Rafe Burne has endured years of abuse from his father. Now out of rehab due to heroin addiction and a juvenile detention center due to dealing drugs, Rafe is placed with a foster family. As he tries to navigate his new life, his past begins to creep back into his life. Living with a police officer and a courthouse employee forces Rafe to clean up his act, but habits are hard to kick and Rafe soon finds himself spiraling. He needs to decide if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps or accept the help he's been offered.

Kidnapped on his eighteenth birthday, Luke must now adapt to the new rules of Lockwood. Only, it's not just the rules that have changed. It's the people. The guards. The heightened security. And the new institution he's found himself locked away in...

Twins, Dylan and Evan, live life in silence and fear. They know the sound of safe feet over dangerous ones, the consequence of being heard when they should be silent and the pain of failing to be anything but good boys. Years of trying and failing have broken Evan in ways Dylan can't heal. Dylan is trying his best to protect his best and only friend as much as he can but he is powerless against the rules. Then one day someone looks beyond the basement door, a place no one enters but them. Will they be brave enough to take hold of the hands reaching out in the darkened silence that surrounds them? If they do will they be rewarded with safety or more pain? Only time will tell and when an injured Dylan needs Evan to make the right decision for them, can he do it? Can he save them both or will he lead them into more pain than they've ever known before?

A 12-year-old 'nobody', an orphan, with a brilliant mind but a troubled past, constantly punished and reprimanded for his rebellious behavior. His disobedience, only a pretense, to hide deep emotional scars from a life of abuse and loss. What happens when the 'nobody' comes across, Professor Park, a kind but firm middle school teacher, who sees through him and takes him under his wing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can the Orphan finally find his "FAMILY"?

At sixteen, Alex Alexander Hawthorne left England dressed in pressed shirts and expectations he never agreed to carry. At twenty, he comes back smelling of smoke and petrol, riding a motorbike his parents would hate, with scars no one asks about. The Hawthornes are polished, controlled, old money British to the core. Alex is everything they're not-loud, reckless, impulsive. To them, he's trouble. What they don't see is the truth. Four years abroad hardened Alex in ways no one prepared him for. The drinking, the racing, the chaos-it's survival, not rebellion. And while his family watches him like he's a ticking bomb, Alex keeps his real lifeline hidden: a tight-knit group of friends who became his family when he had none. Coming home means facing the people he ran from-and deciding whether he's brave enough to let them see the damage beneath the wild grin.

17-year-old Tyler Johnson is a popular boy who seems to have it all, but in reality his home life isn't so great. His 10-year-old brother Noah refuses to talk to anyone but him, and his parents are both abusive in their own ways. Still, Tyler is trying his best to watch out for his little brother, and keep up his grades and reputation

The Romanos world came crashing down when they lost their little brother 7 years ago. Alexander gazing at the stars he ponders about his life, well his shitty life as he winces from the latest beating from his father. Will he find his family? If so will he learn to love..

NOAH MERRIDEW is your typical popular kid who can't keep his emotions composed. Being the only child of a rich couple he is spoilt and rotten to the core with all his caprices being answered. However, thing takes a different turn when his father dies. Noah becomes even rebellious towards his mother unaware of his fate. He finds himself in an unknown environment after he had a fight with his mother and had set out. He knew for sure that he was kidnapped but what comes after is like a nightmare coming to live... Will he survive?

This story is my original work. THIS IS NOT A FANFIC. The reason this is marked as mature is because it contains violence, not because of anything sexual. The story is not about anything sexual. My name is Manuel Ramirez. I joined the army when I was just 17, driven by a desperate need for money and a burning desire to escape my stepfather. But the harsh realities of military life soon shattered my expectations. After enduring severe personal traumas that I couldn't talk about, I knew I had to find a way out. The job was to become a bodyguard for a billionaire's son. The promise of a high salary and a chance at freedom was all I needed to sign the papers without a second thought. But once I did, I began to realize that things weren't as straightforward as they seemed. I was shocked when I finally met my new client. The person I was assigned to protect was not at all who I expected.

𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐖𝐘𝐍 wears pain like a second skin. It's all she's ever known, etched into her bones, buried beneath forced smiles and hollow laughter. Once passionate, once burning bright, now nothing but ash and ruin. She pretends well, but behind the sharp tongue and unbothered eyes lies a girl screaming to be seen, yet terrified someone actually might. 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍 was born into a world already at war with him. Pain wasn't just a chapter in his life, it was the whole book. Raised in shadows, fed by poison, his lungs filled with smoke and silence. He never asked for love. He never believed he deserved it. Drugs kept the demons quiet. Cigarettes kept his hands busy. Until her. The only good card he's ever been dealt, fragile, feral, and just as broken as him. Together, Liora and Ares are destruction wrapped in desire. A love not meant to be touched, yet impossible to resist. It's messy. Chaotic. Addictive. It's the kind of love that leaves scars, and still, they keep reaching for each other, again and again. What happens when two shattered souls try to build something whole out of ruin?