Yeju Hwarng no longer believes in love. After breaking up with her long-term girlfriend and watching her parents divorce over the summer, all her passion disappeared, including her passion for science that got her into her microbiology Ph.D. program. When a new roommate moves into the apartment, Yeju recognizes her as more than just a familiar face; she is an enemy that needs to be chased out of her life. Lia Choi does not need love. Her parent never gave her any, and confessing to her childhood best friend over the summer only caused a fall out. Love has proven to be both unnecessary and a liability, and all Lia needs instead is to do well in college and get into a prestigious research position in the microbiology department. Unfortunately, her research mentor turns out to be her new roommate. And she is hell bent on ruining Lia's life. Tension escalates both at home and in the lab, but the more they work together, the more they realize: they have a common goal, and they need each other to achieve that. All they need to do is to open their hearts. Love is hard, but a life without love is harder. *** THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS meets DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE; a STEM-oriented college sapphic romance about struggling adults navigating love despite their broken hearts. *This is a stand-alone spin-off to Cherry On Top. 💫 2023 Watty's Winner! 💫 Editor's Choice, 26 May 2023 - 29 June 2023 💫 Featured on Wattpad's Summer Loving Days reading list, 21 Jul 2023 💫 Featured on the official @lgbt, @Romance, @FreeTheLGBT, and @WattpadAfterDark profile First Published: 2 Feb 2023 Completed Date: 24 June 2023 Edited Date: 22 July 2023 Word Count: 55,000-60,000 Also posted on Scribblehub, Tapas, and RoyalRoad (Not on Amazon or anywhere else!) Cover art by Sarimopi on Instagram

Targeted by superpowered terrorists, an actress is protected by the government's strongest guardian--the same woman who broke her heart two years ago. ☆ Elsie Bates won't deny that she's made a few enemies during her fifteen-year acting career, but she never thought her actions would warrant her death at the hands of meta-human terrorists. As if that wasn't bad enough, her federally appointed bodyguard is the famous Camilla Wyatt, the most powerful guardian in the country and Elsie's sworn enemy. Because behind Camilla's sunny personality is a cold and heartless young woman, and no one but Elsie knows the truth. At least, that's what Elsie initially thinks. As it happens, being forced into a protective lockdown with someone can change perspectives, and Elsie slowly uncovers the secret behind Camilla's complicated character. In turn, Camilla begins to realize that maybe "trust issues" shouldn't be in her superpower repertoire, and self-preservation doesn't necessarily require self-isolation. But as the women grow closer, so do the forces that attempt to split them apart. And when the worlds of superpowered militaries, propaganda movies, and hidden conspiracies begin to collide, Elsie and Camilla must rely on each other to survive. ☆ INCLUDES: ✓ Militarized superheroes ✓ LGBTQ+ romance ✓ Diverse characters ✓ Subtle sociopolitical commentary ✓ "Science" FEATURED: ★ 2023 Amby Awards Top Pick (Sci-Fi) ★ @lgbtq Pride Awards 2023 Category Winner (Sci-Fi) ★ @FreeTheLGBT Pride Awards - Third Place ★ @TripleACommunity Aro Ace Awards - Shortlist ★ @superhero, @FreeTheLGBT, @WattpadUrbanFantasy, @StoriesUndiscovered Mature rating is for violence, grotesque descriptions, and swearing. Applicable warnings will precede the most notable chapters. Word count: +300k Genres: Science Fiction, New Adult, Action, Superhero, Romance Written: 18 MAR 2020 - 28 MAR 2021 Narrative: Third Person Limited, Past Tense This story is only available on Wattpad by @l

[AU] Julien Baker x (Fem) O.C. Fic. ***Major story TRIGGER WARNINGS: Self-Harm, Suicide, Substance Use, Sexual Assault, Violence, Homophobia, etc... (in depth warnings will be presented at the beginning of each chapter.)*** Lilia had attempted to end her life for the first time, back in January. Let's fast forward to May, after going through many hospitals, psych wards, therapies--she is finally ready to enter the last step of her recovery: Partial Hospitalization. In this program, she'll prepare herself for returning back to a normal lifestyle and hopefully come out stronger than ever. But, what happens when she meets the lowkey-rockstar Julien Baker in her group? First, don't get too excited--Lilia has a high-school sweetheart boyfriend of six years... but is he really satisfying her and her needs? And shouldn't she be putting her recovery in front of her relationships? It's a confusing time for Lilia, and Julien is NOT making it any easier... c'mon, use those learned coping skills! [Do not expect this story to be professionally written. Expect writing mistakes, as I only write for fun and to fuel my fellow jb-obsessed girls, gays, and theys!]

Sydney Tate begins to work as a barista at a local coffee shop in Memphis, Tennessee to make ends meet. That is when she is bewitched and infatuated by a frequent customer, Julien Baker, who arrives at the same time and orders the same thing every day. The customer wants to get to know the barista for more than just a name and coffee orders. Julien will just have to ask for a favor.

┌───── ⋆⋅✦⋅⋆ ─────┐ "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆." "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆." "𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?" "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚." "𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓." └───── ⋆⋅✦⋅⋆ ─────┘ ❛ 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘹 𝘖𝘊 𝘢𝘶 ❜

Paige was going home. It had been a long time she had thought of it as home but her brothers wedding was bringing her back. As the only human in the wolf pack she had never truly fit in. When an opportunity to go to college in the human world was presented to her, she jumped at the chance to change her life and never looked back. Now ten years later she's returning to the pack an different woman. Only she didn't expect to see the person who broke her heart in the human world five years earlier to be there. And she definitely didn't expect him to be the Alpha.

~some things you just can't speak about.~ // hazel eloise finley's old english and frankly quite pretentious name was never released to public whenever she survived the shooting at her high school. not even after the paramedics took her away with a severe bullet wound to the calf or even whenever she drug and hopped herself outside for medical attention afterwards either. only known as the jane doe that survived a school shooting, and the years of physical therapy, permanent nerve damage and chronic pain proved to be the least of her worries. it took years of therapy, hospitalizations, and prescriptions for her to even feel ready to start college after high school. and whenever she did, much like her name, she was determined to bury it. despite the trauma she went on to become one of the most gifted music majors enrolled at the prestigious university in Nashville, TN, an honors student, a residential advisor, and slowly making her way to the student council someday. Though just coming into her sophomore year, a heavily tattooed literature major transfers into the room across from hers that throws everything off track. Julien Rose Baker infuriated her at first, not only because her friends and roommates were loud and obnoxious and stayed up all hours of the night playing loud music and probably doing anything but studying, but because she was better than her, in every sense of the word. sight reading music without missing a beat or a note, shredding her guitar in nearly every practice room, leaving most professors in awe of her vocal range, and not to mention the writings of hers read during some of the english classes the two shared. it was jealousy at its finest. though whenever an unexpected turn of events leaves hazel almost having no choice but to be vulnerable, something else besides avoiding her dorm neighbor might turn into something else. ~ TW for gun violence, ptsd, anxiety, depression, etc...

𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 | ❝ my house of stone, your ivy grows and now i'm covered in you. ❞ ▌ 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑, phoebe bridgers introduces her two friends and sparks a love affair. © lesfolklores 2023 julien baker x fem!oc

Addiction is everlasting. There's no end, there's no reprieve. There is no getting better. You fail and you fall and you remake mistakes. But you're stronger for it. Being an addict doesn't mean you're weak, you're only weak if you let it make you as much. All you can do is fight, learn, be stronger from it. Find new addictions in better things, find addiction in love, in exercise, in poetry. Find a new addiction in being better. I had to take it into my own hands guys, there are ZERO phobe fanfics out there and if they are then GIVE ME THEM. Anyway, please enjoy what I intend to be a heartbreakingly gay love story. phoebe x fem!reader