For six years, Patrice Loving lived inside a marriage that started like a fairytale and turned into a private kind of hell. Mentally, physically, and emotionally abused by the man who swore he loved her, Patrice learned how to survive by going quiet, hiding her pain, and planning her escape in silence. Pregnant and living with MS, she finally runs in the middle of the night with nothing but the money she stashed and the strength Carmari Davis never realized she still had. Then she lands in the life of Hazel "Menace" Knight a ruthless street nigga who never pretends to be anything other than what he is. Menace doesn't sell Patrice pretty lies or polished promises. What he gives her is harder, rougher, and realer: protection, honesty, and a love that shows up every day for her and the baby she carries. But with Carmari still hunting for the woman he thought he broke, Menace is ready to become every bit of the menace they say he is to make sure Patrice and Halo stay his.

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 - "You are, without a doubt, my other half" A long time ago, Elijah Mikaelson was promised a soulmate. His other half. Since then, he moved the haven and the earth to find his promised love. 𝒜𝓂ℯ𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓁ℴ𝓉𝓉ℯ 𝒢𝒾𝓁𝒷ℯ𝓇𝓉. The Vampire Diaries s1, s2, s3, s4, s5 + The Originals s1, s2, s3, s4, s5 Female OC x Elijah Mikaelson

☆. ❝𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘?❞ 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐇, 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐂 𝐖𝐀𝐒 a disaster, chaos within tragedy, wallowing in his feelings every day. Never expressing what he felt, yet he was so angry at everyone for not noticing. Angry at himself for not expressing anything. Angry about the circumstances he was forced into. Then he meets her. Aaliyah, the girl whose eyes sparkled with adoration when he came around. The girl whose actions were never malicious, radiating kindness everywhere she went. When he loses her, he stays quiet, packaging himself into a persona that's easier for people to digest. Until Isaac sees Aaliyah again. Until he has a chance to make things right. Until Isaac gets the person who never once made him feel small or misunderstood. The person whom he thinks he could be with for 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍, ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝗎𝗇𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽, 𝖣𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇, 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗅. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽, 𝖠𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗅 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝗉𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗌, 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖧𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗄𝗂, ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗇𝖾-𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. ㅤ ㅤ sugarhill ddot 𝖝 female!oc a 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒅𝒐𝒕 fanfiction. ©𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧 ─ 𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑻.ᐟ

When 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 22, drops out of college after her father is sentenced to prison for a crime he swears he didn't commit, her life collapses fast...eviction notices, unpaid tuition, a mother barely holding it together. Then 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐧 appears. Late 40s. Private wealth. No digital footprint. He offers her a monthly allowance for companionship only. No sex. No exclusivity clause. No explanations. What unsettles Kailani isn't the money. It's how little she needs to explain herself because he already knows.

He holds her heels. She lets her guard down. And in the space between city lights and silence, two people who weren't looking for love start to feel something they can't explain. No drama. No rush. Just raw connection and a spark that won't quit.

𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨