Sydney didn't have much, but that was fine with her. She didn't need much. Growing up on the Washington coast in a lonely beach town, working quietly behind the scenes was what she was good at. Living on the beach was much less glamorous than most people imagine. Her home was a beat up old Winnebago that she had shared with her father until he passed. Her father had been a detached parent. He loved his daughter of course, but he was by no means an affectionate man. She had grown up fending for herself, working backstage at a bar that hosted live bands using a fake ID. After the death of her father she saw an ad for a guitar technician for a local Seattle band. A love of rock and roll had been the one thing that her and her dad had in common. Selling everything that she didn't need she packed up her pickup truck and travelled north to the city, leaving the sleepy town in her rear view mirror. She didn't expect to embark on what would become the adventure of a lifetime. For someone who had hardly left the town she grew up in, the opportunity to get paid to travel the country and listen to great music was a dream come true. The band became her family, and life on the road was a perfect fit for her. Chris Cornell instantly became Sydney's best friend in the whole world. They were in love, that was plain as day to anyone who paid attention. Yet, sometimes love isn't as simple as it should be. Sometimes, love hurts. Warning: This book covers potentially triggering subjects such as depression, suicidal ideation, domestic abuse, sexual assault, poverty and drug use. These are issues that many of us have faced and are very real. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts or abuse in a relationship, please reach out and find help. My inbox is always open as well!

"you know i'm such a fool for you you've got me wrapped around your finger do you have to let it linger?" life and death. dreams and reality. desire and hatred. hope and despair. two sides of the same coin. each choice you make is a flip of the coin, a gamble made, hoping to get your desired outcome. molly bardot flipped this coin often, and often, it seemed, it landed on the wrong side. told against the backdrop of seattle's snow-capped mountains and infamous 90s music scene, this story follows one girl trying to climb while everyone falls around her.

*COMPLETED* Florence is a photographer that ends up in Seattle, much before the «grunge scene» appeared on the map, but she'll have to deal with new challenges, and that also includes certain guy named Christopher John Cornell. Want me to love you in moderation... Well who do you think you're talking to?

We all know the story of House Stark-the honor, the loyalty, the ruin that follows. But this is not that story. Not entirely. There was another child of Winterfell. A daughter. Meet Lyra Stark, the eldest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark, born scarcely a year before Robb. Raised among wolves, she never quite fit the shape expected of her. She is neither a warrior like her brothers nor a courtly lady like Sansa. Where others find comfort in duty, Lyra feels the pull of something beyond the walls of Winterfell-something restless, untamed. She does not dream of marriage or titles. She dreams of choice. Of distant roads, foreign skies, and a life that belongs to her alone. Her path changes the moment she is given a chance to leave it all behind. Far from the cold stone of Winterfell and the gilded dangers of King's Landing, Lyra finds herself bound to a man as harsh as the world itself-rough in speech, scarred in both flesh and spirit, and utterly indifferent to courtesy. Sandor Clegane is not a man easily understood, and yet something in him stirs her temper as often as it catches her breath. And when he does smile-rare, fleeting-it feels like the war-torn realm has, for a heartbeat, fallen silent. Follow Lyra as she walks a path threaded through the story you think you know-through blood and betrayal, fragile alliances, and the quiet, dangerous pull of something like love.

fatalism comes in many shades.

"Oh, mirror in the sky What is love?" ⎯ grey's anatomy fic ⎯ season one - ongoing ⎯ oc x alex karev

The Jackass and the sweetheart.

"one serving of syrup a day keeps the werewolf away." just your not-so-average slow-burn, forbidden and star-crossed lovers love-story with several twists! ❀ ❁ ❀ ❁ claudia maple's entire existence was a mistake. with a dead mum, a father who hated her, a stepmother who wanted her dead, and two evil stepbrothers who followed her wherever she went her life was not easy. it was a burden. so she decided to live it in peace as much as she could, with books and golden syrup. the peace was however destroyed when a certain marauder wanted to know her deal, which led to four boys engaging themselves a little too much in her life. during all of this, remus lupin eventually discovers something deeper about the girl - through some stolen books. this 'something' ended up shifting his intentions from wanting to understand why she stole books - to wanting to save her life. ❀ ❁ ❀ ❁ marauders era! remus lupin x oc! (5th year - 7th year) UNEDITED LONG BUT EVENTFUL started june 29th 21' finished january 5th 22' ❀ ❁ ❀ ❁

Finn Lynch lives a quiet, tranquil life in a rural village in the mountains. Her life may lack spontaneity and excitement, but at least it's peaceful. And if it's a little lonely too, then she can't complain too much - she's still happy, after all. When her uncle asks her to house a defector from the magical war he's involved in, Finn agrees reluctantly despite her concerns that the presence of Regulus Black in her home will disrupt the careful peace she's been cultivating for years. Nothing could prepare her for what an insufferable prick he is. [marauders era] [regulus black x muggle oc] [enemies to lovers] ** updates on wednesdays **

IN WHICH astra hart is adamant that she has nothing to do with the infamous gang, the black wolves oc x derek morgan