𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 ❝I tried to hate you, to forgive you, all just to forget you, but I'm only capable of loving you. You're tattooed onto my skin, and the more I try to erase you, the deeper you sink in.❞ ──── 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 left the vigorous city to leave everything behind and start from the beginning but now has no choice but to move back in order to get her art degree. 𝐊𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐖𝐈𝐍 hasn't ever left the city, stuck behind for better or worse, and is now an art professor at one of the most prestigious programs in New York. But when in the presence of each other, they are forced to confront their deepest sorrows and piece together the parts that are broken. ────

Saint had considered himself created to be alone. He believed he was made to weather this world on his own. His mother is but a shell of who she used to be and his father is dead. His life is a broken record of a sad movie, left to play for the rest of eternity. He wants to be saved from this life he calls a misery. Cass lived his life surrounded by people. He parties and laughs and jokes and lives his life to the fullest. Then why is it that every time he finds himself at home he feels the loneliest. His life has become a collage of fake smiles and facades. His heart years for connection no matter how much he denies it. When Saint and Cass meet under less than favorable circumstances, their worlds are flipped over their heads and everything they though they knew has been ripped to shreds.

❝ I'll search for you in every sunset and sunrise, thats a promise❞ Delilah Mae the girl that moves a lot to get away from her past, the sunshine girl is trying to make amends to her past by learning how to love herself. This summer is be far Delilahs best summer yet with all her new friends and well when friends become best friends who knows what could happen next. Tyler Gray, the boy that has the perfect life so it may seem but behind closed doors it's a whole other story. Trying to come to terms with his past he learns a lot about himself and also his relationship with someone special. ••• All Delilah and Tyler needed and what they thought they would never need...and that was to be loved by each other.

"I need you to be the put together one because I'm so fucked up. You've saved me." He whispers. "Carter, we saved each other." I mutter looking at him through my eyelashes. I lean into him, our lips not even an inch apart. "Sophia we shouldn't..." He looks hesitant. "Please, I need you." I almost started crying. "Please." I mutter one more time, my eyes begging for him. My body needing him. Sophia Carrington. She just moved from New York to California in search of a new life. When her life took a dark turn she's forced to leave everything behind. She just wants to finish her final year of high school, numb to the world, while learning to cope with the trauma she's endured. Carter Marquez. Newly single after being dumped by his girlfriend of two years. After losing his dad in a car accident he's fallen apart. The list of people he trusts is short, he hates letting people in. He's constantly trying to make up for his mistakes of the past, trying to find a new purpose in life. When the two of them collided, they instantly took a mutual disliking to each other. Misunderstandings and a dash of alcohol set a flame between them. Sophia hates the snarky remarks and stupid nicknames that leave his mouth. Carter thinks Sophia is just another trust fund brat. Soon their rivalry begins to dissolve and they learn that sharing the pain of their past can form connections they never thought to be possible. WARNING: This story contains mature topics such as sexual assault and drug addiction. Read with caution. Copyright © by lulustoriesss 2021

Three months. Three months on the SunnyMount Cruise for Aria Hayward and her family. What she thought would be an average, boring cruise is quite the opposite once she steps into the teen club. There she meets her best friends for the rest of the trip. Four other people who just seemed to understand her and who care for each other. One of them might be her lover. What she thought would be a boring cruise trip is now turned into a summer of a lifetime with new friends, fun adventures, recklessness, a soulmate, and a tough goodbye to say once time is over. Do they have time? This summer is theirs.

"Fuck you," I flip her off as she walks to the chair next to me. "You want to so bad, don't you?" she asks pointing at my hand covered crotch. started- 6/3/22 ended- N/A

Blaze Davis is the girl in the shadows. The one no one notices but if given a chance, could light up your world with a personality as unique as the scars adorning her body like damaged armour. She has secrets no one knows and hidden beneath that mask is a broken soul. She's seen pain in it's ugliest form. From losing her best friend to being a victim of constant abuse by her boyfriend, Blaze's life is no short of being called a wreck. She knows hurt like the back of her hand. For her, life resembles a tragic poem she can recite from the depths of her heart, knowing she'll always be stuck in the same verse and destined to a doomed path. Building up walls and trying to cement the cracks became more of a task rather than a coping mechanism, giving rise to a closed-off and withdrawn shell. Enter Rafael Hernandez. The Loner Bad Boy. A person with no shortage of wounds himself. He has demons of his own, fighting to take over. Plagued by the regrets and shadows of his past, he manages to hide behind a tough exterior of arrogance and hostility. Resorting to the darkness dwelling in the shadows of his mind, he's on the road to a catastrophic spiral that could leave him lifeless and desolate. What happens when he takes a sudden interest in her? Could this boy be enough to break down her walls? Or will he deepen her scars until she bleeds out from the pain? A storm of emotions like pain, love, agony, hurt, trust are unleashed when two lost souls intertwine in a hope to be found again. TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains themes of self harm, depression, abuse etc. If you are influenced by such topics, refrain from reading. It will get really deep so if you are triggered, I would advise you to not read the book highest rankings: #1 in badboy #1 in abused #1 in teenromance #1 in selfharmawareness #1 in sadness #3 in sad #3 in sexual assault

The quiet girl meets the schools badboy. ~ What happens when the English professor pairs up this dynamic duo to complete a summer project together? Will new relationships form? ~ My heart drops. "And that leaves Lilith and Kai" No, no this can't happen. Kai is known for not trying in school. I can't risk my grades dropping cause Kai won't do any of the work, but also I'm not going to do the whole project by myself, this isn't fair. I raise my hand "Yes Lilith?" "Can I please switch with someone?" "I can't do that Lilith, the pairs I've chosen are final and no one is switching." I sink back into my seat trying to figure out how we're going to do this project. ~ Most impressive ranking #1 in schoolassignments ~ Started: 22/10/21 Completed: n/a

▍𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 ❝ i wanna be your left hand man ❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... the sweetest Pogue finds herself in the midst of an emotional situation involving best-friends, stalkers, and buried treasure. - oc x jj maybank s1