Explicit Context... Successful, hard working, and no tolerance for non-sense attitude made Khloe Sparks the sophisticated, and cold hearted woman people feared. She never minded the loneliness her hard image brought and preferred the unattached life, that is until she blurts to her family that she in fact does have a boyfriend. Desperate she turns to her flirtatious neighbor Wes, a well known womanizer. Determined not to look like a fool in front of her family she makes a deal with Wes to pretend to be in a relationship with her, except this player doesn't want money, he only wants one thing. Her.  Too deep to back down Khloe plays along while keeping the icy walls around her heart up but can she keep Wes from capturing her heart? 

*Top 55 of Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write Contest - Please vote for Part 1* Doctor Jocelyne Baldwin is on the run from the law, but when she witnesses a police officer being injured in a hit-and-run, she can’t help coming to his aid. She saves the man's life, then tries to disappear. Seth Jacobs tracks down the doctor who saved his partner’s life and soon finds himself captivated. He knows she has secrets, but he doesn't want to push, lest she run again. When her past catches up with Jocelyne, Seth must decide if he can ignore the law in favor of the lady who has taken his heart prisoner.

After his humanity is restored, Dean wakes up in bed with Castiel, a wedding ring, and no memory of the past twelve years. 65.4K. R. Written for the Dean/Cas Big Bang 2014 with art by nonexistenz. This version includes the epilogue "Bluebird" and short timestamps (which I'll continue to add as they're written).

**This story was a top 55 SYTYCW15 Finalist!** Claire Warren felt like she had her life under control; she kicked ass at her job as an investment banker, had her own condo overlooking the City and spent her personal time knocking back G&T's at some of Toronto's hottest bars. Everything was perfect.... Well it was perfect until her douche bag of an ex boyfriend, Parker, up and got married to the first woman he dated after he dumped Claire because he "wasn't ready for marriage". Yeah, ouch. Hearing of Parker's wedding, Claire decided that she had enough of trying to find "Mr. Right" - it never seemed to work out anyways. Instead, she'd start to love like a man and look for "Mr. Right Now". Construction worker, Gabe Darrow, had enough of dating; he was ready to find the one. The problem was all the women he seemed to attract were the same; women who barely got themselves through high school without getting knocked up and who rarely thought of anything beyond when the next episode of "Desperate Housewives of Who Even Cares" was on. Gabe was about to give up dating altogether until he met Claire; a woman who was the exact opposite of the women he was used to... Too bad for him, that Claire was through with dating. **MATURE LANGUAGE AND SEXY TIMES** (you've been warned)

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

Mari Hansen ran away from home at 15 not being able to stand her radically religious family anymore and was desperate to be nothing like them which lead her to living on the streets subjecting herself to drugs, alcohol and prostitution going down a road straight to an early death when her pregnancy saved her life. Clean and sober since then, she would do anything to provide for her even if it's selling her body to do that. She went from the bad streets where she was beat up to an agency for high priority clients. Now 24 with a 7 year old daughter she wants out of the life she's known nearly 10 years so she can do anything else, already knowing that one day her daughter would have to know the truth. So she studies while Lalexia is at school when she gets a new client that her boss thought only she could handle. Shawn Sorci left home as soon as he could and never went back. He was off to basic right after graduation. He dedicated his life to the Army and in 9 years he had served a good portion of that overseas. He volunteered for deployments and his leadership qualities shone through as he was promoted to Sergeant First Class shortly before his latest deployment, which he didn't know could possibly be his last. Part way in they were ambushed and he was lucky to make it out with a couple gunshot wounds while some of his men never made it out. Now on medical leave while he recovers he's irritable, frustrated, angry and not wanting to admit he was suffering from PTSD. He needed to let off some steam and that's where Mari come in. He didn't want some fake experience because he really didn't care so when he tells her to speak her mind she becomes the most infuriating and sarcastic woman he's ever met, putting him in his place on many occasions much to his amusement. For once in his life he feels a fierce protectiveness for someone other than for the men he served with but she wants nothing to do with that, to her he's a client and nothing else.