Rory Atwood has an illegal implant in his skull. Powers he can't control. And a body that was never meant to exist. At fifteen, he's pulled into a world of enhanced soldiers, secret organisations, and corporate politics, where everyone claims they want to help him and no one is telling the truth. The system doesn't care who Rory is. Only what he can do. As the implant in his head begins to wake something buried deep inside him, Rory finds himself caught between powerful people who want to control him, protect him, or use him. Rory just wants to survive. The problem is, he may be far more dangerous than anyone realises. The Atwood Problem is a science-fiction story about found family, identity, and learning who you are when the world keeps trying to decide for you. CW: Domestic abuse and childhood trauma.

Owen Brown was built to be perfect. From the moment he was born, designed, selected, and raised under impossible standards, his life has been measured in performance, control, and results. Every upgrade, every ability, every decision has been made with one goal in mind: Make him better. Stronger. Unbeatable. But perfection has a cost. Now living under the guardianship of Ethan Berfield alongside Will Hart (and now Rory Atwood) Owen finally has something that almost feels like a normal life. A home. A team. People who don't see him as a product. And one person in particular who feels like something he's never had before: A brother. But as pressure builds, from Karmal, from his past, and from the expectations that never really left him, Owen begins to realise something unsettling: No matter how good he is... It's never enough. Golden Brown is a companion sequel set in The Atwood Problem universe that can be read as a standalone, following Owen's perspective as he fights to hold onto himself in a world that keeps trying to rewrite him. This isn't a story about saving the world. It's about surviving the weight of becoming what it wants you to be.

Cam Saito is exactly where he's supposed to be. Karmal. Minors division. Enhanced. Controlled. On track. Eighteen isn't far off, and when it comes, he'll be placed on a team. That's the goal. That's always been the goal. Keep your head down. Train. Perform. Don't make mistakes. It's simple. It works. Until Rory Atwood shows up. No warning. No context. Just... dropped into Cam's life like he belongs there. And suddenly, things don't sit right anymore. Rory doesn't follow the system. Doesn't fit the structure. Doesn't act like someone who's supposed to be here at all. But somehow, he stays. In conversations that linger too long. In the back of Cam's mind when he's trying to focus. In moments that should've meant nothing...but don't. Cam tells himself it's temporary. That whatever this is will pass. It has to. Because people like Rory? They don't just disrupt the system. They make you question it. And Cam can't afford that. He was just looking. He didn't mean to get involved. This is The Atwood Problem from Cam's POV, but it's a story of it's own too!