A viral kiss. A fake relationship. And one very real problem: falling for the girl you're supposed to be pretending with. When influencer Samaira Sharma impulsively kisses a stranger at a party to get rid of her drunk ex, the last thing she expects is for someone to catch it on camera. Within hours, the internet has turned her split-second decision into a love story, and her manager is convinced it's the PR opportunity of a lifetime. Now, with the story spreading faster than she can delete her notifications, Samaira has two options: deny everything and risk her image, or play along and turn chaos into charm. But the more she leans into the lie, the less it feels like one. Because somewhere between staged smiles, shared coffee, and stolen glances, the lines between pretend and something real start to blur- and Samaira can't quite remember where acting ends and feeling begins.

Azazel Fraser and Cielo Lopez were raised to inherit wealth, not question it. And though their lives were mirrored in privilege and perfection, they still belonged to two different worlds, rivals by birth and strangers by design. When they're paired together for a high-stakes investigation final meant to test the sharpest heirs of the corporate elite, the polished realities they've built on a generational rivalry begins to crack. The academic truth they begin to uncover turns personal fast, each unexpected discovery pulling at a loose thread until the mere foundation of their lives begin to unravel, revealing the shattering corruption of those closest to them. In the ruins of everything they once thought they knew, the only thing left standing is the other. Curiosity turns into a heated anchor of intimacy that eclipses past resentment, and soon they find themselves cowering beneath empires built on secrets, hand in hand. But the endless web of secrets Azazel and Cielo have discovered don't just put their futures at risk, it forces them to come face to face with a horrifying reality...someone out there is willing to risk blood and money alike to make sure these secrets remain secrets.

boyxboy [trauma, sex, hurt/comfort, love story, slow burn, long chapters] College art student Jamison Parker struggles with getting close to anyone after trauma crippled his ability to reach out and connect with others both physically and emotionally. More interested in nature than people, he keeps his head down and tries to get through each day without giving up entirely. Classmate Elliot Astor is a trust funder that can't buy his way out of grief and secrets of his own. Spending his nights partying with his friends to forget, he drifts through days with little interest in chasing anything but the next distraction. After a chance meeting, they find themselves drawn increasingly close together, pushing the boundaries of their heartache and histories, and fighting for a future neither dared to envision. current word count: 262,048 -------- • trying to update once a month, if not sooner • some chapters are broken into multiple parts for ease of reading, as some chapters are over 16K words • I'm a very dialogue-heavy writer :) • this is a genuine slow burn ***Read with caution*** This story includes mature content and themes such as explicit sexual content, suicide, self-harm, abuse, violence, trauma, drug use, mental illness, death, extreme homophobia, slurs, cursing, etc. There is no SA, though Stats: #1 in anxietydisorder 10/22/25 #2 in bxbromance 02/02/26 #5 in loneliness 01/26/26 #6 in freethelgbt 01/26/26 #11 in gayboys 01/26/26 #17 in gay-sex 01/26/26 #18 in gayness 01/26/26 #34 in explicit 01/26/26

Two lonely young hearts meet in Ember Hill. In a town where mercy is conditional, and God has long abandoned the souls of devout believers. Here, condemning glances and whispers are deadlier than any poison. The fire of feelings flares up between Charlie and Evan, giving hope to both. But in this town hope dies first. Where the truth is buried under false sermons, two boys have to learn that even the purest and brightest love will be crucified by those who can't love.

For what reason does one wake up every day? People had always thought the life of ISAAC RUIZ couldn't be more perfect. Everything he wanted, he could get with his money and influence. What anyone didn't know was his real motivation to keep on living--something that was silly to others, but a salvation for him. For office employee FLORENCE VILLENA, there was no longer any meaning to his existence. Nothing could fill the void he had been experiencing inside him anymore, and he was convinced the world was better off without him in it. At twenty-eight years old, LAURENCE VILLEGAS had a lot of reasons to wish to just sleep forever. Since losing his home and family, the universe had rarely been kind to him. And yet, he chose to survive, time and again, if only for the hope of seeing his life get a little better. On Friday the thirteenth of January 2023, fates began to entangle as Laurence met with an accident, Florence tried to kill himself, and Isaac lost his reason to live. Nine months after the incidents, a new dawn fell upon those three lives when someone reawakened in a stranger's body. Set in a fictional Asian City called Perlientas. Mature topics: mentions of suicide (actual scene not depicted) and death, mental health and other societal issues, character thoughts that some may find disturbing or triggering, few sexual chapters later in the story Despite those themes, the overall story's pretty tamed. Featured on: @Romance [Romantic Suspense] | September 2024 @Ambassadors [Rainbow Fiction] | April 2025 Recognitions: ❦ Unification: An Awards Show 2025 | Creator Pick ❦ Unification: An Awards Show 2025 | Overall Grand Winner ❦ Moonlight Trove: Astania Awards 2025 | First Place in Mystery Category ❦ Padauk Mini Awards 2024 | First Place in Best Potential