a story in which the brainless yearns to think and the heartless yearns to love

Quinn Taylor has made a career out of looking calm. On the ice, she's America's favorite kind of pressure-proof-bright smile, steady answers, the skater everyone wants to root for. Off the ice, she's an only child with a perfectionist's brain and a habit of carrying too much alone. The cameras love her. The country expects her. And the one place she can't afford to fall apart is the one place she's dreamed of since she was little. The Olympics. Macklin Celebrini has always made things feel lighter. He was the new kid at a Northern California rink at twelve-Canadian, polite, a little lost-until Quinn decided he was hers to keep. He became her best friend in the cold air and early mornings, the person who could make her laugh mid-breakdown and never ask her to perform for him. Then life did what life does: seasons changed, schedules got brutal, distance widened, and the kind of friendship that felt unbreakable turned into occasional texts and quiet missing. Now they're both back where the world is loudest. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Quinn is chasing the skate of her life for Team USA. Mack is carrying his own weight for Team Canada hockey. When reporters find out they grew up together, the story writes itself-childhood friends reunited, smiles caught on camera, a thousand strangers deciding what they are to each other. The only problem is... the strangers aren't entirely wrong. Between past chapters at a small California rink and present days in the Olympic Village, Quinn and Mack have to figure out what they really meant to each other then-and what they're allowed to be now, with medals on the line and the whole world watching. Because it's one thing to love someone quietly from a distance. It's another to have them show up in your life again and make everything feel possible.

❝ what did i expect? to leave a hemorrhage of violets wherever i walked? no. a lost son is called 'prodigal'. a lost daughter is just called 'lost'. ❞ the story of iceman's daughter． [ TOPGUN: MAVERICK ] ( COPYRIGHT! - aka - DO NOT STEAL! ) illisius Ⓒ 2022 & , paramount

𝙊𝙬𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙭 𝙔/𝙉 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ ______________ 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 ¹°²°³ ______ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 𝘖𝘸𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘠/𝘕 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦? (𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭

Rain Jones has mastered the art of pretending. A smile here, a laugh there-little tricks to keep people from looking too closely. But Jack Hotchner looks. And then, so does his father. Aaron Hotchner doesn't believe in coincidences. Not when Jack keeps mentioning how Rain "doesn't feel good" or how she "cries when she thinks no one's watching." Not when she flinches at sudden movements or when she brushes off injuries with too-easy excuses. He's spent his career reading people, and now, he can't unsee the truth written all over Rain's face. So he asks. Gently, carefully. And when she hesitates-when her breath hitches, when her fingers tighten around the hem of her sleeve-he knows. She's in danger. And he won't let her face it alone. When her past comes crashing back, when threats turn into action, the BAU will stand beside her. But it's Hotch who stands in front of her, a silent promise in his eyes: She's his to protect now.

(OUAT Universe) When Henry's family had deduced that it was Neverland he had been taken to, Lily volunteered herself to come and save him. She volunteered to go back to Neverland even though she swore she never would. Even though she swore she would never see Pan again. But now she's back and all aspects of her past keep catching up with her as she tries to save the sweet boy she used to babysit. Pan is messing with her mind and she doesn't know which way is up. Will she and the Charming gang be able to save Henry? Or will she get caught in another of Pan's games? (Definitely a darker romance ie: manipulation, etc. but nothing too graphic)

"I know the guy who's named after a fruit, that people have for breakfast, is not talking right now." Valeria Reznikov swore she'd never end up like her family. Youngest daughter of the infamous White Death, she hides her heart beneath sarcasm, wit, and a knack for trouble. All she wants is to keep her distance from the power plays, the bloodshed, the empire her siblings are fighting to inherit. But then a job drags her onto a Tokyo bullet train - a simple snatch-and-grab assignment that should've been over in minutes. Instead, she finds herself knee-deep in assassins, mercenaries, and one very irritating briefcase that everyone seems to want. Caught between a moody brother she thought abandoned her, a pair of fruit-themed killers with a body count too high to track, and an oddly charming Brit in a three-piece suit who keeps trying to fight and flirt with her at the same time, Valeria has to navigate a nonstop ride of chaos, betrayal, and blood. And the worst part? She's starting to enjoy it.

"𝙊𝙝 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙊𝙤𝙝, 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙊𝙝, 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙄'𝙡𝙡, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙊𝙝, 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚..." > 𝐌𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝘌𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 . . . - 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯. . . . 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧: The Descendants series, characters, and images aren't mine-just my own original characters I created for this story. Some scenes and dialogue may be different from the movies. Images are from Pinterest! {𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝟐-𝟑} 💫

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐄𝐍 | ❝Ye a cute little thin', aren't ya? I think ye will be mine now...❞ ❆❅❄❆❅ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴏғ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀɪʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴ ʀᴀɪɴ ᴄᴏᴍʙɪɴɪɴɢ, ᴛʜɪs ɪᴄʏ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ ғᴏᴜʟ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴀɪʀ ʜᴀs ᴀ ғʀᴏᴢᴇɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴍɪɴɪɴɢ. ❆❅❄❆❅ 【 harry hook x female!oc 】 【 descendants 2 & beyond 】 【 slow burn 】 【 cover made by @-SNIVYNYX 】

[BOOK 1 OF NEVERLAND SERIES] I WILL LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH IM SCARED in which a girl is heartbroken and a boy will do anything to help her descendants social media au | harry hook x fem!oc | started: 7/12/24 | finished: 12/19/24 | © lupinsghost 2024