A miner's canary | noun: Any thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger. Down in the smoke-smudged streets of Ketterdam, there is a ballerina who dances on the street corners, with six fingers on each of her hands. She wears a good wool coat, holds her chin up high, but at the end of the night, she begs for pennies just like the rest of them. In a city like this, she is uncanny. Starkly different from the grimy Barrel-rats that have control down here. And in Ketterdam, it's no good sticking out from the crowd. Unusual attracts the worst attention possible. Everyone around here wants something that's one of a kind, and Kaz Brekker's always looking to make a new investment.

Thalia Riddle was never meant to be seen. But Harry Potter was stubborn. The more he was warned, the harder it was to stay away. Like a deadly sin, he found himself tangled in more and more until he drowned. Harry James Potter x Fem!OC Half-Blood Prince-- Deathly Hallows

maysilee smith has never fit in. her father treats her like a burden, and is desperate to spend every moment of his life making sure she knows how much he hates her. to the other children, she's simply an easy target for their teasing. and when her mother dies, she loses the only person that has every made her feel loved. enter negan. destructive, terrifying, impossible to ignore. to the group, he's a monster. to maysilee, he's worse. he's family. negan, her uncle, sees something in maysilee he refuses to let go of: a chance to bond, to claim family where so much has already been lost. the problem? maysilee wants absolutely nothing to do with him.

Seven-year-old Aurora has spent most of her life in the foster care system, bouncing from home to home, leaving behind a trail of anger and broken furniture. She fights everyone - other kids, foster parents, even the social workers. But when she's placed for adoption, it's not with another ordinary family. S.H.I.E.L.D. has made their decision: Aurora is now the legal responsibility of Captain America himself. Neither of them wants this. Steve, forced into the situation by S.H.I.E.L.D., is furious about being saddled with a kid he never asked for. Aurora, convinced that no one ever truly stays, refuses to trust him - or anyone. Their first meeting ends in a screaming match, and things only go downhill from there. But as much as they push each other away, neither one is allowed to leave. And when Steve gets a visit from a friend from his past, stuck together, they'll have to figure out if family is something you're born into-or something you fight for. Cover by the amazing @greatwritesharkk

Indigo Price was supposed to be dead. She wasn't supposed to survive, but fate clearly had a different idea. Now her blood might be the key to saving the world, humanity, and all its faults. Dragged out of hiding by the Fireflies, she gets shoved into the care of an angry smuggler who has a strange disliking to her, and a past he won't talk about. Indi had a simple plan: stay quiet, stay alive, and don't trust anyone. Especially not him. But the road ahead is long, twisted, and way too traumatising for a 14 year old. She doesn't know whats worse; dying young- or surviving like this.

☆ "little gwendolyn, soft in your newborn skin. only ten, little gweny, will you return again?" ☆ manipulation • /məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃn/ noun . :the exercise of harmful influence over others ☆ published: may, 2025 finished: tbd

☆ " but in the end, no one was coming to save me, so i just prayed. and i keep praying and praying and praying. if it's ment to be then it will be. " ☆ father figure daryl dixon! ☆ published: 10th march 2025 finished: