❝ are you gonna change my life? are you gonna waste all my time? i wanna know your ploy, 'cause boy, you got me believing i must have met you for a reason ❞ • • • Malcolm whips around so fast that he hears a pop in his neck. "What did you just say?" He waits for the other shoe to drop, for Connor to fall into hysterics as he points at Mal's dumbstruck face. But Connor remains rigidly and intensely watching him, lips pursed. All Malcolm can hear is the faint screaming of children, which is always Camp Half-blood's favourite soundtrack, and the click clacks of the fidget cube. He can't even hear himself breathe. "What did you just say?" he repeats. Connor moves his mouth around in a grimace, like the words are trapped behind his teeth and the only thing keeping them in are his sealed lips. "Go on a date with me," he says haltingly, each word using another breath. This isn't Connor's usual modus operandi. Normally, there would be some sort of physical evidence of the prank, along with the mental scar. A court jester, not an evil clown. But this sick joke doesn't sound like something Connor would cook up on his own. "A bet," he gasps. The pieces click into place when Connor's eyes widen guiltily. "This is a bet, isn't it?" "H-how did you..." he stammers out, taking a step back. "Like I said, Stoll," Malcolm feels his lips stretch up, forming a manic edge along his grin, "I know everything." • • • in which malcolm pace and connor stoll hitch a fool-proof plan to drain travis' pockets dry 𝙊𝙍 in which two boys fall into a fake-dating scheme while trying not to fall for each other 【 contents 】 ► frenemies to lovers ► fake-dating because of a bet ► romcom with slight angst 【 basic info 】 ► heroes of olympus ► malcolm pace x connor stoll (m/m) ► standalone book

❝ please i've been on my knees, change the prophecy don't want money, just someone who wants my company. ❞ • • • "You have suffered a tremendous heartbreak." The voice, even while distorted, sounds empathetic. Valentina can't help but think, Yes, you understand. "The Star Sapphires offer to hone your great capacity for love. To heal you. To make you one of our own." That... admittedly sounds nice. She'd like to heal. She needs to heal, if she wants to keep everyone in her life happy. Especially her parents - they don't deal well with big, negative emotions. Well, they don't deal well with anything they can't throw their money at. And being someone's own - isn't that what she longs for the most? To belong to something with people who understand her, who like her for more than what her bank balance has to offer. She thought Dick was like that at first, because what more could you give to the ward of a billionaire? • • • in which valentina beaufoy gains a magic alien ring after suffering the worst heartbreak of her life. 𝙊𝙍 in which a star sapphire learns what true love looks like for the first time in her life 【 contents 】 ► "korrasami + mako" type love triangle ► surprisingly angsty for a romcom ► sapphic awakening 2x 【 basic info 】 ► young justice (post-s1, pre-s2) ► zatanna zatara x female! oc (f/f) ► standalone book

❝ thanatophobia: (n.) the phobia of losing someone you love ❞ • • • At ten years old after his mother's death, Percy did not stand up and fight. He ran. He ran and ran and ran until he collapsed in an alleyway, near ready to follow his mother's descent. He may have been successful, if he hadn't met Gotham's Dark Knight. Percy sits up in his bed, his memories effectively pushing the sleep from his system. Batman had scooped him up and whispered promises of a better life, one with his friend Bruce Wayne. Percy could never recollect how he ended up in a plush bed inside Wayne Manor that same night, or how he ended up joining the coveted Wayne family. All he knew of was the gentle hands of their butler tending to his wounds and the warm smiles of Bruce Wayne and his ward: Dick Grayson. Percy inhaled sharply. He remembers the boy's laughter and reddening cheeks as young Percy commented on how unfortunate his name was. For the two years that he was fostered by Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson was his best friend. Percy swings his legs over the bed. He hadn't thought of the Wayne's in a while. • • • in which percy jackson returns to wayne manor, in hopes that he hasn't made his old family wait too long for him. 𝙊𝙍 in which two heroes who have lost so much don't want to lose each other. again. 【 contents 】 ► old childhood friends to lovers ► slow burn + mutual pining ► romantic angst 【 basic info 】 ► dc x pjo crossover ► percy jackson x dick grayson (m/m) ► book i | phobias series 【 contests 】 ► 1st Place - FIREWORKS: The Demigods' Choice Awards 2025 Crossovers Category ► 1st Place - FIREWORKS: The Demigods' Choice Awards 2025 Best Writing Style ► 2nd Place - The Wisdom Awards: PJO Writing Awards 2025/2026