"All CJ knew was that Quinn was different, and in Bayside, different didn't come around too often." A police sergeant at age 25, CJ Thomas was always destined for greatness. Every man wanted to be him, and every woman wanted to be with him. But that really wasn't CJ's thing. Nothing was really CJ's thing. Until the kid wearing beat-up Nikes and a Pink Floyd T-shirt stepped into his station--in handcuffs, nonetheless. From that day on, CJ had a thing. And it was going to be so much more trouble then it was worth.

"I didn't know you had friends like Isaac," Willa said in greeting. "I don't," muttered Jared. Isaac rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you don't. You have //one// friend like Isaac." His voice turned into this stupid mock whisper and he leaned towards Jared conspiratorially. "It's me, by the way."

[COMPLETED] When life gives you a second chance at love, can you really walk away? Even if he's half your age... Remington, almost fifty, is settled in his life. He has experienced true love in the past and lost it. He has given up on finding love like that again. Yet, when he meets art student, Matthew, feelings Remington thought were long gone begin to resurface. His orderly world is thrown into chaos and Remington is not sure what to do about it. One thing he does know, now that he has found Matthew, he is not willing to pass up the opportunity to spend some time with the young man. cover created by: @meha-k

Seventeen-year-old Apollo Reyes-Perez is struggling to understand two things: his identity and his best friend's suicide. But when Amory Hartmann, the new boy in town, catches his attention, he discovers that the answers to those questions may be more complicated than he had anticipated. ...... After the passing of his best friend, Apollo is left in an unfamiliar world, or perhaps one he never understood. Swimming, friends, and family. That was Apollo's universe. Until one day it wasn't. His friends expect too much, his parents don't talk enough, and swimming feels wrong. It only took one day for his life to change. Isn't the world supposed to stop when the person closest to you is gone? That's what he believed. But when the realities of growing up as a Mexican-American teenager hurdle towards him, he must accept the simple fact that life goes on. This becomes abundantly clear when Amory Hartmann enters his life, forcing Apollo to face the parts of himself he intended to keep hidden. Pieces of himself he's been too afraid to share with a boy. Will Apollo learn to leave the past behind him and move towards the future, or will his demons keep dragging him back to the darkest point of his life? Featured by @TeenFiction 🥇1st place LGBTQ+: The Novelists Awards 2022-2023 🥉3rd place Romance: The Pride Awards 2023 💜 @YARomance Undiscovered Book of The Month {November 2022}

Toby Wentworth's life is a clusterfuck. For a lot of reasons. And one of them just happens to be the fact that he is very gay, and also so far in the closet that he's practically in Narnia. But then there's this guy. This guy in his calculus class who winks at him. And suddenly, they're partners for a project. And Toby cannot stop thinking about him. Toby does his best to balance school, work, relationships, and the biggest secret he's ever kept as life goes on. He does, honestly. He tries so very hard. But things like drama, bizarre coincidences, and, of course, his crippling tendency to overthink have been making it difficult, and it's really not fair. But Toby just cannot stop thinking about that boy. And there are times when he wants to hate himself because of it. Sometimes, Toby's life sucks. He'll admit it. But as aggravating as the feeling of being just out of reach of a romance he desperately craves is, there's something... thrilling about it. Something that, no matter how many times he tries, cannot get him to stop this madness. He's in trouble. Absolutely. But maybe trouble can have its benefits. *** cover art by me! Final chapter upload: 5/7/21 Word count: ~65k

Book 1 of "Mr Series" {Elijah Sidney story} Elijah Walker, a 30 year old businessman and single father of twin boys, Sky and River. Having lost his beloved wife during the birth of his twin babies, which was an year ago, made him completely turn himself away from the world. He became cold hearted person and distant himself from everyone. He busies himself in the work all the time except for when he looks after his babies. Now all his life revolves around the babies and they're his complete life except the empty spot in his heart that can't be filled since he lost his wife. He has money, fame, family, everything but happiness, something he doesn't remember feeling it since losing his wife. And his mother wishes her son's life gets better and that he be back to living a happy life. She wishes her son marries again so that he'll have a partner and her grand babies will have a mother. For that purpose, she thinks and finally arranges a match for Elijah. Sidney Davies, a 24 years old, just completed his studies and is set on helping his parents in their small bakery called HONEY BAKES. Sidney is a very quite person and minds his own business without interfering with others. Though he's an introvert, once he gets close to anyone and get the right connection, he'll feel they're his people. Two people from two different worlds come together to become one for others but not for themselves. Elijah agrees to marry for his babies while Sidney agrees to marry for his parents. How will this marriage change Elijah and Sidney's life? For the better or for the worst? Will their sacrifices remain for the same purpose or will they come to live for one another along the time?

Twenty three year old agoraphobic Kevin Price lives a tame and routined life. Until a new neighbor moves in next door.

A haunting, seductive enemies-to-lovers story where obsession isn't a weakness - it's the plan. Viransh Mehra is a brilliant student - top of his class, quiet, calculated... and unhealthily obsessed. Advait Sinha is a cold, by-the-book literature teacher with a locked heart and a past full of mistakes. He lives by routine, silence, and iron rules - rules that start to crack when he realizes he's being watched... not just in class, but everywhere. What begins as a subtle fixation turns into a chilling game of psychological chess: Viransh wants to break through the teacher's icy control and own him completely - mind, body, and fear. But the more Advait tries to escape the student's growing obsession, the deeper he sinks into it - caught between fear and forbidden desire. Control shifts. Power blurs. And soon, the only thing more dangerous than being wanted... is wanting it back. Tropes: •dark academia •bl romance •teacher × student (18+) •genius stalker top •cold older bottom •obsession → desire → disaster

Confused, chaotic and closeted. If you ask Milo Jiang to describe himself in three words, those are the words he would choose. Mostly because his vocabulary is extremely limited. With a life full of routine, Milo spends his time studying for tests, failing them, and studying for them all over again. Until Xen Rathore, his father's business partner's son - sorry, his obnoxious son - offers to tutor him. Only then does Milo realise that his life is a story, and not just three words. - started: august 12th, 2020. completed: october 21st, 2020.

"I hope you die soon, Ryder." "I don't want anything better than that for you too, Hardy." ************** Grey Hardy is known as 'Bully of the bullies'. He is intimidating, he can fight his fights alone. But he is also the kindest person one could find. Adam Ryder is calm, collected and friendly. But when Hardy and Ryder crossed paths, it always ended in a fight. They never saw eye to eye, they had sworn to hate each other. But when fate brings them together, can they really escape each other's pull? . . . . . . . . . . The 'Hardy Effect' is a phenomenon I discovered, in which, being anywhere near his vicinity makes my brain shut down temporarily and act unlike myself.