Seoul never sleeps. Its streets hide neon-lit clubs, smoky alleyways, and people who live in the shadows. Namgyu has always been one of them-an introvert with sharp eyes and sharper secrets. By day, he works behind the counter of a convenience store; by night, he deals the kind of substances that keep the city moving. He doesn't trust anyone. He doesn't need anyone. At least, that's what he tells himself. Thanos, on the other hand, thrives in chaos. An underground rapper with violet hair and a voice that fills the notorious Pentagon club every week. He drowns in pills, women, and fleeting highs, constantly burning bridges-including with his dealers. When a friend connects him to Namgyu, he expects just another exchange. Quick. Clean. Temporary. But their first meeting doesn't go as planned. Namgyu refuses his smooth talk, refuses his charm-and refuses to step into Thanos's world. That rejection sparks something neither of them expect. What begins as a cold, transactional connection slowly grows into nights spent together, cigarettes shared on balconies, silences heavy with unspoken things. It's not love. Not yet. Just two broken men filling the emptiness with each other. But loneliness is a dangerous drug-and in Seoul's shadows, it might be the most addictive one of all. A slowburn dark romance with gritty city vibes, sharp edges, and a love story that was never supposed to happen. (Fanart on the cover isn't mine:)

Now a series by Mediacorp. Watch the episodes anywhere in world on meWATCH's Youtube channel. Keeley accidentally swaps cell phones with a rivaling high school's star quarterback. Unable to switch back until a week later, she must interact with the arrogant boy, passing along texts and voicemails. As she gets to know him better, she realizes there's more to him than sexual innuendos and egotistical comments. But when identities are revealed and secrets are exposed, will Keeley's feelings remain? Available in bookstores now! Look for it under its new title, TEXTROVERT.

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫. Forever 14. No she isn't dead. Well, not physically anyway. But something inside of her certainly died at this age. With a rough childhood she thought it couldn't really get much worse but every time she thought she'd hit rock bottom it would get ten times worse. Until he came into her life. Number fourteen. With not a lot to go on there's only one person who's able to make her forget all the bad stuff. Even if it's only for a moment. Can he make the number fourteen mean something more than the age she died inside? Let's find out. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. Number 14 on the pitch. Disappointment to his parents, never been worth enough to love properly, and comes with a bucket load of childhood trauma. He's a cold, mean guy on the surface but there's a lot more to this kid than meets the eye. When he crosses paths with a girl who he's never taken notice of in his life he finds a glimmer of hope. A nightlight in the dark. Maybe they'll be enought to save one another. But only time will tell.

TW: shooting, death CW: mentions of ed sheeran /j , cussing A story in which elmo falls for Y/n while doing a drive by shooting Idea credit: I saw someone say elmo x reader somewhere and developed an idea in my head (This story is a joke story made just for fun)

Hockey player Aiden Peters used to torment Alyssa Davis all throughout middle school because he hated her, right? It's Alyssa's first year of college, a place she told herself she would have a fresh start. But what happens when she bumps into a hockey player that she swears she knows and hates... Aiden is the no shit taking team captain that everyone happens to love. The last thing he needs is to fall in love again especially with Alyssa Davis. She hates him, he is deeply in love with her, and both of them pretend they don't know each other when they are the one things they can't get out of their minds. Tw's// descriptions of ED, depression, anxiety and panic attacks

my light, my misery, my tainted blue. ↳ I didn't mean to break your heart. • • • • • • where a girl in fear of being alone meets a boy who's fear is companionship. 2# - grieving 1# - summertoremember

Anxious overachiever, Sophia Calloway, has a plan; graduate top of her class, get into a top 3 law school, keep her head down and emotions quieter. So when the University of Michigan's ice hockey team targets her in a prank gone wrong? She's ready to call campus security, drop-kick the nearest jock and move on with her structured little life. Instead, she gets Holden Zhao. Captain of the hockey team- too charming for his own good, worryingly reckless and absolutely allergic to authority. And now- assigned to her beloved library shift as punishment. Holden has never met a girl who doesn't fall at his feet. Sophia has never met a boy who makes her want to scream... and maybe kiss, all in the same breath. He calls her uptight. She calls him a menace. But the longer they're stuck together, the harder it is to pretend it's just a punishment. The less it feels like one, too. ➳♡➳ "I'm not going to kiss you, Soph." She crosses her arms defensively. "And why the hell not?" "I'm not going to kiss you," My lips graze the shell of her ear. "Until you beg me to." ➳♡➳ Slow burn. Enemies to friends to lovers. Banter like a whiplash. One anxious overachiever. One chaotic hockey captain. This was never part of the plan.