After coming out as a lesbian to her whole family, Anita is determined to prove them wrong and show them that she's capable of getting a girlfriend before their next reunion. Unfortunately for her, she's so far been unsuccessful in doing so. Desperate, Anita turns to her ex-best friend, Mason, days before the reunion and asks her to play pretend and be her girlfriend: which should be easy because it's not like it's real or anything, right?

In a world of Warriors, Protectors, Merchants, and Assassins, you never have the choice. You are, however, chosen. Warriors are selected in drafts to join the King's army; Protectors are called to the forest by Wilderness to keep the innocent safe; Merchants aren't selected by anyone, but they are rejected and sentenced to live their lives to make, and trade, and sell; Assassins belong to the Guild, children taken from their beds to serve and collect contracts of money that they never received. Adira is a skilled, feared, and respected assassin with the courage to fight what others are too afraid to stand up for, and she'll fight for this until her dying breath, too determined to back down to men who got things people like her won't: freedom of choice. TW: some gore, death Name Pronunciation: Adira [uh-DEER-uh] {she/her} Tanith [TAA-Niy-TH] {they/them} Berkeley *Berk* [berk-EL-ey] [BUR-kuh] {he/him}

"We Keep It Platonic" Is a short story that focuses on the queerplatonic relationship of characters Ása and Embla as they decide one day at a Pride walk that they want to raise a child. In this story vague topics of queerphobia are explored, along with the pairs combined ability on whether or not they can raise a child. Will their daughter be missing out on "regular kid" experiences because Ása and Embla aren't involved the way most parents are? Or will it even matter whether or not they're like other parents?

"How do you say idiot in Italian?" "Bell'uomo." [ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛] "You're a bell'uomo." .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。. Isabelle Ariti just needed someone to talk to, and Leonardo Rossi happened to be there. He was her escape and she was his. Her obsession with sunglasses and constant talking went well with his quite behavior and glares he sent to everyone else. They weren't a likely match but somehow they understood each other more than anyone else could. He was rude and blunt to everyone; everyone but her. She was extroverted and bold to all; especially him. .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。. Isabelle Ariti just wanted waffles and to meet someone new. She didn't expect to spark the mafias dons right hand mans interest. Leonardo Rossi just wanted to be alone and have coffee. He wasn't expecting the talkative girl that didn't know what a filter was to rope him in with her unexpected comments. .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。. "Do you love me?" "Endlessly." .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。. The chapters get better as the story goes on/theres character development Words: 137,631k .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.