The second book after "The Shadows Behind Me", a sequel of their love. Johan and North have built a life that once felt impossible. A home. A marriage. A daughter who runs through the house with her stuffed rabbit, asks questions far too clever for her age, and loves both her fathers with a certainty that makes everything brighter. Tawan is their light. Their centre. Proof that something warm can grow from pain. But some shadows do not stay where they were left behind. When a man from North's past suddenly appears at Tawan's school, old wounds begin to open again. Anonymous documents, false accusations, and carefully placed doubts threaten not only North, but the family he has finally allowed himself to belong to. While Johan tries to hold everything together from afar, North is forced to face the fear he thought he had outgrown: the fear of not being enough. Not strong enough. Not safe enough. Not worthy enough to be the father Tawan needs. But this time, North is not alone. Because family does not mean the shadows are gone. It means someone stands beside you when they return. And sometimes love is not the thing that heals everything. Sometimes it is simply the thing that stays. If you enjoy the story, I'd genuinely appreciate votes and comments.🖤

18 years feels like eternity

North has always craved a spark of magic in his ordinary life, so when he finally dares to try a dating app, he hopes for a little adventure; never expecting the universe to answer so boldly. Enter Johan: a man bound by duty, raising his orphaned nephew and hiding pieces of himself from the world. A cosmic mix-up brings them together for one enchanted night; where time blurs, walls fall, and something rare flickers to life. But when fate lets their paths cross again, desire becomes destiny's dangerous game. To be together, North and Johan must risk everything-his career, Johan's family, and the fragile magic that dares them to believe in something extraordinary. _______ This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Once a genius scriptwriter, Johan stopped writing due to the haunting deaths brought on by each script. But when North enters his life, Johan must fight the inner demons to save his loved one.

Bas knew how to stand under stage lights without giving too much away. Maxky knew how to smile for cameras without truly being seen. When Maxky was pushed into a singing project that didn't smell of choice but of a plan, he ended up - of all people - with Bas: an artist who set boundaries instead of using them. In the studio, something took shape that neither of them had expected: not sudden closeness, but a steady rhythm. Pauses that were allowed. Looks that didn't demand anything. A space where "stop" wasn't a problem, but a right. Bas held that space until Maxky slowly began to understand that a voice doesn't only sound - it can carry you, too, if you don't twist it out of shape. And the more Maxky was allowed to be himself in the studio, the clearer it became how expensive that was out in the world. Because what grows quietly rarely goes unnoticed. Outside, people read stories into moments - stories that sold better than the truth. And while Maxky was pulled back and back again, Bas learned a different kind of fear: the fear of not being allowed to lose someone - without trying to hold on too tightly. Then Maxky disappeared. And Bas was left with the feeling that sometimes you only understand what someone means to you when they're no longer there.

" Let her play her little games. She's just a temporary distraction. I am the future Mrs. Johan Chalawit "

A reimagined story of Johan and North. Trigger Warning‼️ Darker. Twisted. Obssessive.

If you can't be mine then you don't have the right to be others you're pretty enough to die.

Johan and North's family have been relentless about them getting married. They kept declining, but when their parents cross paths and become close friends, and decide to take matters into their own hands, according to them, they'd be a perfect match. Unexpectedly, their little scheming or a quick plan led them exactly where they dreamed of being. Troupes- Arranged marriage Whipped MMC Protective MMC Mutual Pinning Supportive family

i got this idea from Animals by maroon 5! Forgive me for any grammar or spelling mistakes! " Baby , im preying on you tonight." *FANFICTION ONLY! DO NOT ASSOCIATE THIS CHARACTERS WITH REAL LIFE PEOPLE!* * credit : cover pics goes to respective owners!"