Fifteen-year-old Ainsley Myers doesn't look like someone who's afraid. She's quiet, loud when needed to be, flat, and sarcastic. The kind of girl who fills silence with humor and defiance, who keeps people laughing just far enough away that they never get too close. Where her twin sister Athena learned to move gently through the world, Ainsley learned to hit it first, using noise, wit, and distance as armor. Athena was protected. Ainsley was not. Athena grew up kind, soft-spoken, and trusting, never fully knowing the depth of what her sister endured, only sensing that something was wrong. Ainsley never told her. Not because she didn't love her, but because she didn't know how to explain it. Because the worst parts didn't feel explainable. Because silence felt safer than truth. When their current foster dad is arrested, everything they believe about their lives collapses. They weren't abandoned. They were stolen. Waiting for them is a family that never stopped searching: a father who left space at the table, brothers raised on stories and hope, and a home built on patience instead of punishment. For Athena, the return feels like a chance to finally breathe. For Ainsley, it feels like danger. Because sarcasm doesn't survive gentleness. Armor doesn't work in a house built on patience. And distance becomes impossible in a family that refuses to give up on you. As Athena begins to settle into safety, Ainsley resists closeness with jokes, walls, and emotional deflection. But the longer this family stays, the harder it becomes to pretend she doesn't care. The harder it becomes to keep fighting a world that no longer looks like a threat. Surrounded by people who don't demand, don't push, and don't leave, Ainsley must face the one truth she's spent her life outrunning: That maybe she doesn't have to be loud to be safe. That maybe she doesn't have to be sharp to survive. And that love doesn't have to hurt to be real.

Lina Rose Laurier never knew where she belonged. Being a orphan with a mysterious past was all she ever knew. Until one night changes everything. Five brothers appear in her room, four relieved to finally find her, one guarding a secret capable of destroying them all. And then there's him: her childhood best friend, the boy she lost years ago and never stopped missing. Now he's back, and the connection between them burns stronger than ever. But love becomes dangerous when her past is full of lies, and her future is full of enemies. With a newfound family and an old love rekindling, Lina must choose who she can trust, before the truth claims them all.

The Romano family consisted of 6 brothers but imagine there surprise when they get a call letting them know that they have found their two sisters who are twins who were kidnapped by their mother and asks the Romanos to take them in. Alessia (the eldest twin) has been treated horribly her whole life, she's been abused physically, emotionally and even sexually ever since she can remember. She has been shown the horrors of the world at a young age and has grown up cold, sadistic and cruel. Her twin, Alina was treated like a princess. She was spoilt and a major brat. Both twins hate each other, what happens when their 'parents' die and they have to live with their 6 older brothers that they didn't know existed. Contains mature themes, mentions of abuse, rape, violence, guns and gore.

All Adeline Kingston has known is pain. Years of agony, anguish and anger. Brothers. Addie has 7, not that she knew. When she is reunited with her older brothers her life changes. For the better or worse, no one could say. Adeline knows there are secrets not meant for her, secrets that will tear apart her own world, her family included. What tragedy's will become apparent?

"My 17-year-old but has seen better and worse days. It has been through ups and downs, through flat and flatter. But regardless of all the shit it had to endure, it still honours the earth by its presence." "That's an awful intro. Although it's not far from the truth." °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Noel Avalon Malcom. A teenager who had to grow up too fast. Abandoned by her family for a false accusation and left to fend for herself. What happens, when she ends up at the police station and has no choice but to call her father? And when she is forced to live there with her brothers and sister? She has her own demons and secrets, but even the family, which seems so perfect on the outside has its demons. Will Noel be able to forgive them for all the wrongdoings against her? Will the truth come out? And will they stand against their demons, or get defeated by them?

Rosaline thought she was abandoned, she thought she was left alone. This thought had rung in her mind since she was a child. However, almost 15 years later, she had finally come to terms with the fact that she has no family, especially after that happened... but she always had a speck of hope telling her there was someone out there who was her family, who missed her. She became the person she wished was there for her, strong, independent and always there for everyone. She didn't need anyone as long as she had herself. She was herself. The strength, the power, the looks, she had it all. But what happens when she's told there are people for her. A family? Better yet a dad and 6 brothers? Can Rose have the family she's always wanted? Or were the Marchetti's too late for her broken heart?

Leonardo and Luna, two siblings who have only known pain throughout their lives, suddenly discover a family they never knew existed. Leonardo, fiercely protective of his younger sister, has endured countless hardships to keep Luna safe. For him, her safety is worth any sacrifice. Luna, burdened by guilt for the suffering Leonardo endured on her behalf, lives in constant fear of losing the only person who has been both a protector and a father figure to her. Now, as they step into the unknown, will they be able to trust their newfound family, or will the shadows of their past return to haunt them? Are their lives bound by fate, or will they carve their own path? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATES ONCE A WEEK. TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains themes that may be distressing to some readers, including: - Abuse - Rape - Self-harm - Violence, death, or potential murder of some characters - Suicide - Torture - Drugs - Eating disorders - Toxic/abusive relationships - Bipolar disorder - Anxiety - Insomnia Reader discretion is advised.

Seventh-grader Alexa Hart's world is defined by loss and loneliness. Her mother is gone, her brother lies in a coma, and her father offers nothing but neglect. At school, she's friendless and relentlessly bullied-especially by Blake-and at home, her father's new marriage saddles her with five stepbrothers who openly despise her. As Alexa's isolation and despair deepen, the question looms: can she ever find a path to happiness, or is she destined to remain trapped in misery? Note: This story contains swearing, abuse, self-harm, depression, and other sensitive topics.