[18+] Jamie's one wish this year is for school to give her a fucking break. Samuel just wishes his inner life would be as steady as his outer one...and maybe for another burrito. Unfortunately, fate has other plans in store. [Extended summary available inside] -ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈ Unification 2025 Winner CW: Explicit content and language, brief mentions of emotional abuse and cheating, brief mentions of homophobia/biphobia

Waif is an unlikely resident in the kingdom of Alaric. A Drow raised in a human land, the world of men and their gods all she's ever known. But soon her world begins to fall apart and change forever as she finds her duty lies outside the world of caring for the recently deceased and insists upon her caring for the fate of the world at large. TW for fantasy racism, abuse and eventual body horror . More TW's will be added as the book progresses.

"So what?! 'A coin consists of two sides!' Didn't you tell me that?!" I gasp, realizing what I am doing right now by my raised voice. I'm standing up to her. And it feels good. TW: violence, mentioning of physical child abuse

!!THIS BOOK HAS BEEN FINISHED, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN. UNEDITED CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN UNPUBLISHED!! REWRITE STATUS: 19/63 In the cursed city of Xalathor, two monster hunters just want to survive their job. And each other. William talks too much, jokes too often, and never takes anything seriously. Drystan barely talks at all. Their uneasy partnership survives because neither of them asks for more than the job requires - and feelings were never part of the deal. Then a messy and loud teenage girl barges in. Dahlia's not just here to end a curse; she wants something more. A family. A place to belong. And she's not leaving without it, even if the monster hunters she's set her sights on are experts at pushing people away. Between the emotional wildfire named Dahlia and their own unresolved tension, William and Drystan are in deeper than they ever planned. Thrown together by bad luck and worse timing, they stumble into something messier and way more terrifying than monsters: feelings. Dahlia won't let them run from it. In a city full of ghosts, the three of them are building something new. If they don't ruin it first. Materials used for the cover: https://www.vecteezy.com/free-png/dahlia-flower