Conrad Fisher came to California chasing a fresh start-and Stanford University felt far enough from Boston for him the finally feel like he could breathe again. He left behind his family, his ex, his friends, and the mess that shattered his heart, hoping life beneath wide California skies would quiet the sadness he carries. But distance doesn't erase pain. Bailey Marshall arrives at Stanford with nothing but determination and a child depending on her. After a painful falling out with her family and an ex-boyfriend who abandoned her when she needed him most, she's learned how quickly love can disappear. Stanford isn't just a new beginning-it's survival, and proof that she can build a future on her own without the pressure and toxicity that her family brings. Their meeting is unexpected, a collision neither of them planned. Between lectures, late-night study sessions, and quiet moments stolen between responsibilities, something real begins to form. Conrad sees Bailey's strength even when she feels completely alone. Bailey sees the gentleness and hurt Conrad tries to hide. Falling in love feels natural-but fear lingers. Conrad is afraid his broken past will pull her down. Bailey is terrified of trusting someone who might leave. In a place built on ambition, reinvention, and possibility, two wounded hearts discover that love doesn't come from running away-it comes from choosing to stay.

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𝘌𝘴𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘳 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

'𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞' 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦 𝐎𝐂

This story begins with Conrad in California, detached and disciplined, carrying the familiar weight of being the responsible one-the son who absorbed pressure, grief, and expectation until love felt indistinguishable from obligation. He is older now, sharper, angrier, and more self-aware, but still haunted by his past: his mother's death, his father's failures, and the wreckage left behind with Belly and Jeremiah. Everything fractures the night he meets Valeriya-brilliant, commanding, emotionally guarded, and immediately unreadable. Their connection is instant and volatile, built on challenge rather than comfort. Valeriya doesn't soften Conrad; she exposes him. She calls him out, refuses to be managed, and meets his intensity with her own. What starts as mutual fascination quickly spirals into something obsessive, physical, and deeply binding. Their relationship becomes the emotional center of the story: fierce loyalty, constant proximity, and an intimacy that is not gentle but deliberate. They move fast-not recklessly, but with certainty-building a shared life that feels private and impenetrable. Sex becomes routine, grounding, and expressive rather than impulsive; domesticity becomes just as charged as conflict. Conrad finds himself choosing her again and again-not out of duty, but desire. But as their bond deepens, the past fights back.

*ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀʟʟᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 'ʙᴜʙʙʟᴇ ɢᴜᴍ' ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ* 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɴᴀʟᴀ ꜱᴀʏʏᴏʀᴀ, ᴊᴇʀᴇᴍɪᴀʜ'ꜱ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ꜰɪɴᴅꜱ ʜᴇʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ꜰᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜꜱɪɴꜱ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ. ᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴊᴇʀᴇᴍɪᴀʜ ꜰɪꜱʜᴇʀ ꜰɪɴᴅꜱ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ ꜱᴛᴜᴄᴋ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ, ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜꜱɪɴꜱ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ. "𝘐'𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰?" ~𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘰 -ʀᴀɴᴋɪɴɢꜱ- 2023: #1-ꜱᴜꜱᴀɴɴᴀʜꜰɪꜱʜᴇʀ #4-ᴄᴏᴜꜱɪɴꜱʙᴇᴀᴄʜ 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙄 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮- 𝙅𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙭 𝙁𝙚𝙢! 𝙊𝘾 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙭 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙁𝙚𝙢! 𝙊𝘾

emmy conklin had been going to the summer house in cousins ever since she was born, and every summer she'd go there and fall even deeper in love with a boy, a very special boy, a boy she'd grown up beside her whole life and admired, conrad beck fisher. summer was her favourite time of year, because each year she got to see him. her best friend. a boy she wished she could be with one day. this summer, maybe that wish would become true...

A story in which Matilda Lockwood spends her first summer at the Fishers beach house. [ OC x Conrad Fisher ]

Analise Ford finally joined her boyfriend, Conrad Fisher, on one of his trips to cousins. He had promised her an amazing summer. Saying it will be one of the best... but what if it quickly turns into one of the worst? PSA! I do not own any of the characters in this story other than Analise Ford.

The Fisher's, Conklin's and Turner's have been going to Cousin's every summer since before the kids were born. What happens when Bethany returns to the summer house after missing the past two years as a completely new person. Shorter hair, taller height, more mature, and some ink on her skin, the new Bethany finds that feelings about a certain family friend have also changed. • season 1: complete season 2: writing status: ongoing