There's this silence between us that stretches longer than it should, and it wraps around my chest like a weighted blanket. My throat tightens. I stare at him like I'm trying to memorise the face of someone who shouldn't exist. A dream made real. My lips part before I can stop myself. "Were you sent by my dad to take care of me?" The question hangs in the air, trembling like the last leaf in autumn. Aiden's gaze softens. His lips tug into the gentlest smile I've ever seen. It's the kind of smile that could mend broken wings. "No" he whispers. "I volunteered." The words hit harder than I expect. Like a punch wrapped in silk. I gasp, air leaves me in a rush I can't reclaim. But before I can fully process what he's just said, he takes a step closer. His fingers ghost over my cheek, brushing away a tear I didn't realise had fallen. And then-he kisses me painfully slow. His hand cups the back of my neck, anchoring me to a moment I never want to end. And just when I think it's over, he pulls away just enough to look at me. His thumb traces the damp trail of tears down my cheek. He doesn't say anything. He just leans in again, and kisses them away. One by one. My tears. My pain. My silence. All kissed away by a boy who didn't come to save me because someone sent him. He came because he chose to.

"𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘹." "𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘢, 𝘶𝘩𝘩," 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥, "𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥." "𝘈 𝘨𝘶𝘺'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦?" "𝘜𝘩𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩." "𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯." Black shadow operative Ryan Knox is a liar. There's no other word for it, she lies to everyone like it's a sport. Which is ironic, considering how much she hates being lied to. The only person who knows everything? Nicholas Fury, the man who had Ryan's files sealed and recruited her under heavily confidential circumstances. She works alone, in the dark, acting as SHIELD's personal cleaner of messes she never made. When strange things keep happening, Ryan uncovers a trail of corruption and bloodshed, all leading back to her. Without knowing who to trust, she has to keep sniffing out the truth on her own. Ryan is forced to stare her past in the face, realizing that she's not as in control as she would like. Will Ryan Knox continue to be a liar, or will she take a leap of trust and fight back like she was meant to? bucky barnes x f!oc (age gap) tws-thunderbolts

"to burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves." - Federico García Lorca Staying out of trouble is not Frank Castle's strong suit. But is Jenavieve Howlett more trouble than The Punisher can handle? Frank Castle x OC [The Punisher, Season 2] WARNING: It's Frank Castle, so obviously, this story contains violence. #1 in #frankcastle - Oct24-June25 #1 in #thepunisher - Oct2024, Jan-March2025 #1 in #jonbernthal - Aug, Sep, 2024, May2025 #1 in #punisher - Aug2024 #1 in #daredevil - Aug2024

❝ 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙙? ❞ 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢: 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳 ✹ 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘔𝘢𝘯: 𝘕𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 -ˋˏ 𝑴𝑪𝑼 𝑷𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑬𝑹 𝒙 𝑭𝑬𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑬 𝑶𝑪 ˎˊ-

Raised in the church with both her parents as pastors Bria Tomlinson is your ordinary soft and sweet church girl . She focuses on her books, adheres to her parents rules and guidelines and excels in whatever she chooses to do . She isn't interested in partying, dating or any form of slackness as her parents calls it and is determined to make something of herself and make her parents proud but, temptation can be hard to handle especially if it's looking you in the eyes every Sunday morning. Sick and beyond any form of redemption Caius Romanov decides to attend church one Sunday morning. They say when life throws you lemons you make lemonade right? From the moment he laid his eyes on her , Caius is determined to break her , to strip away her innocent outer layers and reveals what lies beneath and he always gets what he wants no matter the cost. The mind of a dark and utterly twisted psychopath, and a girl who believes she can resist temptation, comes together in a steamy heated and utterly dangerous dark romance that will leave you reconsidering how far is too far when it comes to obsession?

Scarlett Avery has had a rough life between her abusive father to her abusive husband, she ends up running away to a small town outside of Georgia wanting to keep a low profile and continue her medical career with fear of him finding her and her needing to run like she always did. But in a small town there's no hiding who you are, where meeting Officer Rick Grimes in a bar and telling him her life story and becoming friends with him and his partner Shane Walsh along with his family, feeling safe there. Yet when Rick gets shot and she saves his life only for him to end up in a coma, the world falls apart and becomes a place for the dead rather then living, she's the only one around to make sure he stays alive. And when he wakes up, the two of them head off on a journey to find his family.

Eva thought escaping her abusive past would be the hardest thing she'd ever do until the world ended. Haunted by trauma and struggling to trust, she finds herself unexpectedly thrown into Rick Grimes' survivor group, where danger lurks around every tree... and inside every person. Shane Walsh is a man on the edge, torn between who he was before the fall and who he has to become now. When he sees the fire in Eva's eyes, he recognizes something no one else does: the will to survive, even when it hurts. As the undead close in and loyalties fracture, Shane takes a risk teaching Eva to fight, to shoot, to reclaim her power. But not everyone agrees she belongs. And when the camp is overrun, Eva must confront her deepest fears in the most brutal way proving not only to the group, but to herself, that she's not a burden... she's a fighter. In a world drowning in blood and silence, sometimes love doesn't arrive with a kiss. Sometimes, it comes with a bullet. So who's afraid of little old me? * I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS, ONLY EVA SINCLAIR, ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE WALKING DEAD* This is going to be a super long book, as this is re-writing the walking dead as if Shane never died. I want him to be there for the different things that happen and see how he would react.

[EDITING] you took a polaroid of us, then discovered, the rest of the world was black and white, but we were in screaming color, and I remember thinking are we out of the woods yet? ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• When Magnolia Gates thought her life had ended, when the world's colors turned into black and white, he--the one and only, Rick Grimes--made her see the whole world in screaming colors. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE WALKING DEAD season two - season six RICK GRIMES / FEM OC ••• RANKS: #3: #rickgrimes #7/#6/#5: #firstperson #8: #amc #1: #outofthewoods #1/#2: #twdfanfic #9/#4/#1: #grimes #1/#2: #taylorswift

"ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴜɪɴᴇᴅ, ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ" Cassandra was a doctor, before the turn. After being stranded alone for weeks, she's losing hope. That all changes when she hears a scream in the woods and comes across a terrified Sophia, lost and searching for her mom and group [Rick Grimes x Original Female Character ] some of the loveliest comments I've received: "I just binged this in one go and BOY I DO NOT REGRET IT. you've written something truly beautiful, I was captivated by it. Wholeheartedly." "You are killing me. (I absolutely love this, it's so worth it)" "life-changing chapter. ur a genius" "I've reread this at least 5 times since you posted 😭😭 pure magic. Seriously." "...i had to stop every sentence and scream into my pillow from the absolute TENSION that was building!!..." "ho-ly shit" "Stayed up until 4am to read this and I have zero regrets tbh because it's SO GOOD" "if i could inject this story into my veins, i would do it without hesitation. never read such writing that encapsulates everything i love about storytelling and writing. amazing amazing writing i look forward to seeing your take on the rest of the show! :)"