"𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪?" "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩!" Eleanor Stark was never the easy Stark. As Tony Stark's younger sister, she grew up in a family where love was complicated, expectations were high, and she and her brother could never seem to stop fighting long enough to admit how much they cared about each other. But after Howard and Maria Stark are killed, Eleanor's life takes a darker turn when HYDRA takes her and erases her from the world. Years later, she finds herself face-to-face with James Barnes. He is no longer the man she once knew. HYDRA has turned him into the Winter Soldier, a weapon without a choice, a name, or a life of his own. Eleanor understands that better than anyone. As they fight their way toward something resembling freedom, Eleanor and Bucky begin to find pieces of themselves in each other. But escaping HYDRA doesn't mean escaping the past-and with Tony caught in the middle, their lives become tangled in a history neither of them can outrun. They've both lost years of their lives. Now they have to figure out what to do with the ones they have left.

"𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽." Beatrice Fleey has spent her whole life beside Garrett Graham - from scraped knees and late-night milkshakes to whispered dreams neither of them ever outgrew. Everyone sees the star hockey player with the easy smile and cocky charm, but Bea knows the boy underneath it all. The one who stayed on the phone with her during thunderstorms, who memorized her coffee order before she could drive, and who never really let her go. When college pulls them back into each other's lives, old feelings start turning into something impossible to ignore. Between hockey games, messy friendships, jealousy, and years of "just friends," Beatrice and Garrett are forced to figure out if the timing is finally right... or if they waited too long. Childhood best friends are easy. Falling in love with him? That's the hard part. Garrett Graham x fem! oc trope: childhood friends to lovers, [she fell first, he fell harder]

𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 "𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨." "𝙒𝙝𝙮? 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪?" Billionaire. Genius. Playboy. Iron Man. The world knows the headlines, the parties, the arrogance, and the man behind the suit. But nobody knows Vivienne Laurent. At least... nobody knows what she means to him. After the government forces Stark Industries to accept an outside consultant following the chaos surrounding Iron Man, Tony Stark expects another person trying to control his life. What he gets is Vivienne Laurent. A brilliant, stubborn, and dangerously confident engineer who has no problem telling Tony Stark exactly when he's wrong. And she does it often. She doesn't care about his money. She isn't impressed by his fame. She doesn't fall for his charm. Which, naturally, makes Tony want to annoy her even more. Their relationship starts with arguments, sarcastic comments, and a mutual agreement that they absolutely cannot stand each other. But somewhere between late nights in the workshop, impossible inventions, and saving the world, the lines between hatred and something far more dangerous begin to blur. Because Vivienne sees the man underneath the armor. And Tony sees the one person who doesn't want Iron Man... She wants him. But loving Tony Stark comes with a price. The secrets. The danger. The battles. The fear of losing someone who finally made him feel like he was more than just a suit. Everyone thinks Tony Stark's biggest secret is being Iron Man. They're wrong. His biggest secret is her. Vivienne Laurent.

𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 & 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 "𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙨?" "𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙨." Gabriela Vega has never been the kind of woman who needs saving. She's smart, stubborn, fiercely independent, and perfectly capable of taking care of herself. Gabi has spent years building a life away from the violence that seems to follow her wherever she goes. Then she meets Frank Castle. Frank is everything Gabi should stay away from-a man consumed by grief, violence, and a war he refuses to stop fighting. He doesn't trust easily, doesn't talk about his feelings, and has no intention of letting anyone get close enough to become another weakness. Gabi isn't exactly interested in listening to him. What begins as an uneasy alliance slowly becomes something neither of them expected. She becomes the person Frank trusts when he has nowhere else to turn, while Frank becomes the one person Gabi can never quite walk away from. But loving Frank means understanding that there will always be blood on his hands. And Frank knows better than anyone that the people closest to him are the ones most likely to get hurt. Gabi has never been afraid of the darkness. Frank is terrified she'll get swallowed by it with him. Because sometimes the hardest thing isn't surviving the war. It's finding something worth living for when it's finally over.

"𝓡𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓮." There were two princes in Asgard. One was born to be king. The other was destined to become a villain. Astrid Eirsdóttir grew up beside them both, racing through the golden halls of the palace, sparring beneath endless skies, and finding comfort in the royal library with the quiet prince who hid behind clever smiles and sharper words. Everyone believed she and Thor were inseparable. Everyone except Thor. Thor had always known the truth. She belonged beside Loki. For centuries, Loki insisted he couldn't stand her. No one believed him. Not Frigga. Not Thor. Certainly not Astrid. But kingdoms fall, secrets are uncovered, and love is never simple when it's tangled with fate. As the God of Mischief walks a path toward darkness, Astrid must decide whether to save the realm... or save the boy she has loved since childhood. Because sometimes the greatest act of mischief... is loving someone the world has already given up on.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 "𝙈𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨." "𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚." Isabella Reed has always been good at keeping things simple. Teach her second graders, help her students grow, go home, and do it all over again the next day. At Abbott Elementary, where every day comes with unexpected challenges, chaos, and a never-ending list of things that need fixing, Isabella has learned one thing: you can't control everything. Then James Mitchell joins the staff. A third-grade teacher with endless patience, a terrible habit of staying late, and a belief that every problem has a solution, James is everything Isabella isn't. He's optimistic where she's realistic, open where she's guarded, and somehow always finds a reason to make the hardest days a little easier. They're not instant friends. They're not the obvious pair. No one sees it coming. But somewhere between shared lesson plans, late nights in empty classrooms, coffee before morning meetings, and conversations after the final bell, Isabella and James slowly become the person the other looks for at the end of a long day. Because sometimes the most important lessons aren't taught on a chalkboard. Sometimes they happen after class. female!oc x male!oc