[boyxboy] [complete*] [unedited] "You poor arrogant boy- keep hoping, you'll get nowhere." Alexei is drowning and he's having a hard time staying afloat by himself. With a disappearing mother, unsympathetic social workers and hungry police not far off his trail he is running out of ways to keep going. He's desperate to find a foothold that will propel him into a secure future. Maybe joining one of the most infamous high school rugby teams in the states was a bad idea but with one foot already in the door and a ragtag rich kid team dragging him with them Alexei finds too late that he can't turn back. **** #69 in #rugby as of 11/17/19 if you know what I mean Completed March 15, 2020 * to my standards, you'll hate the ending so don't come at me when you've finished. this is your warning don't complain later when you chose not to listen

Graham Coleman has never been invisible. Everyone knows his name at school, on the field, in every room he walks into. They just never really see him. Raised in a house where attention only comes when something goes wrong, Graham learned early that it's easier to act like he doesn't care than admit no one ever cared first. Neglected, controlled, and always on the outside looking in, he's spent his whole life surviving alone. Everything changes when his father is arrested for fraud, leaving Graham with nowhere to go. With no one else willing to take him in, the call goes to the only family he has left, the older half-brother he's never met. Rhys Coleman wants nothing to do with his father's new family, or the spoiled kid he assumes Graham must be. But with emancipation only three months away, he agrees to let Graham stay... temporarily. Rhys doesn't want him. Graham doesn't know how to be wanted. What starts as an obligation turns into something neither of them expected, as two brothers with completely different lives realize they never knew the truth about each other. But some damage runs deep, and some people learn to be alone so well they don't know how to stop. A story about being seen but never known, about family that comes too late, and about whether love can fix what was broken long before anyone noticed.

Ryan Navarro traveled eleven hundred miles to the one place he swore he wouldn't go. Gavin left to escape their father's escalating psychological abuse and never came back. No calls. No explanations. Just silence, and a new life Ryan was never invited into. Now Ryan's on his brother's doorstep, bruised, furious, and nowhere else to go, wanting to hate Gavin and needing him anyway. Reconnecting should be simple. It isn't. Because the closer they get, the more the past resurfaces, and Ryan's temper threatens to burn the only second chance he's got. And Gavin is forced to face past mistakes and fears. But as the brothers push through the distance and the old wounds, they start to uncover the truth neither of them expected. They didn't just survive the same man. They became more alike than they ever knew. And their bond grew to depths neither of them knew they both needed. Will their fathers return ruin that bond, or strengthen it? *Disclaimer this story does contain emotional, psychological, and physical abuse by a father.

For years, Luka believed his brothers were the reason his life always felt one wrong move away from blowing up. They were the danger. The threat. The shadow hanging over him. Then the secrets start spilling out, and the story flips. His brothers aren't the disaster he's been bracing for. They're the ones trying to keep it from swallowing him whole. The same men he's spent years fearing are suddenly the ones stepping in front of the worst of it, making choices that could cost them their lives just to keep him standing. It messes with Luka's head, because monsters aren't supposed to protect you. Trust doesn't come easy, but neither does survival. Somewhere between the lies, the secrets, and the close calls, Luka stops just trusting them. He starts counting on them. And in the process, he learns something that scares him almost as much as the truth about his family: He's more capable than he ever let himself believe. Love to hear from all the readers so please leave a comment. :)

For years, Kaden and West have survived on their own. No safety net. No home. No family to fall back on. Only the constant fight for money, shelter, and the right to exist. They were torn away once-lost in the chaos of a night no one talks about. Now, fate is pulling them back to the family they were never meant to find again. But broken pieces don't always fit back together the way they once did. Reunion promises hope, healing, and the chance to finally belong. Yet old wounds run deep, and the brothers they return to are no longer the boys they remember. Trust is fragile. Loyalty is tested. And forgiveness comes at a cost. Because while the family struggles to rebuild, something dark is watching. Waiting. Kaden and West's return has awakened an enemy who would rather see the family shattered than whole. Is a happy reunion even possible after everything that was lost? Or will the brothers be forced to face a new trial-one that could destroy them all? Some pieces were never meant to come back. And some truths are more dangerous than being broken.

Quadruplets; Three boys, one girl. At the tender age of four, the De Anglo Quadruplets were plunged into a life of darkness when they were kidnapped from their suburban town. For years, they lived in captivity in an abandoned warehouse owned by the Irish mafia, where their days and months blurred together in a haze of fear. For six years the children were held captive, at age 10 they were saved by the FBI, only to be separated. What happens after 7 years of separation when they all reunite, not just the quadruplets reunite but the whole De Anglo family. 5 more brothers and parents? Follow the life of the Quadruplets through revelation, secrets and wisdom. (Enemies to lovers trope included) #1 Donna #6 older brothers #12 strong female lead #23 Italian

Rue is the oldest of the Angelo family, the #1 mafia family. This is a story about how Rue and his siblings were raised. Rue had a tough childhood. With his dad being the head of the mafia family, he would have to take over as the firstborn son when his father passed. Read along as we travel back in time to see Rue and his siblings' childhood and how they became the people they are today! *this story may contain spankings, abuse, foul language, sensitive subjects, ect.* Another disclaimer: my original mafia book "mafia princess" was deleted from wattpad due to "guidelines blah blah blah". So apologies if you don't understand some of the backstory. I am in the process of rewriting it, hoping to post it early 2026. Book #2 of my Mafia Series

He was born from revenge. Raised in chains. Found by the man he was born to hate. Fifteen-year-old Elias Moretti learned early that love was just another lie. Sold by his own mother to a brutal gang, he survived nine years of pain, blood, and silence - until a mafia war sets him free. His rescuer? Dante Moretti, Italy's most feared mafia don... and the father who never knew he existed. Dante wants redemption. Elias wants nothing. The Moretti brothers want him gone. And then there's Aria - Dante's daughter. The one he raised. The one who shares Elias's eyes... and nightmares. Twins, separated by vengeance. Reunited by tragedy. But the past never stays buried. The gang that owned Elias once wants him - and his sister - back. Blood runs deep. Family runs darker. And some scars were never meant to heal. When blood meets vengeance, who survives the truth? --"You think being rich and guilty makes you my father?" --"No. But I'll keep trying until I earn the right to be."

In the Montgomery household, nights are never truly quiet. Four brothers, William, Jamie, Aidan, and Grayson, hold together a family stitched from loss, love, and second chances. Between school fights, whispered secrets, and the chaos of growing up, their children stumble through the trials of adolescence under the watchful eyes of fathers who are still learning, themselves, how to heal. And when the day finally ends, after every argument, every stolen glance of defiance or tenderness, the house settles into a fragile peace. Quiet is the night now, but never truly still, because every heart inside it is learning how to beat as one.