❝ the worst way for friendships to end is for literally nothing to go wrong. you just stop talking.❞

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. *** Claire is lost and scared and utterly alone. Her family is in shambles after the death of her older sister Ina, and she's left to pick up the broken pieces of herself as her life heads into a downwards spiral of loneliness. Her heart leads her to 5:48, a little cafe by 33rd street, where she finds her new home. With a broken heart and a speech disability, Jasper has his heart and mouth sewn shut by the winding threads of hurt and fear. Painting and serving coffee in cafe 5:48 are one of his last few saving graces, but the smile he's been painting on himself will soon fade away as everything he's ever held dear slips away from his grasp. Ezra is out-of-sync and oddly cold by the way life has treated his young self. Abandoned by his single mother at an early age, he has grown up thinking that he is a mistake. His constant shaking hands are a reflection of what he often thinks of himself, but the delightful pastries he bakes for 5:48's customers are a reflection of what others see of him. Drew is a quirky rarity. He is a dash of loud, a pinch of exuberant, and a cup of eccentric - just like the meals he serves in the cafe as the only chef there. Behind his playful grins and outlandish clothes, however, are his jutting ribs, hollowed cheeks, and too-thin arms. Sometimes he cannot stomach being in his own skin as much as he cannot stomach food. This family has gone a long way from finding each other, and they'll be going a long way together too as reality comes catching up to them, threatening the newfound happiness they've found with each other. Secrets are revealed, pasts become presents, and lives are changed. Slowly but surely, they find their way back home. *** NOTE AS OF 08/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012, posted in FULL. Another story that will be considered a reprise of this old version is in the works, and will be posted under the name "Hiraya House."

A date with a cup of coffee and your thoughts ☼

[Watty's 2015 Winner] one lie. one fake relationship. one million problems. © 2016 Virgo Rose Edwards. trailer made by @novemberdreamer

❝You and me,❞ he whispered, ❝until the end of time.❞ // A chronicle of Junie Bennett's birthdays from the ages of ten to twenty one.

in which a depressed girl writes her idol a note

Sabrina is your normal 17 year old teenager while Riley is your average 17 year old, high school badboy, Mr Player. They barely cross path in their entire time in high school together except maybe a few teases on Sabrina's ex, or asking her for a pen. Until one day, Mr Player decided to text Sabrina and that's when her whole world gets messed up. What'll happen to the both of them when they cross paths? Will Sabrina be just another one of his victim or will she be able to change him? Will Sabrina still be able to remain herself or change for the worse? Will the goody-two-shoes who got her heartbroken get her heart fixed or will there be more damages? Will Riley be her Mr Wrong or her Mr Right?

My name is Devon. But I'm not important. All that's important to me is paying the bills and doing good in school whilst I live in a falling-down house with my drunk and irresponsible dad. My mom and brother left us ages ago. Working a job that I do almost every spare second of my time, I find a new job. It's as a bodyguard. For these cheerleaders at my school. I don't like being around people. I keep to myself. But, they offered me a lot of money, and how could I not take the job? Protecting idiots, I learn a lot more from them. Especially, that they aren't all what I thought they were like. Then comes Trey and the gang that I used to be in. And together, we plan to take revenge on my mom and brother. But how far can I go? And with no one finding out what I'm planning to do? Join Devon on her journey. The 'Not important' girl. In Not Important.

Betrayed by friends and abandoned by his goddess... Back from the dead and hellbent on saving his beloved. Knight Champion Breskaro Varenni served the bright goddess Seshalla every day of his life, questing for her relics and crusading against her enemies. He was a hero and a legend, the greatest knight of the age. But his most trusted friends betrayed him to the swords of infidels, and in death, Seshalla abandoned him, denying him Paradise. But Breskaro refused to fade into Oblivion. Instead he wandered the Shadowland for seven years until the dark goddess Harmulkot offered him the one thing only she could give, the one thing that still mattered to him... A chance to save his beloved Orisala from a fate worse than his own. Returned as a wreck of embalmed flesh animated by sorcery, with a host of the desperate and the undead under his command, Breskaro will do whatever it takes to save Orisala, no matter the odds and no matter the consequences. David Alastair Hayden takes you back to the exotic land of Pawan Kor, first seen in Wrath of the White Tigress, with this seductive epic of swords and sorcery in the tradition of ­­Brent Weeks, Robin Hobb, Michael Moor­cock, and David Gem­mell. Reader Advisory: This book is intended for adults. It is not suitable for younger readers.

Let's just say that Peter and Daph definitely got a lot more than they bargained for.