"𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨."

Christmas at the White House looks like a perfect dream from the outside-bright lights lining the gates, a towering tree in the East Room, and a family portrait full of smiles. But for America Washington, the president's youngest daughter, it's just another reminder that her life isn't really hers. Every move she makes, every word she says, is rehearsed for the cameras. Enter Blue Bennett, the new Secret Service trainee assigned to shadow her while she's home from college for the holidays. He's quiet, professional, and annoyingly unbothered by her attitude-exactly the kind of man she can't stand. Where she's restless and sharp-tongued, he's dry and steady, answering her sarcasm with calm warnings and clipped yes-ma'ams. At first, they clash at every turn. But as a snowstorm traps the First Family in the White House, proximity melts the walls they've both built. Beneath the arguments and side-glances, America starts to see pieces of him no one else does-a past that taught him to hide, a heart that still remembers how to care. And Blue begins to realize the girl he's sworn to protect might be the only person who's ever really seen him. What starts as duty turns into something dangerous-something neither of them can control once it crosses the line. Because in a world where loyalty means silence and love could cost them everything, wanting each other might be the most reckless secret of all.

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

❝𝙞𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩. 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. ❞ - short story. started: October 3rd, 2022 ended: n/a

"𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧' 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐬." - 𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢 👅 𝙶𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜𝙽𝚊𝚒𝚒 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 © 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶

"Do you think we're soul mates?" She asked, lifting her head in order to lock eyes with him. It took him a moment, mustering up his answer. Thinking about how they were so alike, but so different. How they had been through similar things and had the same outlooks on certain perspectives in life. The connection that they shared. It was like she was made specifically for him. No one would ever be able to hold a candle to her and the way she made him feel. She was his person, and he was hers. "To be honest...yeah." He replied, wrapping his arm around her. --- Knucks is a misunderstood teenage girl, deemed as destructive to the society with her reoccurring outbursts and rebellious behavior. Anger fuels her defiant spirit but beneath her exterior, lies a vulnerable girl searching high and low for someone to help her through a time of crisis. Bones quiet and reserved, has nothing but a hard exterior looking from the outside in, when in reality he is just an innocent boy. He's fighting to keep his head above the water also known as life, that is trying its hardest to submerge and break him down mentally. When the two teenagers find themselves in an environment far away from home with others just like them, it leaves both of them separately hopeless about the outcomes of their future lives. One night upon meeting each other, one felt as if they had nothing to live for anymore, while the other felt the same way only holding a different meaning a sense.The night bringing them closer than ever eventually has to come to an end. It's up to the two of them to carry out the strange but alluring connection made with each other, or leave it in the night they met. SLOW BURN; 2 books in 1 STARTED; FEB 19th 2024 PUBLISHED; MARCH 3rd 2024 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 29th, 2024

❝ 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙬. ❞ - short story. started: november 21, 2021. ended: august 19, 2022.