ... or at least she was until she had sex with her university rivals hockey captain. After a quick (devastatingly quick) night with the man and being called a lousy lay, Ivy made a promise to herself that she wouldn't do it again ... sex that is. Who needs sex when all it brought was insecurities and more, and it wasn't even that good to begin with. Enter Asher Hudson, Ice Hockey captain, her brothers best friend and her best friends brother - triple trifecta of why she shouldn't get involved with him. But when he overhears a conversation Ivy has with her best friend, he gives her an offer she can't refuse. Well, she can, and she should, but why would she want to? Three months, she helps him with his grades, and he'll help her with her sex life. Only one rule, don't fall in love. Easy, right? He'll teach her everything she wants to know, and show her that sex can be fun, you just have to know how to do it right. And Ivy should refuse, after all he's the Ice Hockey captain, her brother's best friend and her best friend's brother - but what's the fun in that. Ivy knows she should say no, but she won't. And she won't fall in love, she can't. ••• Completed • First Draft - Edited. Watty2025 winner #1 in #Romance #1 in #Brotherbestfriend #2 in #bestfriendsbrother #2 in #icehockey

{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠 } Hudson Tempest's an enigma nobody's capable of solving. Darkness has been moulded into his skin, running through him as easily as his blood. More than he's ever allowed anyone to see. Swept up into a world of sin and deviance, Hudson Tempest was broken as a boy and shattered several times over the course of his life. Made to be cruel and forced into a pool of self-destruction, a life that will only ruin him if it continues. Death has been the only thing in sight to him, for a long time. But how hard it is to save someone, who wants to let themselves drown. Val Emerson's the embodiment of light. A heart that outpours warmth like she was made to love, from the very moment she was born. The sunny side up sort of girl with an affinity for the sea, and smiles. When the cruelest of them all and the happiest of them all collide. When her hatred turns into a desperate desire to save the most broken of them all, far past salvation. When his hatred morphs into something he promised not to feel. Opposites. Dark, to light. Whole, and broken. Rivals, in all they do. Until somewhere along the way, they find themselves falling into each other's arms. Somehow, into each other's clashing hearts. <3