|book two in the shimmer series| Taylor Swift finally got full custody of her little bee. Her little girl, her Ellie, her daughter. A fresh start, a new city, a new house, a new life. The two of them packed their bags and headed off to Nashville. Neither of them can comprehend just how badly they were hurt by the events that unfolded a few short weeks ago - Ellie isn't the only one waking up screaming in the middle of the night anymore. Ellie isn't the only one with fears that her world will be torn apart again. Ellie isn't the only one who flinches when there's a knock on the door, or when the phone rings, or at the thought of being away from her Mom, Taylor. Ellie is doing better - in their new place. She is doing so well, and Taylor is so proud of her progress, the smiles and shimmery haze about her. But recovery isn't coming so easily to Taylor, no matter how much she fakes it. Taylor's struggling. She's fighting the monsters under her bed all alone, not even Ellie knows what's she's been battling. Ellie is her daughter now - she knew that... but that didn't stop the nightmares of Ellie being taken away... or worse. Their new lives are haunted by ghosts and paper gardens... but slowly, and then all at once, Taylor begins to find cracks of light in the darkness - light that begins to reflect all of her broken pieces. Just like a mirrorball.

Travis Kelce didn't expect to find a little girl hiding in the football stadium after football practice... and Taylor Swift definitely didn't expect to be leaving the parking lot with a child in the back seat when she picked him up. Seven-year-old Charlie Bennett wasn't supposed to be in that stadium. But when the world left her behind - when her parents gave up, checked out, and stopped caring - Charlie learned how to survive in silence. She never expected kindness, never trusted safety, and certainly never believed that anyone would love her. She'd only ever known what love wasn't. Her parents forgot to feed her, left her at home alone, and told her every day that she was a disappointment because she was a girl, not another son. Her whole life had been about being invisible - about not being a burden. Taylor and Travis had talked about kids before. Someday. One day. After the season, after the Tour, in the future, when things had settled down. But nothing in life had prepared them for Charlie. For the moment when a scared little girl with tangled hair, a tattered football sweater and tired eyes quietly climbed into their hearts that December night and changed everything. Because Taylor and Travis didn't look away. They didn't turn around or pass her off to someone else. They saw her. And for the first time, Charlie felt like maybe... just maybe... she was worthy of the kind of love she'd only ever read about in picture books.

Twelve years ago, at the peak of a turbulent phase in her career, Taylor Swift retreated from the glaring public eye, embarking on her longest hiatus. Amidst whispers of her dwindling reputation, she sought solace in a hidden haven, vanishing from the world's sight for a few years. However, little did the public know that during this quiet retreat, Taylor embraced the most profound role of her life - motherhood. She welcomed her daughter, Bridget Andrea Swift, and safeguarded her existence as her most cherished secret. That is, until now. One morning, paparazzi went too far and took a photo that would change both of their lives forever. Written by myself with the help of ChatGPT (heavily edited however).

Taylor Swift just got out of a seven year relationship - it was time to go, she knew it in her bones, but still... her pillows were stained with tears. She'd never imagined herself sleeping alone again, living alone, eating alone or crying alone ever again. Life works in funny ways, and it can take you to places that you never expect. She's surprised when a visit to the hospital to visit a friend leads her down a road she thought wasn't meant for her. A child. An eight-year-old little girl with bruises on her wrists and scratches on her cheeks. An eight-year-old little girl named Eloise, who's never known a warm touch or soup when she's sick, or soft toys. Taylor, in learning how to make herself shimmer after only shining with someone else for seven years, has the privilege to help a little girl sparkle for the first time. A little girl who loves her for who she is, not her relationship status, or the things she keeps hidden away. A little girl who loves her even further than saturn.

Why don't you love me? I just want you to love me. What if Taylor Swift had a toddler. Ophelia Swift has known nothing but negelct and loneliness her entire life. Really angsty.

Aurora never meant to end up here-lost backstage at a Taylor Swift concert, clutching her stuffed rabbit like a lifeline. She's spent her whole life slipping through the cracks, making herself invisible. But then, in a moment of pure, accidental luck (or maybe fate), she crashes right into Taylor herself. Taylor is used to chaos. It comes with the job. But when she sees the quiet, wide-eyed girl standing alone in a place she clearly doesn't belong, something in her shifts. And when a single phone call tells her everything she needs to know-that no one is coming for Aurora-she makes a choice. Stay. Just for tonight. But one night turns into something more, and before Taylor knows it, she's breaking all the rules-of her career, of her carefully controlled life-for a girl who's never had someone fight for her before. Because maybe, just maybe, they were meant to find each other.

Taylor and Travis were the golden couple - three years of laughter, love, and an effortless kind of magic that turned into vows and promises they meant to keep. When they welcomed their first child, it should have been the happiest chapter of all. But for Taylor, motherhood wasn't a warm glow. It was a storm cloud she couldn't shake, and no matter how hard she tried, she never truly connected with the baby in her arms. As Travis stepped up, doing everything he could to keep their family from cracking, Taylor drifted further away - from the baby, from him, and from herself. The arguments started. The silence stretched. And by their daughter's first birthday, what was once unbreakable completely shattered. Taylor walked away. But fate had other plans. On the way out of town, Taylor's car crashed - and she never made it to wherever she thought she was going. She spent months in a coma, and when she finally woke, she had no memory of the man who once held her heart... or the child she left behind. Now Travis is faced with the impossible: a second chance with the woman who broke him - if only she could remember what they had. And Taylor must confront a truth her body remembers even if her mind doesn't: This love left a permanent mark. Can they rebuild what was lost? Or was their love never meant to survive?