❝and I won't confess that I waited but I let the lamp burn as the men masqueraded I hoped you'd return❞ Only screwups get sent to Slough House...and Georgie Knightly, she's one of them. Six years after River Cartwright broke her heart, the pair find themselves forced to work together. Will such close proximity repair or further break their hearts?

Corinium Television, a once-prestigious production company tucked away in the English countryside, is in crisis. To salvage its public image, Tony Baddingham calls in a specialist: Alexandra Thorne: a glacial redhead, divorced from a powerful politician, a single mother, and a ruthless strategist. Reluctantly, she returns to the Cotswolds, surrounded by rumors, former friends, old enemies, and a workplace unsure whether to fear her or admire her. Amid budget cuts, sabotaged costumes, and crumbling scripts, Alexandra must lead the charge to modernize Corinium... and stop Venturer from claiming victory. What she didn't expect? Declan O'Hara: a rugged, serious, mildly infuriating Irish journalist with an inconvenient history of accidental charm. Between dangerous flirtations, whispered exchanges in crowded rooms, behind-the-scenes cold wars, and nights where there's only one bed... what happens when she begins to suspect she may have chosen the wrong side of the story? Too late to run. And Alexandra Thorne has never been one to back down from a fight. Declan O'Hara x OC

David, brought into the world by Peter Weyland with the simple directive to serve. Created to serve, it instantly seems to be a hardship, a life which will be dictated by another, without a free will of his own, because free will is simply an illusion. But, there is another who is unlucky enough to be trapped under the same roof as Weyland, and it isn't his eldest daughter Meredith; Minerva, the girl in the cluttered room who is not all that she seems to be. Relatively the same, yet also different, both David and Minerva end up finding themselves more alike than they thought as life decides to twist and turn before them.

Tiger Mallory is eight years old. Alone in the walker-infested woods of rural Georgia, with nothing but a knife and a dog, she knows her chances of survival are slim. If her sister was still here, perhaps there would be a little more hope for her, but Jackie is gone, and it's the sort of gone that people don't usually come back from. Not anymore. So, when a little girl comes running through her forest, Tiger decides to chase her. Out of boredom, hope or loneliness, she isn't really sure, but it suddenly gets a whole lot more complicated than just that little girl. Some bitchass cop and his redneck friend are looking for the kid too, and they want to bring Tiger with them. Just for now. Just until they find the girl. And really, who is Tiger to refuse? She's just using them, same way they'll use her. Maybe she'll survive a little longer with Rick Grimes. Hey, maybe she'll even find her sister.

Lay me down where the trees bend low. Put me down where the greenery stings. Finan the Agile / oc. The Last Kingdom. 2025 © bridalshowers cover by @freaklowden

- in which carina black offers her former professor a job and attempts not to fall for him in the process. (female oc x remus lupin) (golden trio era)

When household actress Josie Sinclair breaks off her third engagement-in a blazing tabloid scandal complete with thrown rings, flung drinks, and a scathing front-page headline-she does what any sensible woman would do: flee to the countryside. Unfortunately, that countryside belongs to her infamously decadent brother, Rupert Campbell-Black. The plan is simple: stay out of sight and avoid drama. Easier said than done, when her new next door neighbour is Declan O'Hara- The brooding Irish broadcaster. Declan thinks Josie's just another spoiled, self-absorbed, socialite brat ready to coast on scandal. And Josie? She thinks Declan is a judgemental workaholic, sanctimonious brute who couldn't tell a punchline from a punch. As Josie Sinclair is pulled deeper into the chaotic world of politics, media wars, and decadent country weekends, she finds herself tangled in rivalries old and new. But when secrets from the past begin to surface, and her carefully controlled persona starts to crack, Josie must decide what's real, what's performance-and whether her greatest role might just be the one she never meant to play.

Maisie Kline didn't want to be a half-blood...but she is. So you might as well read her story. percy jackson x femoc 🩵 tlt: ✅ tsom: ✅ ttc: ✅ tbol: ✅ tlo:... -cover art from @samdoesart on instagram

Stark OC x Jaime Lannister | Lannister OC x Robert Baratheon | Rosennis Stark was not like her sister Lyanna. She wasn't bold, nor beautiful and nor wild; more stiff, stony and icy cold. She comes out of the rebellion with scars on her skin, a bastard son with a lion's eyes on her knee, and memories of fire and blood that refuse to leave her. Only to return to the North and find Roose Bolton never broke their betrothal. Giana Lannister was beautiful, fair of face but also of character; her brother joked that she couldn't possibly be a Lannister with her cheery smile and lack of ambition. An ill-advised fling with Robert Baratheon results in Giana birthing a black haired bastard of her own. Dangerous, in a time when Baratheon banners are rising against the might of the Targaryens. The ripples from two more players in the game of thrones are felt throughout Westeros, altering the course of history forever. * Rosennis Stark was a strange girl, Jaime thought. It had been over a month since they rode into King's Landing in the same party, and yet he barely knew her at all. He'd tried to brush her off as dull at first. Her long, sharp face, stiffness and reserved manner did little to disprove that, and she seemed entirely unimpressed by anything and everything she came across, especially him. That in itself was rather entertaining, however; he had amused himself on the journey to King's Landing by finding the best ways to get under her skin. * "Ser," She nodded a greeting, offering no more words. He noticed the girl wore a riding habit; did she mean to ride that monster? Not that Jaime wouldn't - he'd just never met a woman who rode a half-wild warhorse. "Lady Rosennis. You're good with horses. Less so with conversation," "I know," Her expression barely changed. She seemed slightly annoyed, slightly amused. "My sister is better," With horses or people? The latter, he supposed.

Jinshi x OC Izumi once served as the loyal head lady-in-waiting to Lady Fuyou, but her life takes an unexpected turn when her mistress leaves the rear palace. Before departing, Lady Fuyou entrusts Izumi with a final command: to prepare for the court lady exam and take her place. Bound by gratitude and duty, Izumi cannot refuse. Much to her dismay, her new post places her under the supervision of a charming yet infuriating eunuch named Jinshi, a man whose beauty hides more than one carefully guarded truth. As the two navigate the hidden intrigues of the inner palace, they find themselves entangled in unsolved mysteries, delicate politics, and secrets neither dares to reveal.