TIDEBOUND - In the depths of Fontaine, nothing stays buried forever. When a series of escalating terror attacks shakes the city of light, two men find themselves drawn together by duty, mystery-and a little girl caught between their worlds. Wriothesley, a hardened tactical officer, will do anything to protect his stepdaughter Sigewinne-even if it means facing the ghosts of a past he thought he'd buried. Neuvillette, a quiet elementary school teacher and part-time judge, believes justice can still be kind-but the tides of unrest are rising fast, and compassion is no longer enough. Beneath Fontaine's shimmering surface, a forgotten people prepare to rise. Led by a woman whose grief has turned to fury, the Fleuve Cendre are no longer asking to be seen-they're demanding it, in fire and flood. As Fontaine trembles under the weight of long-ignored injustice, Wriothesley and Neuvillette must decide what they're willing to lose to protect the ones they love-and whether the tides will bind them together, or pull them apart. "You look down on us because we live beneath you. Let us rise - and drown the light in your eyes." - Initial O. art credit by: @1aoisora1 on x

Bother Me Again He wanted silence. Fate gave him Kaveh. Alhaitham is known across Akademiya Institute as cold, distant, and impossible to read. He doesn't care for small talk, dodges commitment, and keeps his world comfortably quiet-even if it means every fleeting relationship leaves behind a little more emptiness. Solitude is easier. Controlled. Predictable. That is, until a new freshman named Kaveh bursts into his life-loud, expressive, and unapologetically warm. The last thing Alhaitham wants is a roommate who talks too much and shines too brightly. But as days bleed into nights and arguments turn into moments of understanding, something begins to shift. Maybe silence isn't all it's made out to be. Maybe being bothered isn't the worst thing after all. (Some walls aren't built to last. Especially when the right person keeps knocking.) "He's the storm I never asked for... and the warmth I never knew I needed." - Alhaitham. art work by: Og7eVOq1rgMigYi on x