she didn't want him. she held herself close. but he wanted her. he craved her. paul lahote x oc twilight au

"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝" They say. So why is Death so cruel? Why does Death take away the ones who want to live the most? Why does it feel like Death wants to take the ones who deserve to live the most? Why does Death let the undeserving live? These questions were always in Ekko's mind ever since he was young. He could never understand how death works, and as he grew he got even more confused. He was always the type to value life, he was just born like that. With a good heart. But what happens when Ekko meets Death herself? Maybe not the actual death, since it is a phenomenon, but the incarnation of Death, who is no older than him. What if he learns to love Death, not knowing the secrets that she holds? And what will he do when he learns just how bad of a match they are? And what will Death do for 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 a boy? 【Ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ】: 12/08/24 【Ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｄ】: 01/06/25

❛ 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣' '𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙤𝙝 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩? 𝙄 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤 ❜ ˖ ࣪ 𖥔 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 and 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥 go on holiday after England finishes second in the Euros. There, Jude meets Claudia - a local artist quietly searching for her path in life - and the two instantly click. What begins as a simple summer encounter soon turns into something far more intense than either of them expected. But as the holiday comes to an end, one question remains: Will their little summer affair last? ────────── 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦. ˖ ࣪ 𖥔

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

"My breath... it stopped. I thought... I thought it wouldn't come back." "𝗢𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗱?" he asked, his voice a low rumble. "𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸." ​--- ​They were supposed to just be friends. ​For months, Ara kept her distance, convinced that her stubborn pride and sharp tongue could keep heeseung firmly in the friend zone. ​But Lee Heeseung doesn't do platonic. ​To the rest of the world, he is detached and entirely untouchable. But behind closed doors, she is the only exception. The only girl who shatters his ironclad control and fuels an intense, consuming desire he can no longer lock away. ​He plays the part of the friend, but he's just waiting for her defenses to drown. ​Because once the boundaries of their friendship blur, there is no turning back.​The lines are crossing. The doors are locking. And once this demon finally claims her, he is never, ever letting her go. ​─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── ​🥇heeseung 🥇friendstolovers [Slow-burn] Started:16/04/2026 Ended:05/06/2026

IN WHICH, he was the light found in her darkness.

She was his sister. His smile. His reason. Before the world knew the name Monkey D. Luffy, there was Monkey D. (Y/N), his older sister, born with a fading clock in her chest and a fire too bright to burn out quietly. This is her story. The girl who shaped his heart, and stood behind the most dangerous era of piracy ever known. A retelling of One Piece with a single change that shifts everything: To the End of the Line - A Reader in One Piece Disclaimer: One Piece and all related characters, settings, and concepts are the property of Eiichiro Oda and Toei Animation. This is a fan-made, non-commercial work created purely for entertainment purposes. I do not claim ownership of the original content. The original character (Y/N) and this alternate storyline are my own creation. No copyright infringement is intended. #2 in onepiecexreader

A gang of college friends stranded on the way to a football match approaches an abandoned wax museum for help. But the unfolding events find them running from the murderous brothers who manage the place. Warning: Some detail on blood, gore, murders, angst, fluff, and more. All of the pictures used are from Pinterest and Canva. Highly recommend watching the film movie first before reading and suggest reading it at night, it sets the mood ;)

The sea is vast, endless, and full of freedom-or so Y/N believed. Dragged into the world of pirates with her brother Tsubaki, she expected danger, betrayal, and adventure. What she did not expect was obsession. From the moment the Straw Hat crew rescued her, Y/N became the center of a storm no compass could guide her away from. Some pirates offered warmth, others protection, and some promised power-but all of them shared one thing in common: they would never let her go. Romantic devotion twists into obsession, loyalty burns into possession, and even the strongest pirates in the world-Whitebeard, Shanks, Mihawk, Katakuri, and more-find themselves tangled in her fate. To them, Y/N is more than a companion. She is treasure, irreplaceable, something to claim, guard, and if need be... destroy the world for. But freedom comes at a price. And on the Grand Line, love is far more dangerous than any Devil Fruit. One girl. One sea. Countless obsessions. Her story will either sink beneath the waves-or drown the world with her.

------------ Valerña Adelía Varcòs is a woman of many talents. She always had her strongest by her side, and she loved him. Roronoa Zoro always loved Valeriña, and he would never stop. But being Pirate Hunters, they didn't have any room for love in their lives, that was until they met a goofy boy in a straw hat. ------------