-cringe warning- i wrote this when i was 15 lmao. the plot's a mess and the writing sucks but i had fun writing it so i decided to keep it up. :) Collin and Derek are seemingly opposite types of people. They both have their own groups of friends, are both on different levels of the social hierarchy, and only ever speak to one another on occasion. What will happen when they become closer and realize that maybe they need each other?

When I was little, I was never healthy for a full day. When I would go to school, I would carry around an oxygen tank so that I could breathe properly. There was once where I had come close to death. At that time, my mother and father promised me that they wouldn't ever leave me. That is, until someone came in an murdered them while I was at school. When I was dropped off from the bus stop, I automatically knew something was wrong because my mother would always wait for me. When she wasn't there, I began to get worried. 'Had she forgotten?' Was the first thing I thought as I walked up the stairs and into my house. 'Mama? Papa?' I questioned walking into their room. As I made the first step in, I heard squishing under my feet as if the carpet was wet.

When Summer moves to the foggy town Blackthorn, she finds herself alone in a grand house, having lost her family in a tragic accident. Her arrival stirs up more than just old dust, especially when she crosses paths with Riven, the town's golden boy. Their initial hatred is as thick as the town's perpetual mist. As ominous threats and vandalism shake her sense of security, Summer is forced to team up with Riven for protection-an alliance neither of them wants. Together, they uncover Blackthorn's buried secrets and a series of chilling murders linked to the town's powerful families. In "Whispers of Shadowed Hearths," a reluctant partnership deepens into a tense struggle for survival, shrouded in mystery and darkness. Will they unravel the truth before it's too late, or will the shadows consume them both? "In the heart of the haunted town, they found themselves drawn together, even as their secrets threatened to tear them apart."