Prompt ​21. You wake from a dream about a perfect faceless soulmate, only to meet someone in real life who feels exactly like them and somehow knows things you've never told anyone. **Still Hearts Beat Deep** Lucia Natalia and Orion "Ryan" Valentino leave Chicago for the sun-soaked promise of Fort Lauderdale - she's chasing a career in marine biology, he's on the verge of a Discovery Channel deal for his nature content. Life is perfect until Ryan vanishes during a solo trip to the Everglades. His car is found. His canoe turns up empty. His body never does. Alone in a state that was supposed to be their fresh start, Lucia is drowning in grief - until the dreams begin. A figure made of light appears to her every night, faceless and warm, asking her what's wrong. She can't remember the full conversations when she wakes, only the feeling of safety and the scent of cashmere and sea salt lingering on her skin. The figure becomes clearer each night. Hands she doesn't recognize. A voice she can almost place. A name he tries to say before she's pulled awake - "Ma-" When she meets Maverick Eris in a Fort Lauderdale restaurant, everything about him feels impossibly familiar. His voice. His hands. The way he knows her favorite dish before she says a word. He's magnetic, wealthy, and carries his own grief - a story about someone he lost, a place he visits to face his fears. He shows her a Florida she didn't know existed. Boat parties and coral reefs and sunsets over Biscayne Bay. He makes the water feel safe again. He even takes her to the Everglades, and for the first time, she doesn't flinch. But behind the penthouse walls and abalone shells and crystals he calls "spiritual," there are rooms Lucia hasn't opened. And when she finally does, the truth waiting inside will rewrite every moment she thought was love. Some hearts were never meant to beat together. Some just beat until they're told to stop.

At the dawn of the 20th century, as engines begin to replace horses and progress moves faster than men can follow, two strangers set out on a journey across the United States - each carrying a different vision of the future.

Rated-X: Read Author's Note For More Information Two gay villains had only one idea that their four enemies belonged in a town agency (POG) and anytime find out their secret, toxic fandom even when they are humans. For emergencies, their co-head agent, Breanna created a reverse-sex mixture in case of identity emergencies. Without knowing that it was the reverse-sex vile, they both got genderbent. On the other hand, Sawyer teamed with Decan to find out about their relationship and why it exists. Both villains are gender bent and humanized. This is no laughing matter... As soon as the two of them are now a couple of hot women living their lives not meant to be lived, they told, then despised confronting the main judge or the main character in the story, most importantly not to get caught but POG but open up the evidence of their hidden X-rated relationship, leaving not only Sawyer and Decan in suspense... but the town and their agency to have a very toxic rumor. Therefore the co-owners of the town have to stop their relationship and continue story life even if gore and R-rates get in the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At eighteen, Park Sun-Ho is standing on the edge of the world. As the youngest member of the powerhouse group E.Motion, he is the Golden Maknae, the face of a generation, a Korean-Australian talent carrying the weight of a multi-million dollar industry on his shoulders. He's supposed to belong to the fans. He's supposed to be perfect. But before the cameras start rolling, he meets her. June Adams is eighteen, foreign, and refreshingly unaware of the posters of Sun-Ho's face already lining the subways. She's in Korea to study art, her head full of history and her heart set on a new beginning. To her, Sun-Ho isn't a superstar; he's just a boy with a secret smile. From the frantic energy of debut stages to the lonely luxury of world tours, Sun-Ho must navigate the rivalry between his duty to his group and his desperate need for the one person who truly sees him. Can a love hidden in the lyrics of a song ever survive the light of day? *UNEDITED* ____________________ ✩ rankings: #1 MAKNAE (24/03/2026) #2 ARTSTUDENT (27/02/2026) #10 ASIAN (05/02/2026) [Word Count: 102,897] Copyright ©2026 by Annabella May

[AMBYS 2025 FAVORITES] After her father was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, Abigail Atwood was thrown into the foster system, bouncing from home to home. Now, she's landed with the Lawsons-a wealthy, picture-perfect family in Newport, Rhode Island. Their home is full of love, laughter, and everything Abigail never had. But no matter how warm the house feels, she can't seem to let herself belong. Summer has just begun, and for the first time, life without her father is starting to make sense. Almost. Because in the shadow of her fragile happiness stands Beckham Lawson-the brooding nephew of her foster parents, drowning in his own grief. And then there's Emmett, Beckham's charismatic younger brother, determined to break through Abigail's walls and make her smile again. But not everything is as it seems in this coastal dream. And by the end of summer, one twist will change everything. A story about first love, family, and the mistakes that change everything-perfect for fans of the bittersweet ache of summer romances. *UNEDITED* Originally a Teen Fiction. ____________________ ✩ rankings: #1 BROKENRULES (30/07/2025) #10 FOSTER (01/09/2025) [Word Count: 82,000+] Copyright ©2025 by Annabella May

Sadie Sawyers just wants to get through life without embarrassing herself and proving to her family that she's "mentally stable" after last year. A job at Krispy Burger brings messy coworkers, spilled shakes, and August: the infuriatingly annoying boy who always seems to find an excuse to talk to her. *Cover image is not mine. All rights and credit belong to the original creator.*

"They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new hell everytime...." ~ All too well by the OG,Taylor Swift (This lyric is perfect for Evangeline's POV) "Oh, all that I did to try to undo it, all of my pain and all your excuses I was a kid but I wasn't clueless (Someone who loves you wouldn't do this) All of my past, I tried to erase it But now I see, would I even change it? Might share a face and share a last name, but" (We are not the same) ~Family line by Conan Gray, a masterpiece. (This stanza is for Zane's POV.) At 16, Evangeline deals with issues every teenager think they go through, just....multiply its intensity by a thousand. Not really common. She's breaking day by day, close to giving up. At the same time, Zane deals with an abusive father, multiple issues of his own. Not once does he even have the thought to give up, though. He's empathetic, whereas she's closed off. He sees the best in people, whereas she tries not to see people anymore. "He was sunshine, I was the midnight rain." Two opposites, would fate have something new in making for them? (Please check out the TWs for this story first and foremost.) P.S- This book is NOT fiction. It's based on the life of someone I know irl.