WARNING: This fanfiction does contain mature themes such as graphic language, violence, smut, and sexual assault. Do not read if any of these will harm you in any way. - #4 in #Blaise - 8/22/2020 #1 in #Zabini - 9/6/2020 #8 in #dracomalfoy - 12/17/2020 - Sixteen-year-old witch Zoe Fletcher has already missed out on her first five years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Zoe is finally able to begin school as a 6th-year student, she's elated. But things don't quite turn out as she had planned them - she meets Blaise Zabini, a handsomely mysterious yet rude boy who she can never seem to get along with, as well as other strange friends and enemies that shake her life in unimaginable ways. Furthermore, she unlocks the mind-blowing secrets to her foggy past, along with a dark twist that she never saw coming. - I do not take any credit for any characters or ideas that belong to J.K Rowling in this story, only my original characters and ideas!

"We've been best friends for fourteen years. Did you really think I wouldn't notice? I can see it... in your eyes. Your smile never reaches your eyes." -- When Aspen Ace falls, he falls hard. It's a gradual descent that happens so naturally, Aspen doesn't even recognize anything's changed until he's already neck-deep in an unrequited love for his best friend, Rafe Alvarez. Nervous and insecure, Aspen brings this new revelation to the person he trusts most-his older brother, Alex. He doesn't expect to be met with unconditional acceptance, but the reaction he receives is nightmare fodder. Regret barely scratches the surface of Aspen's emotions when his brother decides to blackmail him, but with no other option, Aspen learns to survive. Aspen can deal with the abuse as long as Alex keeps his sexuality a secret. He'll just wait it out. Aspen will graduate high school with a baseball scholarship and get the hell out of his conservative hometown... if he can endure. But he can't, and Aspen's suddenly fighting not only his brother, but the all-consuming monster in his head.