Alistair Damien Zabala lives a double life filled with danger. Maria Lee has lived all her life being controlled by her family. Their meeting was unexpected, yet inevitable. An ISITL short dedicated to all the Ali-shippers. Warning: Will contain violence, heavy language and a dose of mature content. Heed the warning. Cover art by: AlaraChan IDA

© Ria Lee • Life for Tennessee Murdoch was nothing short of boring. But she saw her whole life change before her eyes at the introduction of Alfonso Prentiss, the guy with the most gorgeous eyes and a knack of confusing the living daylights out of her. In a world of charades and meaninglessness, how will a relationship invested in trust bloom, now that symptoms of something even bigger than themselves are starting to break them up?

NaNoWriMo'13 (unedited) © Ria Lee, (Sonnet 43 - Elizabeth Barrett-Browning) • Theirs was a story of how it could have happened, how it almost happened, how it should have happened, and how it finally happened. It - love - proved to be exhilarating, but it was quick, swift. Just as fast as when she pulled away when they shared a kiss - not knowing it was already their last one.

Temporary Hiatus © Ria Lee • I like him, but he likes my friend. My friend doesn't even know he exists because she's too busy catching the attention of another guy who, in turn, is busy catching the attention of the university's it girl - who is also busy catching the attention of the guy I like. Her best friend is torn between following her parent's decisions of her marrying my best friend's boyfriend and chasing her ex-boyfriend who is now chasing after my friend. Pretty crazy, eh? Well, let's just say I'm kinda involved in this imbroglio right here.

© Ria Lee • A compilation of short-lived stories.