"I knew you'd be here." I let out a breath, settling down on the edge of the rock next to her. She kept quiet, her gaze focused on the gentle movements of the ocean. "I wanted to clear my mind." I took her hands in mine, intertwining them. "What's wrong?" I asked her, drinking in every inch of her face. She's gorgeous. "You don't need to tell me if you don't want to, but know that i'm always here for you." I spoke up when i noticed her silence. A smile crept up on her face, her dimples popping out on the side of her cheeks. "Thank you." "I think i'm in love with you." I grumbled out as i pulled her closer, slowly guiding her head to my shoulder. "Yeah?" Her warm eyes met mine as she let out a soft laugh. I looked down at her. "Yeah, my heart feels like it's beating out my damn chest."

[ 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 ] In the kingdom of Genolia, where religion has been forbidden, Princess Rosalina has a secret: she's found faith. Rosa's life was transformed by an experience. She found comfort in a higher existence. But her faith puts her at risk. If discovered, she'll face severe punishment, maybe even death. She must keep her beliefs hidden, even from her own family. Alexander, her childhood friend, has been forced to stay with Rosa's family for a year as part of an ancient tradition that is believed to grow the power of royal families. As Alexander snoops, he finds himself drawn to her and even falls in love, something he'd thought he'd ever experience. Despite this, can their growing feelings overcome the danger and secrecy surrounding Rosa's faith?

𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐑𝐈, the saint. The faux perfect valedictorian. The holder of secrets and melancholic façades. No one knows what transpires behind the closed doors, behind the fabricated lies of her life. If only they could witness her as she opens the windows of her soul, yearning for the approval of others that plagues her dreams. 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐕𝐀, the devil. The lonesome jackass. He tended to stay in his solitude hidden away from others. He simply did not care to be seen. He lives solely on the existence of her. Although many may not see it at first, she is the water he drinks and the air he breathes. His only life resource. pin, swanlvss insta, swanlvss

𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 explores the quiet helplessness of loving someone you can't save from themselves, even when you're just as lost. »» - ❦ - «« 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐳𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚 has learned to keep going long before she was ready to. She moves through life with a quiet kind of control, one that doesn't come naturally. She doesn't expect anyone to notice her. He does. He's rough where she isn't, guarded in ways that she recognizes without needing an explanation. Everything about him should've made her step away. But she never did. She stayed to see past his hard surface and understand the words he doesn't say. However, the longer she stayed, the more she noticed the patterns unraveling. It felt too familiar after all. Her father had lost the same fight he was still in. The kind of fight that consumes everything and everyone around it. She wonders if she's holding onto something that was never meant to last. 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐯 has worn himself down by everything he's tried to outrun. After so long, numbness is the only thing that feels consistent and familiar. It's something he could slip into without thinking. He leaned on substances like a shield. After so long, he's gotten used to shutting everything out. But, she doesn't stay out. She isn't loud, but she's impossible to ignore. Her quiet steadiness unsettles him more than any high. Without meaning to, she shows him what he's spent his life denying. For a while, he allows himself to believe he could be different. But change doesn't come easy. He falls back into what he knows best.

To teach a lesson, you must understand what you are going to teach first. That was my case. I know that if I want revenge on someone, it is most likely that I know what revenge is about. And revenge is a subject I know to its finest precision. ────୨ৎ──── 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬. 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨. ────୨ৎ──── started - 01/01/2026 ended - tbr. ────୨ৎ──── 1# in duelpov