𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯, sasha argent has been in front of cameras for half her life. auditions, contracts, premieres - it's all she's ever known. caught between work, friendship, and the constant noise of the industry, sasha and miguel are left with the same question: what's real, and what's just another tabloid?

In the midst of grief, trauma, and hidden secrets, 16-year-old Lucy Ryan moves to Cork, trying to escape the pain of losing her mother and sister in a tragic accident. Struggling with an eating disorder and the emotional scars of her past, she pushes everyone away-except Ollie Lynch. Ollie, the charming, focused boy with big dreams of becoming a barrister, doesn't expect to find himself drawn to the cold, snarky girl in his class. But as they begin to spend more time together, he realizes there's much more to Lucy than her walls and sharp words. As their unlikely bond deepens, both must confront their own demons, forcing them to face what it really means to love and be loved in a world that keeps unraveling.

Nadine Lynch Fifteen, sharp-tongued, and running on smoke breaks and secrets. Nadine has built walls no one dares climb-armour forged from bruised memories and a past that never stays buried. She's tired of being looked at like she's a problem to be solved, tired of feeling like too much and not enough all at once. Love? Trust? Those are luxuries for girls who don't have to survive. But then there's him-and she hates how much she doesn't hate him. Keelan Crowley Private school pretty boy with a chip on his shoulder and a past he doesn't talk about. Keelan knows how to wear a mask: smart mouth, smug smirk, untouchable. But behind the bravado is a boy who's always felt like second best-an outsider in his own home. He's not the saving type, not anymore. Especially not for a girl like Nadine Lynch-too wild, too wounded, too close to everything he's been trying to outrun. So why can't he stay away?

Beth Gibson has always been the girl who laughs the loudest, smiles the brightest, and pretends she's got it all figured out. Captain of the girls' hockey team and everyone's go-to best friend, she knows how to play the part. But beneath the easy grin and wild blonde curls, she's tired of always wanting more than she's allowed to have. Finn Lockwood - the sharp-tongued, magnetic new captain of the boys' team - was supposed to be a distraction. A mistake she could leave behind. But their hot-and-cold pull has her caught in the middle of something she can't control, no matter how many times she swears she's done with him. And then there's Conor Kavanagh. Her best friend's older brother. The boy she's loved quietly for as long as she can remember - the one who was never supposed to notice her back. Except now, things feel different. Three hearts. Two teams. One messy tangle of secrets, longing, and choices that could break more than just the rules.

Sixteen-year-old Eleanor "Ellie" Biggs is done. Done with London, with the bullies who broke her, with the whispers that she's defective like her mam, destined to burn out or fade away. Back in Cork- for good, she's promised herself one thing: no one gets close. Not friends, not boys, not anyone. But then there's Cillian Ryan. On the surface he's Tommen's golden boy - the rugby star captain with the grin everyone falls for. Underneath, he's crumbling under the fists of his father, the silence of his mother, and the weight of protecting a little brother who's running out of smiles. Neither of them are looking for each other. But when Ellie's walls crack and Cillian refuses to walk away, something shifts. She's the girl who swore she'd never trust again. He's the boy who swore he'd carry it all alone. Together, they might just be brave enough to face the storms no one else sees. Messy, magnetic, and unflinchingly real - this is a story about first love, family scars, and finding light in the dark.

Sixteen-year-old Isla Feely has always been the good one - the girl who listens, studies, smiles when she's supposed to, and never gives her parents reason to worry. Sixteen-year-old Jamie Biggs is the opposite - London transfer, rugby boy with a brain full of chemistry equations and a heart full of everyone else's problems. He's the one who fixes things. She's the one who makes people feel safe. When Isla and Jamie's worlds collide at Tommen College, what starts as shared study sessions and shy glances turns into something neither of them saw coming - first love, pure and bright and terrifyingly real. But the summer brings cracks neither of them are ready for. A party in L.A. changes everything, and Isla comes home carrying a secret she can't tell anyone. Not her parents. Not her brother. Not even Jamie. As she spirals further into silence, Jamie's left trying to hold on to the girl he loves while his own family battles to stay afloat. Set in the heart of Cork, Isla & Jamie is a story about first love and first heartbreak, about what happens when the world stops feeling safe - and the courage it takes to start breathing again. Tender, devastating, and full of hope, it's a portrait of two teenagers learning that love doesn't fix you - but it might just help you survive long enough to find yourself again.

Bridget Lordan-Dempsey has spent years building walls. Sharp tongue, party-girl reputation, late nights and empty smiles - it's easier to play the screw-up than let anyone see the truth: the scars, the hunger, the constant fear she's already too much and never enough. AJ Lynch has never stopped loving her. Not when she shut him out, not when two years of silence stretched between them, not even when one messy, furious kiss cracked everything wide open again. He hides his feelings under rugby matches, cocky smirks, and bad choices, but Bridget has always been his first weakness. His only weakness. What starts as a reckless deal - rules, secrecy, no feelings - spirals into something neither of them can control. Heated hookups in hidden places turn into movie nights and old treehouse confessions, and every time Bridget swears she's out, AJ pulls her right back in. But loving each other has never been the problem. Trusting each other? Surviving the weight of family, reputation, and the ghosts of their own mistakes? That's what might break them. Because if Bridget lets AJ all the way back in, she knows one truth she can't run from: She won't survive losing him a second time.

• Zuko - the first born | the hothead •• Azula - the second born | the protege 𐬽 Oza - the third born | the reliable [Oza is Azula's anchor as she is Oza's. Oza always had ways to keep her older twin grounded, but what happens when her sister gets driven off the edge?] ꧁ATLA X OC꧂ ✩Published : January 3, 2025 ✔︎Completed : June 22, 2025 {Twin Flame Series} Avatar: The Last Airbender Series

❝ she loved him, but she kept pretending she didn't because she knew he didn't love her the same ❞ In which the Snake of Ketterdam slithers out from the cracks of the Barrel to raise her head and break some bones. 【 Kaz Brekker x OC】 【 Grishaverse au; Shadow and Bone ➝ Crooked Kingdom】 【 © Imaginebooks 】 【 Cover by @VRPond 】