As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams? ***** Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

One dance. One cold, metal touch. One promise whispered in the dark: "𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏." ​I thought Bucky Barnes was just being polite. I thought a soldier like him had better things to do than remember a girl from a wedding. But the way he looks at me tonight proves he hasn't forgotten a single thing. And neither have I.. 𝑨 𝑩𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒏