"Go ahead," I said, backing up against the pink wall of the shop. "Do something other than glare at me." I waited. One, two, three seconds... and nothing. I raised my chin at him. "You're boring me, mute boy." He stepped closer. Leaned toward me as his gaze burned into mine. Then... ❀ ❀ ❀ After three months in juvenile detention, it's time for Romy Pereira to help out with her family's flower shop. And it's not all bad... until they hire Jack Michel to work beside her. He doesn't speak, communicating with glares and scowls instead of words, and seems to be more interested in literal rocks than other human beings. And with an ex-convict mother, her friends drifting away, and the flower shop falling apart, the last thing Romy wants to deal with is Jack's attitude. She'll forever praise the day he screws up big time and gets himself fired, but until that day comes, it's mostly one cold-hearted girl, her silent (but still infuriating) coworker, and a whole lot flowers. [word count: 100k] [originally written in 2014-2015; re-write completed 2020-2021] ❀ Rankings ❀ #1 in #badgirl #1 in #goodboy #1 in #flowershop #1 in #sociopath

The beautiful emerald green she loved had turned blood red. "Harry..." she squeaked feebly. His lips curled maliciously, "Not anymore." ~~~ The Final Battle is over and the Order lost. In the last hour Harry Potter changed alliances, pledging his help to Lord Voldemort rather than his friends. But a small part of the resistance still lives, working behind the scene to piece together the mystery of Harry's choices and still looking for some way to cause the downfall of the Dark Lord. But with their numbers dropping by the week, it comes down to the most unlikely of people left to fight to the end. *TW: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH IN THE FIRST CHAPTER*

((GOING THROUGH A REWRITE - BE PREPARED FOR CONFUSING TIME SKIPS AND POV CHANGES)) The war is over and our heroes return to Hogwarts to complete their final year. But when Professor Trelawney makes a startling prophecy the friends have new problems on their hands and they can't solve them alone. With new romances blossoming and their NEWT exams just around the corner, can they prevent the Dark Lord from returning once more? **Cover by GladYouCame**