For nineteen years, Annabella, known by everyone as Bella, grew up with two men she could always rely on: her father, Henry, and Zaack, his father's best friend... Ever since her mother passed away from cancer when Bella was only five years old, Zaack had always been there. Protective, reassuring, almost like a second father. Then, overnight, he left. Two years. A military mission classified as top secret. No calls. No explanations. During his absence, Bella went through the hardest moments of her life, and the person she needed the most was no longer there. Today, Zaack is finally back. But their reunion is nothing like what they had imagined. Between anger, wounds, guilt, and secrets, the years have changed everything... especially them.

When Rachel passes away, Cairo acts unbothered by her mother's death. She's never been that good of a mother anyways, and neither was her father. Except Cairo Bennett grew out of it. She had everything she wanted and far more than she needed. After her mother passed, she decided to spend her vacation with her father, Matteo Bennett, in his vacation mansion back in Martha's Vineyard. The only thing she requires is the presence of her best friend, the one her father never liked, Angelina Miller. Angelina had always been a good girl, but whenever she was caught, she seemed to be the opposite. She was young, beautiful and majoring in mathematics. Her records seemed clean. When she's in his mansion, she doesn't plan to be an outlaw. After all, he decided what the rules are. But every day something has to happen. Even when unintended, words can hurt. And even when inappropriate, some things are off limits. And even when deeply wanted, they can't be taken. What does Matteo do when the eighteen year old wandering around him is anything but an angel?

Shane Walsh has always been good at following the rules. Rule number one? Never look at your best friend's daughter like that. He breaks it the second she walks back into town as a grown woman. Before the world ended, Shane's biggest mistake was falling in love with the only woman he could never have. "Why do you get so angry every time I go out with someone?" "Because every time I see you with some guy who doesn't deserve five minutes of your time, I spend the whole damn night wonderin' if he's gonna treat you right... and I hate that I care as much as I do." Shane Walsh x OC Word count (so far) : 44,149 Start Date : 3/8/26 End Date: N/A 🥉 - #amcthewalkingdead (14/8/26) 🥈 - #dadsbestfriend (25/8/26) 🥇 - #ShaneWalsh (28/8/26- 1/9/26) OMG?

Allie has lived next door to Jon for as long as she can remember. He's always been just... there, the quiet house beyond the fence line, the man who keeps to himself, the one who never quite joins the rest of the world. Now she's freshly twenty-one, and everything feels different. He's thirty-five, a retired actor who left Hollywood behind for a quieter life, and he still doesn't belong to anyone, or at least that's what he seems to want people to believe. But distance has a way of changing shape when you've spent years growing up just out of reach of someone.