Parents always say they don't have favourites. Well, most of the time anyway. In some situations it was painfully obvious, like in Maya's. As the youngest, there were high expectations. Even higher when your brother is a doctor, and you're well... a high school drop out. She resented him for getting out of there, an...
"You seem really distant and hurt. Physically and emotionally," "What are you saying, Luke?" "I'm just wondering if everything is alright at home, you know you can tell me anything," "Everything is fine, I would tell you if it wasn't," - TW: mentions of rape, abuse, sexual assault
Life could change in a split second. All you had to do was be in the right place, at the right time. Sometimes this was a disaster, but others, it turned out wonderfully. And when Calum was faced with this, he didn't know if it would be a disaster, or if it would turn out wonderfully. One person's risk changed it all...
With Gabi and Luke being practically inseparable, they really were 'like father like daughter'. They'd always done things together, for Luke was her only parent, and they told each other everything. Or if it wasn't to to each other, it would be to Cal, Mike, or Ash, who had been with them since the start too. But as...
"It always feels like I'm moving backwards and never getting better, and it frustrates me because you give me everything I ever wanted, but I'm still never happy," "These things are hard right now, but we'll make it past them. You'll redefine the world around you, and that is completely ok. Things are going to change...
her biggest desire was to get away. nothing - not her friends, her family, nor her town - was strong enough to keep stella jade madden tied down to this place. she'd been wasted, abused, and was plain old tired of being here. when one day her worlds collide with a caring doctor, stella's plans to run away come to a h...
Life was perfect for Saffron. She had her mum, her girlfriend, her grades gave her a straight path to med school. Passion fuelled her. Love fuelled her. Things were going in the direction for success. Like any teen, she partied, she worked, and she perhaps did some not so sensible thing. But that was part of what ma...
It hurt. The memories. They hurt. Ava's life had been stopped. No education. No freedom. No hope. Getting free... wasn't really freedom. Even if she was away from those people, their words and actions stung. The distress and the fear- Ashton saw it clearly. And when he met this young girl, he didn't know what to d...
In which Luke is in for a rude awakening when he is suddenly entrusted with the care of his dead best friend's daughter. -------------------------------------- "L-Luke?" "Yeah, baby?" "Where... Where d-did m-mommy and d-daddy go? Why can't I-I s-see them again?" Book 2 in the Adoption Series cover photo credits to 5se...
"Why would you want to be foster parents?" "For you, darling," "Would you want that?" "To live with you?" "Not just live with us, but for us to be your parents, so you can finally have a home," - Trigger warning!!! Mentions of rape, sexual assault, depression, and anxiety.
"So you hate me?" "No I don't hate people" "So, why don't you speak to me?" "Because I dislike you"
"I'm doing it for her and I can't even be home to fucking kiss her goodnight" "You have to remember the end result"
Calum had always dreamt of the perfect family. Unfortunately, dreams often don't come true.
What do you do when there's no hope? When your mum is battling cancer, but her sword breaks beyond repair? What do you do when you feel alone? When everything you've ever held onto starts crumbling beneath you? What do you do when your family snaps? When all you do is cry, not eat, not sleep and hardly breathe? The...
"I only wanted to do what was best for us" "You should've thought about doing what was best for him."
She'd dealt with it before- everyday in fact. The words were thrown around as much as the beer bottles. But no one could know. She told people she was clumsy, that she did kickboxing... anything to hide the truth that only her dad and best friend knew about. Until she landed in hospital, and four people made it the...
