❛ it's exhausting, pretending to hate you. . . ❜ 𓂃 ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍰 ‧₊˚ . . . 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 remembers the day, the very moment her friendship with 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 morphed into cruel, unrelenting hatred. even still, nobody knows exactly what went down that caused this sudden switch. though when a girlfriend is added to the mix, things turn from bad to worse, thus forcing the pair to finally acknowledge feelings both of them have kept hidden for years. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ chris sturniolo x fem!oc © aelinslegend 𝜗ৎ 2022.

❛ 𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧? ❜ ❛ 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 ❜ ❛ 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 ❜ 〔 🎆 〕 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 .ᐟ they've always argued in class. they're constantly comparing their grades and calling each other names. 𝗯𝘂𝘁... one day, their teacher finally got so sick of their bickering that she paired them together for a project in hopes that it would finally put an end to their rivalry. little did she know, this only lead to a complicated relationship. and even more bickering. 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 sturniolo 𝖷 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲!oc 𝙣𝙤 smut rated 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 for strong language 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 : may 31st, 2023 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 : may 31st, 2023 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 : september 2nd, 2023 © 𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 2023

❛ 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 ❜ ❛ 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵? 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰? ❜ 〔 🌌 〕 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 .ᐟ he realizes that he's in love with her at the most inconvenient time imaginable. 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 sturniolo 𝖷 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲!oc 𝙣𝙤 smut rated 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 for strong language 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 : february 6th, 2023 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 : february 6th, 2023 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 : may 15th, 2023 © 𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 2023

❝ what is this? every time we fight are we just gonna kiss and make up? ❞ ❝ you know i can't focus on anything besides your lips, z. ❞ zara and matt have been on-again/off-again ever since freshman year year of college. most of their time is spent in between sheets, but that's only because ucla hockey star matt refuses to let zara get emotionally attached. he doesn't commit and zara knows that. because of this, when zara, tired of the draining repetitive cycle, decides to call things off with matt for good, matt thinks she's bluffing. they always come back to each other. they were friends first anyway. however, he is in for a real treat when he discovers that zara has moved on and is now in a relationship with someone else. matt doesn't think zara has real feelings for the guy. not after that 'i love you' he heard her whisper in his ear one drunken night. matt is thinking she should end it. you know, just so she doesn't hurt the poor guy. ❝ did you agree we should let it be? and did you agree it's a must? let's call the whole thing off we just have had enough of us ❞ STARTED 12 / 26 / 2023. MATT STURN X FEMOC

BULLY ROMANCE ! '𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮, 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚? 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚' ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 . . . ‧₊˚ ✨ 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭 were best friends until the first day of high school. now, matt is the king of the school whilst tate is the loser. they've both tried moving on countless times, but how can you move on from somebody you once loved? one accident later, they're back in contact, and matt is beginning to realise just how much of a mistake he made to lose tate in the first place. ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── © elambz 2024

─── ❝ SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MATT. ❞ - ꒰ 🧺 ꒱ 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 . . . 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘅 treasures the familiarity of never being told the word 'no', having people bow down at her feet and everyone's gaze snapping to her direction as soon as she walks in the room. but when her father completely and unexpectedly changes her plans, trading them for a vacation in vegas to a summer in the countryside, she eventually learns that life isn't as easy as she thought. and that's all because of the cowboy next door. ⌗ matthew sturniolo x femoc! ❪ ongoing. . . ❫ ⋆˚࿔ stand alone. strangers to lovers. . .forced proximity. . .forbidden. . . ᯓ★ oh, it's slim pickins if i can't have the one i love, i guess it's you that i'll be kissin' just to get my fixins since the good ones are deceased or taken, i'll just keep moanin' and bitchin'

-'𝜗𝜚'- 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ⎯ ex lovers, matt sturniolo and hope dalton, who couldn't quite make it work the first time round due to the tragic seperation they endured alongside the tearing of their hearts whenever mere goodbye's were exchanged, suddenly find themselves back in one another's lives, slowly drifting back to each other when they believed they never would. they begin finding the love they never quite escaped once more until it's filling every last sense before they can even grasp the concept. -'𝜗𝜚'- 𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ⎯ matt and hope months later begin to learn that first love never really vanishes. they begin to realise the complex emotion is simply pushed to the back of the mind and preserved for later, no matter how much an individual desires it not to be and to forget its original presence. the nervous feeling when they are around one another is still ever so present paired with the contentment they can't help but allow to blossom through the other's company and the beautiful exchange of moments and memories alike. 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⎯ matt sturniolo ✘ fem!oc 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⎯ real life 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 ⎯ 01/01/23 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 ⎯ 01/03/23 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, ©XIXZAYN.

─── ❝ LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I'M NOT HERE TO KISS YOU AGAIN, MATT. ❞ ❝ I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN IF YOU WERE. ❞ - ꒰ 🏁 ꒱ 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 . . . 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲'𝘀 been forced against her will to pack up and move from oregon to boston. she's a quiet introvert who just wants to finish senior year without any complications, until she makes a mistake that ruins everything. ⌗ matthew sturniolo x femoc! ❪ ongoing. . . ❫ ⋆˚࿔ stand alone. enemies to lovers. . .forced proximity. . .angst. . . ᯓ★ i'm your shotgun, baby, for the long run don't you know i'd die for you? i ride for you say you're all mine, touch me under the streetlights don't you know i'd die for you? i ride for you. . .