𝒞𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶 Your mother should be where you find comfort. Your father should be your first love. I never got to experience that. A broken home, a broken soul. For years I watched the walls of my life crumble around me, when will I get my control back? 𝐼𝓁𝓎𝒶 I will never forget. Never forgive. I will kill him. He stole our innocence before we knew what the word even meant. I will make him pay and not a single flame will touch my family. Or so I thought. she's battling herself, while he's battling the world. Two broken souls somehow make their way into each other's lives, one seeking revenge, the other answers. They never expected things to get so complicated. They never expected to become each other's oxygen. Will they survive or will their pasts continue to lure them back? Will they defy being star crossed lovers and if so, is love ever enough?

Fiona Powers is a black horse in the entertainment industry and Randy thinks she's exactly what Elijah Texas needs to cast the spotlight back on himself except she seems almost like a myth when she's not on stage. Randy decides to ambush her by going for the next best option, her manager Maya, but Maya knows exactly what men like Randy want from her, instantly her guard is up and she gets Fiona a bodyguard thwarting his efforts.

𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 Escaping reality is all she wanted. But running from the past is never easy, especially when the past stands right in front of you ready to ruin you. Ivory knows betrayal. She's done giving second chances. And she won't believe in something her parents portrayed so awfully. But when a certain person starts breaking down your walls, It gets ten times harder to hide the truth. 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗 There's only one goal: Winning No distractions. No feelings and certainly no mistakes. But when a girl like Ivory catches his eye everything crashes down. All the disciples and all the rules get thrown out the window. He finds himself spiralling. She's dangerous. Off-limits . But impossible to ignore. Now it all comes down to choosing his best friends or the girl he'd do anything for. Secrets unfold. Lines blur. And in a game where no one's innocent- someone's bound to lose.

Lila Hart is nineteen, shy, and quietly brilliant. A first-year uni student with her head buried in books and her heart safely tucked away. She's not used to attention, and she likes it that way. Her world is quiet, predictable, and entirely her own-until she's asked to tutor the loudest, most late-to-everything boy on campus. Jack Carter is twenty, the university's star striker and captain, and the kind of guy who gets noticed the second he walks into a room-whether he means to or not. Charming, popular, and always just a little behind, Jack's life looks effortless. But under the surface, there's pressure he doesn't talk about, a father who expects perfection, and a grade point average that's about to cost him everything She's the quiet girl he barely noticed. He's the boy she never thought she'd talk to. But when tutoring sessions turn into something more, neither of them is prepared for the way their worlds begin to change- slowly, unexpectedly, and all at once.

Camilla Rae Dawson was raised to be the perfect daughter. Soft spoken. Straight A's. beloved by everyone in Sapphire Springs. She rarely had a life outside of her studies and books, hoping to get into a prestigious university to follow the Dawson' footsteps. Though she never felt she found who she truly was. A passion for journalism but hopes are crushed when her family wants her to pursue a career to fit Dawson's standards. These high expectations and pressure leads to her overthinking, sensitivity, and anxiety. To everyone she's studious, nerdy, and quiet. To herself she never seems to be enough for her family. No matter how hard she works. She wears a mask of perfection to shield her imperfections. No one sees past it, until one boy removes her mask and finds beauty in her in-perfect world. Broderick Sinclair is the complete opposite. Grumpy. Sarcastic. Troublemaker. Many suspensions led to a change in schools...and the environment. From Branton City to Sapphire Springs, traumatizing memories linger in his mind. A family with horrifying secrets behind closed doors. Abandoning the past, he's left with his scarred mother and ugly truths. He relies on three things to numb his pain; Alcohol. Cigarettes. Trouble. He finds peace in his own, secret world. Literature and writing poetry. A way to express his emotions on paper with ink and reading to escape his reality. Problems create a lack of care for his education, affecting his senior year. Under his guarded and grumpy demeanor is a broken teen who never believed he could be loved. Until her. Their tutoring sessions unfold something they would've never expected. She's the girl he never thought would trust. He's the boy she never thought would find herself with. They're like paper and ink, incomplete without the other. When their relationship becomes serious, their differences get in the way. They face truths that threaten to... break them apart.

"Truth or dare?" Stella Davis, an independent girl with epilepsy, is determined to keep her heart locked away. Cameron Clark, the cocky, rich captain of the basketball team, is used to getting what he wants - except for Stella, who swears she would never kiss him. When they're forced to be partners for a class project, the tension between them becomes undeniable, and Cameron's challenge is to prove that even the most stubborn hearts can be won. As their game of truth or dare unfolds, both are forced to confront their fears, secrets, and the possibility of something deeper. started January 2nd - finished March 6

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ─────୨ৎ───── 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 feels invisible. As the daughter of the Royal Academy's football coach, everyone assumes they know her, but no one truly does. Beneath her fake exterior lies a girl drowning in secrets, desperate for someone to see past the facade. Then 𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 '𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄' 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 the academy's new star footballer, steps into her life and starts to notice the cracks in her armour. Connie has his own struggles. With a father who's relentlessly pushing him to become a football star, he's constantly fighting to meet expectations he isn't sure he can fulfill. The last thing he expects and needs is to find himself distracted and drawn to a certain curly haired blonde. ─────୨ৎ───── When I park in front of her house, I speak up before she can say goodbye. "I know you're going through something." The words come out rougher than I intend. "You try to hide it, but I see right through you, Carmen Castro." "Aaron..." Her eyes drop to her hands, her fingers twisting together. "You don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. Okay? You can text me, call me, whatever. I'll drop everything." Her eyes flicker up to meet mine. She looks... scared. Not of me. But of something else. "Please?" I add, my voice breaking. I was never one to beg but ever since meeting Carmen, I've been a fucking beggar. She swallows hard and nods her head slowly. "Okay." Then, gives me a weak smile before slipping out of the car. [ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ] #1 mental health #1 addiction #1 awareness #1 academy #1 teen love #1 drugs #1 football #1 sad #2 rehab #2 healing #3 sportsromance