{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠} Ria Romano knew hurt like the back of her hand. She was dealt her fair share of bad cards, more than anyone so young should have to face. A cynical girl riddled with the remnants of her past, a shattered sort of soul. She concealed like it was second nature; her instinct being to suppress. She'd offer you a cigarette with a shrug while you were crying because she never was too great with affection. She didn't smile so often but when she did and it was directed at you, you'd never feel such satisfaction. I was told Aria preferred to be alone, isolated; clouding her mind with inhales of her cigarette and drowning it in alcohol. Until she was dealt her good card, out of the pack of bad. They had a love beautiful enough to last a lifetime, the type directors desire to capture and authors aspire to write. Two souls, shattered by the cruelty of the world time and time again with flames that rekindled each others. They were each other's oxygen. They breathed life back into each other, those two insomniacs. <3

Violet Ellison has always known that Elliot Beckett was off limits when it comes to relationships, but when she's paired up with him for her senior project she can't help but notice how much she enjoys his presence. Though, throughout the beginning of secondary school, she drifted from him when she realized they were complete opposites before he suddenly disappeared at the beginning of ninth grade. Now, she can no longer tell the difference between her romantic feelings and platonic feelings. From bike rides to the beach, spending weekends in the cafe and pulling all-nighters together, Violet and Elliot have been known as a duo since their childhood. Being childhood friends has always been something she's cherished with Elliot. Now, she doesn't know if it's worth it when she sees him in a romantic way.

"𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂." Love and hate draw a thin line when Sophie and Silas combine. "𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲, 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲." Truly swore to be the enemies they thought they were always meant to be until the undeniable tension which lathered upon hatred, began to transform subtly. The tables turn and they suddenly can't get enough of each other. High-School love? Or is it endless? Once despised, forever desired. INCLUDES: Smut, High Course Language & Abuse

Academic Rivals to Lovers in a Boarding School ..... "You wanna know the really dumb meaning behind my name?" He muses and I walk ahead of him. "Nope." "Basically, it means the transporter of goods by cart or wagon, it's from an old french word I believe. You wanna know yours?" "You looked up mine?" I question, hiding the small smile on my face, because I'm mad at him or whatever. For... I don't know why but I'm mad at him because I am. Carter catches up to me, grinning to himself. "Emilia means rivals, it's derived from the root of some latin word. Isn't that strange?" That's just a coincidence, he's probably lying anyway. "Yeah, real peculiar." I reply. ..... #2 - onebedtrope 16/06/22 #1 - mila 16/06/22