18+ | 2026 WATTYS SHORTLISTER | First Draft | Not edited. |"You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." | The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

a fierce, volatile tension between the kind Hufflepuff princess and the Slytherin prince. Are the bitter rivals united by a twist of fate, or is there a scandalous, forbidden romance brewing between the Minister's gentle granddaughter and the proud Malfoy heir? Started : 29th May, 2026 Ended : ongoing Warning ‼️ Foul language Heavy scenes Self harm thoughts Mature themes

𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶," 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, "𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵." 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥. ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ Since the moment Willow Sterling met the one and only Mattheo Riddle, her hatred towards him has only grown. However, now that she has to marry him, will they stop their petty disputes and actually try to like each other? Or will they forever be enemies?

"The two couldn't have been more different from each other, yet they can't deny the underlying tension between them, the sparks that fly at every little touch, the red string of fate that pulls at their wrists until they can't brush it off anymore. But the thing about strings? They always rip." ___ Mariella Harlow has suffered under the hands of her stepfather for most of her life, so she spent almost all of it hiding between the pages of books, getting lost in fantasy worlds until she could forget about life at home as a muggle. She had always dreamed of living like in the books growing up, but by now she has accepted that magic doesn't exist and that she would burn in her world of screaming and fighting. At least, that's what she thought. After running away at the age of 16 and stumbling across Hogwarts, a school for witchcraft and wizardry, she is forced to attend the large castle full of secrets and magic. But she has a secret of her own.How long will she be able to hide the fact that she doesn't belong into this world from everyone she gets close to? ___ Mattheo Riddle is a man that is either feared or loved by everyone,there is no in between. As the son of the dark lord, that is what comes with the name. He thrives off of the fear he awakens in People, but underneath that is his own fear of the one he calls father. Living up to Voldemort's expectations wasn't easy, especially as a little boy. His life was a constant. Horrible tasks by his dad,attending Hogwarts, trying his best to survive while keeping up the brick walls around him. However the Universe throws him a curve ball when a new girl joins their year. She's naive, always lost in thought, and worst of all she doesn't fear him. Usually, she's the type of person he hated, yet he couldn't stop from feeling himself get pulled in by her as she makes the walls he so carefully built around himself crumble with a simple smile of hers. In the end she was exactly what he needed the least. A distraction

𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Maire Gibson falls for the broken Joey Lynch, but nobody realises behind her smiles that she is just as broken as him. [joey lynch]

Maisie Biggs is used to being invisible. While her sister, Claire, lights up every room she walks into and her brother, Hughie, seems to belong everywhere, Maisie has spent most of her life fading into the background-quiet, guarded, and haunted by the voice in her head that insists she'll never be enough. After two miserable years at Ballylaggin Community School, where whispers followed her through crowded hallways and cruelty became impossible to escape, Maisie is forced to start over. New school. New people. A fresh start she never asked for. But Tommen is nothing like BCS. Surrounded by her siblings larger-than-life friends, unexpected kindness, and attention she doesn't know what to do with, Maisie finds herself caught between wanting to stay hidden and desperately wishing someone would finally see her. Then one boy does. And for the first time in her life, Maisie begins to wonder what it might feel like to be chosen. To be wanted. To be enough. But when you've spent your whole life believing the worst about yourself, letting someone in might be the most terrifying risk of all.

+++THIS IS MY SAME STORY RECREATED. THE OTHER ONE WAS REMOVED AFTER 200K+ READS+++ (story will be in ongoing editing phase so I can get out new chapters while still trying to recreate this story) Riley Knight has never felt like she belonged anywhere. Her father never wanted her. Her stepfather has always made it clear that she isn't his daughter. And certainly not her five older half-brothers and twin from her father's side, who Riley has spent years believing would rather have nothing to do with her. So she's learned to live without them. For years, she has accepted that this is simply how her life is supposed to be. She doesn't expect anyone to choose her, protect her, or stay - least of all herself, who counts down the days until her 18th-birthday when she can break away from all of this. But as secrets are uncovered and Riley's relationship with her brothers begins to change, 15-year-old Riley is forced to question everything she thought she knew. Maybe Riley doesn't know her family as well as she thinks she does. Maybe she was never as unwanted as she believed. Or maybe the people she thought she could live without are the ones she needed all along.

[#1 in Percyjackson and Annabethchase on 7/5/26] This is Percabeth and they're in Goode High. They start out to be complete strangers until Percy transfers in from Yancy. Percy relies on Annabeth with homework and stuff. You'll only find out what happens next if you read. :)

Those young eyes saw too many horrors | This is a PJO AU where Percy has an older sister.

For years, Draco Malfoy and Veda Hawthorne have been compared to one another. Same blood status. Same House. Same arrogance. Same talent for making enemies. Draco is used to being the one people are intimidated by. Veda has never been one of them. If anything, she seems to enjoy knocking him down a peg, which only makes him more determined not to let her get the better of him. By fourth year, their rivalry is practically Hogwarts folklore. But when Draco begins noticing the cracks beneath Veda's carefully maintained reputation, the line between knowing someone and understanding them starts to blur. Neither of them is particularly happy about it. TROPES/EXTRA TAGS: rivals to lovers, enemies to lovers, slow burn, childhood comparisons, mutual obsession, jealousy, secret vulnerability, pureblood drama, Slytherin x Slytherin. SHADES OF COOL draco malfoy x oc harry potter series