When she falls in love, she falls hard. She counts the minutes since it happened, since they met, since that first perfect kiss. While she's falling hard, the vultures are always lurking. This time, she's going to fall in love and ignore them because it might be worth it for once. - As with all my stories, this book contains mature themes and sensitive subject matter and is intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is advised. This is a work of fiction and I only own original characters and not Taylor Swift, her works or any other living and mentioned people. Persons and or opinions are fictional and not meant to cause harm to anyone living or dead. Do not reproduce or adapt.

[Selected for the Wattys shortlist-2025] "𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉." When Vanora Blackthorn is forced into a cold, calculated marriage to Alestor Drevenhart-the ruthless heir of a powerful dynasty-she thinks she's escaped one nightmare only to enter another. But beneath the icy vows and suffocating walls of the Drevenhart estate, something begins to shift. Secrets fester. Obsession brews. And love? Love was never part of the deal... until it becomes the deadliest one of all. Will she survive the cruel games of a family that never wanted her? Will he learn to love the woman he was never meant to care for? Or will their hearts shatter beneath the very vows that bound them?" "𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕."

"I jumped across for you Oh, what a thing to do 'Cause you were all yellow" - Leah Hadleigh is no stranger to the Weasley family, having spent most of her life with the mischievous twin boys by her side. But when they enter their fourth year at Hogwarts, something has shifted. Warning: This book does contain smut, childhood friends to lovers. Mature readers only please (18+). - The Wizarding World of Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling but my own plot and characters are completely mine. I do not own any of the gifs utilized in this story.

Lilith Johnson-to the world, she is perfect. An A+ student, cheer captain of her high school, and born into wealth, she is the girl everyone wants to be. But beneath the flawless façade, she is drowning. Struggling with an eating disorder she refuses to acknowledge, she hides her pain behind a mask of perfection. No one sees the cracks. No one suspects a thing. Then there's Zain Tucker-her brother Eli's best friend. Once, Zain and Lilith were inseparable, but everything changed after one fateful incident. He began to hate her, and in turn, the friendship between her and Eli crumbled. As Eli rebelled against their parents' expectations, Lilith remained the golden child, only widening the gap between them. Zain despised her for it. His parents never stopped comparing him to her, always saying, Be more like Lilith. And so, he did the only thing he could-he resented her with everything he had. But what happens when he realizes she's not as perfect as he always believed? And what happens when Lilith can no longer keep up the act?

Isabella's life has been anything but easy. At 14, she's already endured more than most. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Jack, were both controlling and abusive, leaving Isa to navigate the scars of their manipulation. Her mother always told her that her father abandoned them, and she never mentioned anything about brothers. Isa has lived believing she was truly alone. But everything changes when her mother and Jack are arrested, leaving her without a guardian. With nowhere else to turn, Isabella is sent across the country from Chicago to Los Angeles to live with nine brothers she never knew existed. Struggling with the trauma of her past and the lies she's been fed, Isa finds herself thrust into a new life with strangers she's supposed to call family. What she doesn't know is that these brothers are far from ordinary. They are not just successful men-they are the leaders of a powerful mafia empire, operating in the shadows of the city. Every brother has secrets of their one, as they have a hard time trusting anyone out of the family. Non the less the 9 brothers form a marvelous team. ⚠️⚠️ Warning ⚠️⚠️ - selfharm -drugs -blood -murder -suicide (attemps, ideation ecc...) CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED!!! 1 #protectivebrothers 16/09/2024 1 #italianmafia 2/07/2025 1 #sh 26/03/2025 3 #ed 12/11/2024 3 #depression 26/11/2024

Taylor Alison Swift is a highschool teacher, no trace of fame or success. However, she struggles with her mental health, faces problems no one knows about. Still she walks through life clinging to her dream - the dream to be a musician one day - to have people scream along to her songs. It's the beginning of a new school year, starting off as normal as usual. But then there's Aurora - Aurora Elise Raven, a brunette student with big brown eyes and an attitude that drives about everyone absolutely crazy, including Taylor. As a teacher it's her job to take action, to punish Aurora's behavior which forces the blonde to get to know her better - much better... Eventually the lines between teacher and student begin to blur...will they go as far as crossing them?

❝ 𝑉𝐼𝑅𝐼𝐷𝐼𝑇𝑌 (𝑀𝐸𝐴𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺); 𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. ❞ ↳ 𝗜𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗼𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆.

𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙵𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝚃𝚆 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 - 𝚂𝙷, 𝙴𝙳, 𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

Cassiopeia Pandora Gaunt Black, a young pure-blood witch, sets off on a journey at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Forging a special friendship with Draco Malfoy and the golden trio , she emerges as a courageous and ambitious young witch. As Cassiopeia delves deeper into the adventures of Hogwarts, she uncovers hidden secrets within her family lineage, particularly those surrounding the Black sisters. Bound by a profound soul connection to each of them,Cassiopeia finds herself falling in love with them one by one. They may fall first, but she fall harder.

"Deep blue but you painted me golden..." Her reputation's never been worse, but she liked her for her. taylor x oc [wlw] originally published 2018, finished 2025 :)