She lives quietly, streaming horror games and sipping iced espresso, hiding behind hoodies and headphones. He walks loud, inked in ghosts, laughing like thunder, carrying a past that burns at the edges. When Elias "Stack" Moore steps into London Hart's silence, he doesn't shatter it-he waits inside it. What begins with a stolen coffee turns into something slow, something hot. A love that smolders. A past that won't stay buried. And two people learning how to be seen, without running.

in which their mate was already in love with someone other than them • " i have a boyfriend. " " oh. " • [ AFTER BREAKING DAWN PART TWO ] [ ROSALIE HALE & EMMETT CULLEN ]

" Nah, we cousins. "

He came back... but who the hell is that? sequel to CRUSH 【tanngeriines】

After years on the battlefield, Elijah "Smoke" Moore returns to a city that's moved on without him-and to Doris, the woman who never stopped waiting. But war leaves more than scars on skin; it changes hearts, minds, and souls. The man who left full of fire has come back colder, quieter... and hiding something he can't bring himself to say. Or When The predators are closing in. And before the night is through, they'll have to fight-not just for love, but for survival. They just have to make it to sunrise.

"𝐈 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 '𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮... 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞."

Maia Mesa grew up with her family in Cuba, but that suddenly changed, and she found herself in a position no one wishes to be, without family. Marcus Burnett, a repentant and good soul takes her as his own daughter, as well his wife Theresa, a new family, a new country, she rebuilt her life and became a nurse. But those 17 dreams years go to shit when a person she considered her uncle is shot, Mike Lowrey.

Fearless. Ruthless. Reckless. Armando Aretas is in hiding after a high body count forced him to flee the country. The former assassin and drug dealer now lives a quiet life with his head down, minding his business working as a buss boy. But when his beautiful, too innocent coworker is in danger one night, he abandons his rule of staying out of it to help her. Sweet. Kind. Innocent. Brielle "Bri" Palmer lives a simple life and she likes it that way. When she's not serving hungry customers at the diner on the weekend, she's teaching her kindergarten class as she she works towards her masters. Her mom thinks she should've accepted the engagement she rejected. Her father thinks she should come work for the family business. Her friends think she should do as her parents says and go back to her lavish lifestyle. Brielle thinks everyone should stop trying to tell her what the fuck she should do with her life. The only person who doesn't seem to care about her is her sexy and a maybe even a little intimidating co-worker at the diner. At least that's what she thought until the night he saves her and Brielle learns that there is something dark and mysterious behind the quiet mask he's shown her and for better or worse, Brielle wants to peel back every layer and find out exactly who the real Armando is. What happened next neither of them saw coming. Light. Laughter. Passion. Love. But what happens when Armando's past comes back to haunt him?

Brilliant xenobiologist Seraphina Moore is chosen for the Avatar Program and thrust into the wild beauty of Pandora, where her unique appearance-white hair like moonlight and star-like blue eyes marks her as a sign of Eywa's blessing. Initially met with distrust by the proud Na'vi warrior Tsu'tey, Seraphina earns his respect through her courage, intelligence, and unwavering reverence for the Na'vi way of life. As their bond deepens, Seraphina finds herself torn between her people's greed and her love for Tsu'tey and Pandora's sacred balance. With war looming, can their connection bridge the gap between two worlds? A tale of love, unity, and survival on Pandora. ------------ Word count: 73.483 ------------

"ʜɪᴍ. 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝒊'𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝒊'𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎." -𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒔. 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕, 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. "ʜᴇʀ. 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝒊'𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏. 𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓." -𝒋𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉. [complete]