Juliana didn't move to Puerto Rico for love. She moved to survive. After escaping an abusive past and fighting for full custody of her daughter, she's determined to rebuild her life one careful step at a time. A new home. A new job. No more chaos. No more men. Then she meets her neighbor. Benito is patient, observant, and far more gentle than she expects. He speaks to her daughter in soft Spanish. He fixes broken things without asking questions. And little by little, he breaks down the walls Juliana swore she'd never let fall again. He isn't trying to save her. He's just waiting. And for the first time, she wonders if love can feel like sunlight instead of a storm.

"I'm not letting you get hurt again." "Even at the cost of the world?" "Even at the cost of the world." | book one | season one | | total word count: 67k |

l.c ♡'s k.c forever

⊹₊ ˚‧︵‿₊୨୧₊‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹ To everyone else, Duke Orsino is the easygoing star athlete with a lazy smile and a charming shrug. But it's also common knowledge, he's spent three years nursing a ridiculous crush on Melodie Sinclair - the girl who floats through hallways like she was born under a spotlight, whose lip gloss matches her laugh, and who has never once said his name like it mattered. And maybe that was fine. Harmless, even. Until fate throws them into the same orbit, and suddenly harmless doesn't feel so harmless anymore. IN WHICH a certain "jock" harbors a harmless crush on the cheerleading captain-a girl who, over the years, has offered him little more than the occasional polite wave. or IN WHICH the sorority house is shut down for renovations, and Melodie Sinclair is forced to share a dorm with the boy who's always acted like being near her might kill him. she's the man duke orsino x oc movie events + continues after matureeee