When Dani agrees to drive a drunken Shane Olsen home, she assumes it's just a simple favor-one night, one ride, nothing more. But that single act pulls her into a world she never expected. As she learns more about Shane, she begins to uncover the pain and secrets he keeps buried beneath his carefully crafted exterior. In the process, she starts to see the cracks in her own life, realizing how much she has been merely surviving rather than truly living. Shane has spent years enduring neglect and abuse, learning the hard way that the people who appear perfect often hide the darkest truths. With Dani, he finds someone who sees beyond his mistakes, someone who challenges him to believe he's capable of more. But their relationship is anything but easy-tangled in struggles, unspoken fears, and the weight of the past, they fight to avoid becoming the very people who hurt them. As they grow closer, both Dani and Shane must decide if they can break free from the cycles of pain and regret that defined their parents' lives-or if they are doomed to repeat them.

Eight years into the Infection, a spunky idealist convinces a hardened recluse to help him save humanity. --- For eight years, Zafaru has fought to survive the freezing cold, constant hunger, and vicious Infected. Armed with a dull blade and sharp sass, he clings to a dream of saving the world. For eight years, Recluse has watched the world burn from the safety of his fortress. The Infected don't bother him. He saves his bullets for humans. When Recluse catches Zafaru stealing from him, he is enchanted by his captive's wit, humor, and passion. So when Zafaru sets out to uncover the sinister truth about the growing Infection, Recluse has no choice but to join him. He'll do whatever it takes to keep this fluffy-haired do-gooder alive. Even if he has to save the world. 🎖Honorable Mention in Wattpad's Open Novella Contest 2021 Editor's Pick, September of 2022

❝And she did the drugs for fun But now she does them just to stay up❞ --------------------------- I'm a half smoked cigarettes girl, a tiny tops and eye glitter girl, a quick and cheap girl. The female version of a playboy. Sexy, sweet, sour, anything they want. I'm a Pink Whitney girl and a football players bitch. I'm the sob story, the "dead by 27" dead eyed future druggie. Otherwise known as Kaitlyn Thomas. I suppose this will either be my story, or my obituary. #1 in musings #2 in alcoholism # 282 in high # 191 in beauty # 98 in addiction # 28 in sensual # 9 in playgirl # 101 in drugaddiction # 172 in highschoolsweethearts # 164 playboy # 224 in teenpregnancy

✔️completed "Let these three words tattoo in your brain... let it marinate in there, and get used to it digging down your brain until it buries into your bones: You. Are. Mine." When a new student arrives in an all boys' school run by gangsters, he is thrown into a dangerous web of rivalries between four gangs: Vermillion South, Azure East, Western Snow, and Dark North-each with its own unhinged leader, deadly secrets, and thirst for dominance. The new student quickly attracts attention by proving he's tougher than what he seems, refusing to align with the leaders trying to make him their own. But as tensions explode into an all-out gang war, he finds himself caught between deadly alliances and a forbidden affair. In this brutal battle for control, he must decide: fight for the crown or burn the entire throne to the ground.

one of those queer stories about enemies to lovers

Lucas and Nora are fresh out of rehab and on their own for the first time in Chicago. They're happier than they've ever been. Finally, the future they've always dreamed about seems so close. But getting clean was easy. Staying clean is a different story. Gus has a second chance at building a real life in Chicago. He has Lucas, Nora and Hex by his side, and he's clean for the first time since he was six. Now he's off the streets, living with Jeff, working a job he adores and even finding love again. For the first time in his life, he has a family with Hex. But Hex has troubles of her own that seem hellbent on haunting her and taking away everything she has left. Addicts are always a step away from relapse. When their worlds come crashing down unexpectedly, can they handle facing the pain without an escape? This is book 2 in the Reaper Series. Please read book 1, "Reaper's Lullaby," before starting this installment.

Nora is crippled by anxiety that lurks beneath a Good Girl shell. Lucas is drowning under the weight of his rage and depression. They've been best friends since they were babies living on the same suburban street and have never needed anything but each other, until they find a new method of escape. Gus is a poly-addict whose drug of choice is meth. He's been living on LA's infamous Skid Row for months. Being on his own is nothing new, and he's survived for years on the streets of Chicago and LA, trying to avoid being put back into foster care. But the system eventually catches up to him. When he meets Lucas and Nora at a court ordered rehab center for teens, he begins to question whether or not sobriety is possible for him... if it means confronting his past. This story was inspired by the heroin epidemic in suburban America. Book 1 of 3- undergoing full revision Possible triggers: descriptive drug use, language, sex, suicide ideology, self harm, domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse of a minor, rape of a minor (including sodomy) and violence with descriptions of weapons, blood and gore. I go into detail and don't hold back. You've been warned.

The gods have always relied on the human race, and the human race the gods. Yet the mortal world, as time has progressed for them, has changed this dynamic considerably. Some gods have kept their titles, still basking in the worship the humans have given them under their original names. Then there were the gods who learnt to adjust, much like my family, and the names they've named claim to have adapted much like the human world. The last were gods who have faded through time. Gods no longer worshipped due to their irrelevance, or the sheer history of havoc they wreaked upon humans centuries ago, when gods could once walk the earth. Gods not worthy of being worshipped. Now the rules are different; gods cannot mingle amongst humans unless their power specifically calls for it. They can only influence the mortal world. And Zeus has found himself in some hot water these last few centuries because of this, because of his troubled past with the humans resurfacing. Think of it as society digging up some really old tweets and deciding to cancel you centuries later. But those tweets contain some of the worst atrocities known to man. Something to that effect. Somehow, he's managed to convince a concerning amount of gods that this wasn't just his fight. That it was all of ours... which I, and some other gods knew for a fact that it was not. His solution to a problem he more or less created? A do-over. Leave it to Zeus to flip the table whenever he was losing in a board game. How utterly childish.

Owen Savas is a senior in high school, popular and dating a cheerleader. He already has plans post high school graduation, a scholarship in his hands and endless possibilities before him. His life isn't perfect but his is pretty damn close. At least until he makes one mistake that will alter his future drastically. *There is cursing. A fair amount. This will be your only warning. This story is apart of a series, if you'd like to read from the beginning please go check out my other books starting with: Owen Mina Home Safe Drew Okay Lost Vows If you'd like to read these stories without any spoilers check out my page for a more detailed layout.

G R E E D ↳ Adrian's life was all about order and control, but his growing fixation on Vaughn-his polar opposite-threatened to throw everything into chaos. Vaughn was bold, reckless, and infuriatingly confident, while Adrian was uptight and cautious, someone who followed the rules. Vaughn wasn't even into guys-or so Adrian thought. Torn between his responsibilities, his girlfriend, and the undeniable pull toward someone he shouldn't want, Adrian is forced to confront feelings he never saw coming and a version of himself he's not sure he's ready to face. Started: 12/8/24 Completed: N/A