stray kids little space one-shots :) softbinnie-©

This is a spin-off from my first story a new little life. Don't feel like you have to read a new little life first, this story will stand on its own and make sense on its own. (Even though I recommend a new little life!) Koda, a young misunderstood teen ran away from all of his problems at home. Heading as far as the big city he decided to stay and work on a better life. Six months later he was in the exact same place as he started. Not a penny to his name or a roof over his head. He was another street rat. Mixing with low life's like himself he got hooked on pills and any other substances that gave him a high. Anything he could use to escape from his miserable reality. Koda got pretty good at begging, finding the perfect spot to sit and get peoples change. Police would always move him along after some time. One morning he was unaware of the mistake he was about to make. That mistake was sitting at the corner of multibillionaire Adrian Pennington's office building. As Mr. Pennington got out of his car that morning he hurriedly made his way into the building. Unfortunately he bumped straight into koda first. . He made eye contact with the scruffy young homeless boy, it was a moment for Adrian that he will never forget. This boy was going to be his own. What Adrian wants, Adrian gets.

Title: When the Dead Heart Beats Again Genre: BL, Drama, Romance, Healing, Angst, self harm, anxiety, stress Mention of self harm, anxiety, stress.... Summary: After the tragic death of his wife Sia, mafia boss Alessandro De Luca becomes cold, emotionless, and feared. He rules the underworld with ruthless efficiency, his heart buried alongside the woman he once loved. But everything changes when he meets Elliot, a fragile, delicate boy with a voice as soft as a lullaby and eyes that seem to carry a secret. Elliot is quiet, often lost in his thoughts, easily startled, and has an ethereal beauty that makes people instinctively want to protect him. But Alessandro doesn't believe in fate-until Elliot enters his life like a whisper of the past and awakens emotions he thought were long dead. Why does Alessandro's heart beat faster only around him? As danger creeps closer, Alessandro must decide: Is Elliot a second chance at love-or a cruel twist of fate? ---

When cold-hearted CEO Leonardo Blackwell's only light is his five-year-old son, he never expects a chance encounter at the mall to change everything. Max, still heartbroken over his mother's sudden departure, finds comfort in a soft-spoken stranger-Emery Vale, a beautiful young man who looks eerily like the woman who left them. Desperate to soothe his son, Leo tracks Emery down and offers him a job as Max's live-in nanny. Emery, battling his own struggles and a life-threatening illness, reluctantly accepts-unaware that this decision will entangle him in a world of secrets, luxury, and dangerously growing feelings. But as Leo's cold walls begin to melt under Emery's gentle touch, old flames reignite-Vanessa, the ex-wife who once used him, returns to claim what was never hers. With public scandal, emotional wounds, and a viral photo that threatens to unravel it all, Leo must decide: will he fight for the man who taught him how to feel again, or lose him to the chaos?