Finn went in expecting an easy jailbreak. Now he's escaping feds, fighting mafia bikers, facing past demons and trying to figure out why the girl with the gum-bomb doesn't return his side-glance. *** Mercenary Finn Spayne's young accomplice King had one job. Crack the code of his cuffs and he strolls out of prison. But the kid ends up sabotaging the whole system. Finn finds himself in a war zone alongside a runaway mafia princess, a ruthless assassin, a goofy heist master and an old friend. Together, they must hatch an escape plan out of Neon City and to safety. But it gets even more dangerous when feelings start to develop. Because in a world where humans are reduced to their utility, feeling is the worst crime. *** CONTENT WARNING: Rated 18+ for graphic violence, strong language and heavy themes.

Christopher Laurence Marquez understands systems better than he understands people. As an engineering student newly arriving in Texas, he trusts timing, structure, and observable patterns. Most things can be explained if examined carefully enough. Systems stabilize. Adjustments happen. Life continues. Then orientation week changes direction. What begins as ordinary proximity with Brandon and Blake Hayes - identical twins at the center of Texas football culture - gradually becomes something Christopher cannot fully organize into logic. Brandon moves through the world with immediate momentum. Blake with quiet precision. One expands the atmosphere around him. The other steadies it. Somewhere between them, Christopher finds himself answering faster, staying longer, and noticing them before he means to. The connection does not arrive dramatically. It builds through repetition: shared routines, recognition patterns, quiet reassurance, late-night conversations, and the growing realization that some people begin to feel emotionally familiar before you fully understand why. As football visibility expands across campus and beyond it, Christopher struggles to balance overstimulation, attention, and the terrifying possibility of becoming emotionally reachable inside a world that never seems to slow down. Because Christopher has spent most of his life preparing for eventual distance. But Brandon and Blake keep returning. Again. And again. And again.

It all started when peace meets war. Northridge University's resident badboy genius meets his match in the form of a snobbish transferee from Avalon University. Copyright © 2024 by J.C. Ortega

The creator of a 26th century matchmaker is anti-romantic, but when an analyst challenges her views, she relives painful memories, exposing her technology's flaws and threatening her identity. ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ Kayla Lacson believes that love is a biological equation that can be solved. She is the brilliant mind behind Dorothea, the most advanced AI dating application of the 26th-century, designed to calculate compatibility with extraordinary precision. Kayla's world is crafted in data, logic, and predictable outcomes. That is, until Mathew Matel, a Behavioral Analyst whose brilliance matches hers, joins her team and challenges her views. When Dorothea's latest revision loses public trust and corporate pressure mounts, he becomes the catalyst that forces Kayla to confront buried trauma, uncovering the flaws of her creation and fracturing her carefully structured reality. Despite Dorothea's calculation of their incompatibility, Kayla finds herself drawn to Mathew. Flashes of his face begin to haunt her as she tries to unravel his unexplainable familiarity. And when her very identity is threatened by tangled feelings, she must decide whether love is something to manipulate or something to surrender to. ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ ONC 2026 Round 1 Winner and Ambassador Pick ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ Genres: Romance SciFi Speculative Fiction Unconventional SciFi Hard SciFi Slow Burn Romance

She came from a family that was cursed to carry on the job of being a cupid in exchange for never ending luck in everything that they do. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Warning: This story would not circle around people finding love. Rather, this story talks about how 'love' would find its way towards people's hearts. Are you ready to dive in to the story? Would love be successful?

Isang sumpa na nabuo nang dahil sa pag-ibig. Isang pangakong ibinaon at binitiwan ilang daang taon nang lumipas ang patuloy na nanatili't hindi kumupas kailanman. Nabibigyan ba ng pangalawang pagkakataon ang tamang tao sa maling panahon? From a young age, Malia Rivera has been burdened with memories of the past because of her inborn ability to take a glimpse of people's past lives. Then she met Chase Rodriguez, the youngest business tycoon in the country-and the first person she met afflicted with a curse! Desperate to find answers to their predicament. These two souls burdened by the weight of the curse from the past joined hands, and Malia became the wife of the most sought-after man. Kaakibat ng kanilang pag-iisang dibdib ay magkasama nilang babaguhin ang nakatakdang trahedya mula sa sumpa na nagmula pa sa kanilang ninuno. *** Language: Tagalog, English Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery Status: Part 1 Completed | Part 2 Coming soon

Isang propesiya ang kinatatakutan ng lahat na maganap. Propesiyang nagsasaad ng kakila-kilabot na katapusan sa sandaling ang kadiliman ay hindi mapigilan. Isang natatanging babae lamang na siyang itinakda ang makapipigil ng kanilang kinatatakutang katapusan. Ngunit kapalit pala ng kalayaan at kapayapaang inaasam ng lahat ay ang sarili niyang buhay. Handa niya bang isakripisyo ang kaniyang sariling buhay alang-alang sa mga minamahal niya at sa mga umaasa sa kaniya? O mas pipiliin na lamang niyang mamuhay nang normal malayo sa mundong talagang kinabibilangan niya? Tatakasan ba niya ang kaniyang kapalaran o buong tapang niya itong haharapin at buong puso niyang tatanggapin ang kapalit ng kalayaan at kapayapaang hinahangad ng lahat?