"Why do you look at me like that?" she whispered. Caiden swallowed hard. "Because I know you," he said. "I just...don't know how." "I feel like I should remember you," she replied. Caiden's voice cracked. "You do," he murmured. "Just...not here." He touched his chest. "Here." One chapter released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday♡ --- When the girl who wasn't supposed to exist walks into his school, everything the Reeves brothers buried begins to burn again. Sixteen-year-old Cielle Monroe has never been allowed outside. Closed off to the world, homeschooled, and only ever knowing the world of ballet, she is surprised when her mother wants to up and move to Colorado. It's new, and now she's having to learn how to make friends and survive in a world her mother deemed dark and evil. Shortly after they relocate, her mother's sudden disappearance forces her into a world she doesn't understand. New town. New school. New rules. She's trying to survive quietly...until she meets Caiden Reeves, the boy who feels too familiar to be a stranger. What she doesn't know: eight years ago, a crash killed Caiden's parents and his twin sister. What he doesn't know: that sister is standing right in front of him. As Cielle's mother's secrets surface and the truth behind that night unravels, love and bloodlines collide in a haunting story of family, forgiveness, and the danger of loving what was meant to stay hidden. -- A tender coming-of-age journey of love, forgiveness, family, and finding the strength to trust what her heart has known all along. For the girls who wanted brothers who'd show up, and a soulmate who always would, this one belongs to you. ♡ - All inspiration photos were found on Pinterest. I don't own or claim any of the pictures. They are just for creative inspiration and aesthetic purposes. All credit goes to the original creators and photographers! Please reach out for removal or credit.

I thought I knew who I was. Gabriel Alvarez. Twenty. Son of a poor family in Albuquerque. Big brother. Protector. Future cop. My life had been built on long nights of work, endless study, and the unshakable promise that one day I'd wear a badge strong enough to keep my family safe. But then the threads started unraveling. Whispers of a world I wasn't meant to see. Names spoken like curses. The Caruso family. The Sicilian Mafia. Everyone in the city knew they ruled from the shadows. What no one knew, what I could never have imagined, was that I carry their blood. I am the brother they lost fifteen years ago. Every step I take now feels like a betrayal. To the family who raised me, who trust me with their lives. To myself, who swore I would fight men like the Carusos. But when the moment comes, when the truth tears everything apart, I don't know which side I'll stand on. The law I've devoted my life to... or the brothers who claim me as their own?

In the Montgomery household, nights are never truly quiet. Four brothers, William, Jamie, Aidan, and Grayson, hold together a family stitched from loss, love, and second chances. Between school fights, whispered secrets, and the chaos of growing up, their children stumble through the trials of adolescence under the watchful eyes of fathers who are still learning, themselves, how to heal. And when the day finally ends, after every argument, every stolen glance of defiance or tenderness, the house settles into a fragile peace. Quiet is the night now, but never truly still, because every heart inside it is learning how to beat as one.

Ivana grew up alone. She was alone since the day she was born and she was sure she would also die alone. Without anyone by her side she struggled to make a living, till one day two men stood infront of her door, claiming to be her brothers. Getting to meet her overwhelmed father, her overprotective older brothers and the obsessed man from the rival mafia, Ivana didn't know how to feel nor act anymore. Experiencing love and care for the first time, the feeling of finally belonging isn't the only thing Ivana will have to get used to.

For years, Kaden and West have survived on their own. No safety net. No home. No family to fall back on. Only the constant fight for money, shelter, and the right to exist. They were torn away once-lost in the chaos of a night no one talks about. Now, fate is pulling them back to the family they were never meant to find again. But broken pieces don't always fit back together the way they once did. Reunion promises hope, healing, and the chance to finally belong. Yet old wounds run deep, and the brothers they return to are no longer the boys they remember. Trust is fragile. Loyalty is tested. And forgiveness comes at a cost. Because while the family struggles to rebuild, something dark is watching. Waiting. Kaden and West's return has awakened an enemy who would rather see the family shattered than whole. Is a happy reunion even possible after everything that was lost? Or will the brothers be forced to face a new trial-one that could destroy them all? Some pieces were never meant to come back. And some truths are more dangerous than being broken.

London Hawthorn wasn't your average thirteen year old. Though physically he was perfectly normal, brown wavy hair and ice cold eyes that made girls go wild. But what set him apart from other boys his age was the fact that at only thirteen years old, he was already solving a murder case. However this wasn't just any murder case, it was the twisting, terribly sad, and downright confusing case that belonged to his own blood. His mother. When things begin to unwind and reveal itself, London is tasked with finding his father-a man who is supposed to be dead. And with his father comes his siblings, six of them. All tall, strong, and absolutely gut wrenchingly terrifying. With voices that could send shivers down the bravest of souls. As London sets out to find his father, with only a backpack and a locket, he also begins to find clues. Clues to what? Well, that's for London to know, and for you to find out. Will London ever find his father? What will happen when he does? Will this terrifying man even bother with his thirteen year old son. And what will happen when these clues begin to reveal themselves? Will London finally find the culprit behind all his years of hurt, or is it as it seems?

Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?

For my entire life my older brothers have treated me like I am a fragile baby and they still do. Some of it is for their amusement and some of it is because they are just way too overprotective. There are five of them and one of me, not to mention they are all older, so there isn't much I can do about any of it. Elijah is my oldest brother at 22 and my second oldest brother Easton who is 20. My third oldest brother is Henry and is in his second year of college. Alexander, who goes by Alex, is 15 minutes older than his twin Miles and they are both 17 and are in their first year of college. Then finally I am 15, the youngest brother and am in high school in year 10. My Brothers are super overprotective and treat me like I am a small child and It does not help that I look like I am 12 and am super short. I've got this messy dark brown hair that never cooperates, along with these big brown eyes that seem to make me look even younger. Which does not help my case for my brothers to treat me like I am older. Then my parents are super rich and constantly working so I only see them on holidays so my brothers have raised me. This is my life as the younger brother of 5 brothers. Highest Ratings: #3 Teasing #156 Humor #28 Overprotective #17 Olderbrothers #11 Pranks #36 Brothers #242 Gay

'I wish I could, but I know I can't.' ▪︎ 15-year-old Josephine Parker just wanted to seek shelter in the old warehouse. Instead, she unwillingly overheard something she shouldn't have and therefore crosses the path of the Marini family. A family known for making people 'gone' and whose brothers are willing to do anything to protect their family, even if it means a homeless girl becomes their sister. But Josephine's past is something that can't be made gone.

11 year old Aelia lives sheltered on a farm with her Uncle. Her life is spent collecting antiques, doing chores, and trying to struggle through her rough living situation. One day, her prayers are answered and her biological brothers that she never met show up on her doorstep, demanding they take Aelia with them. And suddenly, Aelia is thrown into a new life accompanied by 8 extremely loving men. All of whom are very protective, all of whom are also very much wrapped around her little fingers. Like the sun, the boys lives now revolve around her. She keeps them breathing, but many forces are trying to make them stop.