When Sawyer wakes up one morning, the last thing he expects is to see the ghost of his childhood best friend, Indigo, sitting at the foot of his bed. A fight in middle school shattered their friendship, and they drifted apart. Now in college, a tragic accident brings them back together, forcing them to confront their past and work together to unravel the mystery that binds them. With time running out, Sawyer and Indigo must find a way to make amends before it's too late. **WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST**

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When freelance programmer Arty hacks into his own matchmaking app to pair himself with his crush, he enlists the reluctant help of his best friend Ben-whose feelings for Arty might run a little bit deeper than "just friends"-forcing him to confront whether true love is closer than expected. Standalone in the Mismatched series *** Arty Mavety believes love is a formula waiting to be solved, and he's determined to prove it by hacking into the matchmaking app he's developing to pair himself with his crush Leo, a neighborhood barista who barely knows Arty exists. Arty ropes in his best friend Ben Himmel, cashing in a favor-though they both know that Ben would've helped him anyway. Ben wants to be a good friend and support Arty's misguided mission, but there's one small problem-he's got long-buried feelings for Arty, and they're starting to bubble to the surface. As Arty's idealized romance with Leo threatens to unravel his friendship with Ben, he begins to realize true love can't be engineered. And sometimes, it's way closer than expected.

This is a transmigration story following Zong Yuan and his system, 0046. In each world that he transmigrates to, he has to finish a mission but those missions somehow always revolve around the same person each time... With a new identity and personality in each world, the two male protagonists encounter and fall for each other over and over again. ⚠️ NOT MINE ⚠️ *MTL TRANSLATED*

Miles worked as a photojournalist in a small news publication. For the past four years, he had been trying to make ends meet by taking photos of celebrities and giving them to his work or selling it to other publications if the pay was considerable. He never really had any game when it came to getting a huge scoop because aside from the fact that his camera was of lower quality than the others, his luck of getting good photos - even of low quality, wasn't on his side. Not until at one point out of desperation, he was able to capture a photo of Soren Chandler - the celebrity of the year that everyone talks about. It was the only photo that captured Soren Chandler directly looking at the camera. In an instant, Miles' life turned upside down. Not in a good way. "Soren Chandler wants to work with you," Jackson, the editor-in-chief of the news publication he was working at told him. Little did Miles know was that his life was about to change. The eyes focused on the lenses of a camera will never notice the man wanting to be seen.

Title: His Ishan Tagline: In the heart of the village, a cold-blooded mafia boss meets the boy who makes his heart flutter with a single innocent blink. --- Story Premise: When ruthless mafia boss Veer Rathore, known for his sharp instincts, unforgiving nature, and a heart colder than steel, is forced to lay low after a betrayal in his ranks, fate leads him to a quiet, hidden village surrounded by dense forest and age-old traditions. There, he encounters Ishan, a soft-spoken village boy who wears dhotis, feeds cows, speaks gently, and prays every morning by the river. With big, innocent eyes that blink at him like a startled fawn, Ishan is everything Veer isn't-pure, untouched, and quietly devoted. But behind Veer's hardened glare, something shifts each time Ishan offers him food with trembling hands... or when he softly stammers while calling him "Veer Babu..." Can a man who's only known blood, betrayal, and power... fall for a boy who only knows kindness? Because in the silence of the village nights, when fireflies dance and the wind carries the scent of marigolds, Veer starts to wonder- "Was I sent here to kill... or to be saved?" ---

Emmet and Clay did not meet on the best of terms, but that doesn't stop them from becoming fast friends. As their bond grows stronger, they will do whatever it takes to maintain this new friendship. Even though that may not be all that either of them wants. After years of living in a conservative southern town, Emmett has developed a hard shell that is not easily pierced. It's gotten even more difficult since breaking up with his first serious boyfriend left him feeling devastated and betrayed. Then a new friend comes along to peel back all the layers of protection, making Emmett feel happy again, and perhaps making him feel something more. The loss of his father at a young age left Clay with severe anxiety. His girlfriend says he's emotionally distant - because he is. Clay never gave much thought to his sexuality. He started dating because all his friends were, and although his relationships never seem to work out, he continues to try, because that's what's expected. The steady track he's been traveling is suddenly upended when he becomes enamored with a boy he just met. Now Clay has to figure out what he wants and how far he's willing to go to get it.

At first glance, nobody would be able to tell that Nathaniel Jean had a problem. Or second glance, or third, or fourth. After all, he had everything. He was a captain of his school's soccer team and one of the top players in the state. He had a big house and money to spend. He had family, he had friends, he had fun, he had faith. He never meant for it to happen. He never wanted to look at another man in the way he should have been looking at a woman. The idea had disgusted him for most of his life - living in a heavily Catholic town with heavily Catholic parents, homophobia was the only response he knew. That didn't change when he first realized that he didn't like girls. No, Nathaniel Jean was still homophobic. He hated the idea of a man sleeping with another man. He was raised on the notion that all gays went to hell, and he believed it. He despised them, and so he despised himself. Nathaniel Jean was more fortunate than most, because help did arrive for him. Help by the name of Lucas Morgan, they boy he'd always known but never known. The boy with big dreams and bigger talent. The boy that changed Nathaniel's life over the course of their thirty-six week long senior year.

Blaise and Harry are both sub Veelas searching for their mates, once Blaise runs to Draco for help they both leave the manor after an angry Lucious gets the wrong idea. Blaise carries them until he is seriously injured, they land and seek for refuge at the nearest house. Un(fortunately) for them that hosue is full of red-headed weasels and one Boy That Lived. Covered created by m-blackhart!

For those that don't know Coercion is another word for forced, which seems to be the only thing a certain Slytherin trio knows. Forced by their professors, parents, and other Slytherins classmates. So what happens when they stop caring? Everything seems to go well until a certain somebody catches on to everything going on between them. Blaise, Draco, and Pansy seem to be getting a little to close to the golden trio. Because of this everything soon starts to go downhill... hopefully it all ends well...