𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 /ˈnɒk.tɜːrn/ noun A musical composition inspired by the night-soft, melancholic, and haunting. A reminder that even the darkest hours carry a melody of their own. Where she mistook the Nocturne for the end, never knowing it was leading her home. -> Brothers/Family/Crimes

Aurora has spent her entire life on a small farm in Montana, helping her grandfather harvest peas, lentils and wheat and learning the value of hard work, perseverance and loyalty. But when her grandfather can no longer care for her, he goes to the extreme and calls her father - a very powerful man who hasn't the slightest idea that he even has a daughter. Now Aurora must move to a city filled with luxury, privilege, and hidden rivalries, where she has to find her place among her new half-brothers she never knew she had. Facing a world so different from the one she's always known, Aurora must navigate intense expectations, complex family dynamics, and her own place in a life she never imagined. How will she handle this new reality, and can she find her own strength along the way?

She was the youngest, the forgotten, the unwanted. Her life was a series of silent cries and unanswered pleas, a constant struggle to be seen in a house that only looked right through her. As the years pass, her hope fades, her heart fractures, and the loneliness becomes suffocating. When the world finally falls silent, she makes one last choice-a choice that will echo long after she's gone.

Aurelia and Elara - the youngest twins and the only daughters of the De Santis family - were once the heart of their household. Inseparable, gentle, adored. Where one went, the other followed. Their parents cherished them. Their brothers protected them. But everything shattered the night eight-year-old Elara was found bleeding on the floor... and Aurelia stood over her, a knife in her hand. Blamed for a crime she didn't commit, Aurelia was sent away to a strict boarding school for "troubled children." Her parents believed discipline would straighten her out. What they never imagined was the truth - the cruelty hidden behind the school's walls, the sadistic methods used to "teach," and the horrors Aurelia was forced to endure. Now sixteen, after a devastating incident inside that school, Aurelia is brought back to the De Santis mansion. But it's not a homecoming. It's an obligation. A reminder that she is unwanted, distrusted, and viewed as a threat by the very family she once loved. Follow Aurelia as she relearns how to exist in a home that no longer feels like hers. Uncover the truth of what happened that night, what really happened to her within the school, and whether the De Santis family will ever face the truth of what Aurelia had to endure and do to survive. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── "What should I ache for? The childhood that slipped away? The silence that became my companion? Or the pieces of myself that I will never get back? Maybe pain isn't a phase-- it's just who I am." ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── "How many graves will I need, to bury everything that died inside of me?" ❁Naya Aknis❁

After losing the only person she ever had, seventeen-year-old Siara is left completely alone. With social services pressuring her into foster care, she has no choice but to contact the man her mother never told her about. Her father. A billionaire with a perfect life, a powerful name, and absolutely no clue that he has a daughter. Now forced into each other's lives, both must face buried truths, painful misunderstandings, and the possibility of becoming a family after seventeen years too late.

Eleven-year-old Melody Michelle Miller sees the world differently. Diagnosed with childhood-onset schizophrenia, her days are a delicate balance of hallucinations, anxiety, and the desperate need to feel safe. When her devoted mother Gracie moves in with Kingston James-a kind-hearted man with three children of his own-Melody is thrust into a new family dynamic she never asked for. Adjusting to life with new siblings, a new home, and a new last name isn't easy. Melody has to face more challenges but will her new found family make it easier or harder for melody to conquer them? 🥈#oldersister- 10/26/25 🥇#littlesister-10/27/25 🥇#schizophrenia-10/29/25 🥈#mentalhealth- 11/8/25 🥇#oldersister -11/9/25 🥇#temple - 11/9/25 🥇#mentalhealth- 11/10/25 🥇#stepsister- 11/11/25 🥉#melody - 11/11/25

After Mara's mother dies in a drunk-driving accident, Rowan Calloway learns he has a five-year-old daughter he never knew existed. Overnight, his life and his family's life changes. His siblings discover they have a young niece who was kept hidden from them, tucked away and largely forgotten. Mara grew up neglected, learning early how to stay quiet and out of the way. A previous car crash left her partially deaf and she was born blind in one eye. Her hearing was never treated and never known. By the time Rowan brings her home, Mara has already learned to navigate a world that isn't catered to her. She learns to not ask for help, and Rowan has no idea how much of the world she can't fully see or hear. As Rowan tries to step into the role of a father he never expected to be, he struggles to understand a child who doesn't react the way he thinks she should. Misunderstandings pile up, love feels clumsy, and everyone is learning in real time how to communicate, how to slow down, and how to listen better, sometimes without realizing that they don't need to just listen. They need to feel.

❝I think we've lost the meaning of family.❞ • • • A few years ago, we tragically lost our parents, and every day since then, my brothers and I have drifted apart. We have intense defense mechanisms and our own methods of survival in the adult world. Our house feels less like home, the city feels empty, and the stars seem more distant. Will we be able to heal as a family? Or will we go our separate ways as adults? ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ Cover is made by me. Copyright © 2021 Josie Marie Any relation to other stories or characters is entirely coincidental and not intentional. Any credit for the #olderbrother trend goes to its appropriate writers/creators. All of my work is original, inspired by the #olderbrother trend, but based on my own life with four brothers.

Gracie Martínez A Girl Who's Whole Life She's Worn A Mask, Hiding Years of Pain and Abuse Behind A Smile. What Happens When Her StepFather Dies, And She Goes To Live With Her Six Older Brothers? Will They See Pain Behind Her Smile? Or Will They Turn a Blind Eye To The Cracks in Her Mask? Join Gracie And Her Brothers In This Story Of Healing

Riley doesn't remember the last time someone asked if she was okay. Not really asked. Not in the way that meant they were going to stay for the answer. She is seventeen years old and she has already learned the most important lesson this town has to offer - that people leave. They leave with promises folded neatly in their pockets, with good intentions they fully mean at the time, with duffel bags and bus tickets and fifteen days that turn into three years without a single word. They leave, and the ones left behind learn to stop waiting by the window. They learn to stop setting an extra plate. They learn to breathe around the absence until the absence just becomes the air. Riley works the late shift. She carries drinks to tables without being asked twice. She doesn't flinch at loud voices anymore. She doesn't cry at things that used to make her cry. She has become very good at being invisible in a room full of people - and even better at being invisible to herself. This is not the life she imagined. But it is the life she has. And she has made her peace with it, quietly, the way you make peace with things you never had a choice about. She is not waiting for anyone anymore. She stopped doing that a long time ago. Until the night a familiar face walks through the door - and three brothers who left her behind must now face what their absence built. Because blood doesn't forget. And neither does Riley.