"Family isn't just what you're born into-it's what you fight for, protect, and choose every single day." 💜┊┊💜┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　° ┊☂️┊👾┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　° IN WHICH, When a reckless decision leaves Riley responsible for her baby niece after her sister vanishes without a trace, Riley's world spirals. Shes barely holding it together-working two jobs, sleep-deprived, and emotionally frayed. The last thing she expects is for her high school acquaintance, Chris Sturniolo-now a rising social media star-to stumble back into her life at her lowest point. He offers help. Babysitting here, a late-night food run there... until suddenly, he's more present in Rileys life than anyone else has been in years. But Chris has a brand to protect and a career to maintain-and as the line between friendship and something deeper starts to blur, they both have to face the truth: Is Riley just a temporary safe place for each other-or is there something real growing beneath the chaos? 💜┊┊💜┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　° ┊☂️┊👾┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　° No smut/ Chris Sturniolo x Riley (oc)/ No strong language / and-or themes Started: May 23, 2025 Published: June 1, 2025 Finished: July 7, 2025

☆ "ⁱᵗ'ˢ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ʸᵒᵘ. ⁱᵗ'ˡˡ ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ᵇᵉ ʸᵒᵘ." ༻✩☼☽✩༺ 𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 and 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 have been best friends since they were kids, and bryn is insistent that that is all they will ever be: just friends. but spending the summer with chris and his brothers may cause old feelings to rise, and bryn isn't sure she is ready to face how she really feels about her best friend. ✫彡 ᵇᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳⁱᵉⁿᵈˢ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ᵇᵉᶜᵒᵐᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉʳˢ. ʳⁱᵍʰᵗ? ミ✩ 🍊 christopher sturniolo x female oc 🍊 mature language 🍊 no smut

"𝙁𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨" "𝙉𝙤, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪" In which.. ೃ⁀➷ Gia hates Chris. Chris hates Gia. Ever since they were kids, there has been this immense hatred between the two, but when hate slowly switches to love, can Gia and Chris make it work? Or is their hatred to strong? // Includes swearing NO smut