in which Ricky Bowen and Nini Salazar-Roberts don't like each other. no, really, they have no feelings whatsoever towards each other. but that's not what the public thinks. (or in which ricky and nini are starring in the same tv show and their management thinks a publicity stunt is just what this show needs)

ricky bowen and nini salazar-roberts have been at each other's throats since freshmen year. their plans for this summer: to get as far away from each other as possible. but what happens when fate has something else in mind?

"𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!" "𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲! 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭!" a secret relationship is never the ideal thing, especially not when you're famous...

nini is a frequent customer at her local starbucks. why wouldn't she be when her barista keeps giving her free drinks? slow burn

- 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. tw// abuse + violence i always thought everyone had a purpose in life, like how some people are destined to be musicians, artists, athletes, doctors, lawyers, or two people are destined to be together. and what's mine? i can't answer that yet because i simply don't know. or at least i thought i didn't know. until i met him, or read about him actually. see he was wondering the same thing, yet he wasn't gonna give himself time to figure it out. he didn't think he had a purpose or destiny.... that is until he met her, nini salazar-roberts. | nini salazar-roberts + ricky bowen | ↳ social media au

Ricky Bowen moved away to Chicago due to his parents divorce. Every night since then, he's had the same recurring dream of a specific girl, who he didn't know, sitting with him in a specific diner, one he has not been to. That is, until he moved back to Salt Lake City for his senior year of high school. - Started: July 5th, 2020 Ended: September 12th, 2020

[ slow burn ] 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙩𝙤. a girl with selective mutism, a boy with friends who just don't understand him, and an app that'll find you friends that share the same interests as you... can i make it anymore obvious? © -amarii 2021

"𝐝𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐥." 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 ricky and nini. they hate; despise; detest each other. so what happens when they steal each other's first kiss just for the sake of it?

- a tale in which a certain boy, ricky bowen, could hold everyone's pain but his own.