[ON HOLD - Longlisted ONC 2020] After her boyfriend broke up with her, Poppy Flores declared that she wanted to start over somewhere new. The next morning, she woke up in 1951. It wasn't exactly what she was thinking when she'd said somewhere new. Every disorienting morning after that brought Poppy to a new year and a new place. But she soon realized that there was one thing that stayed the same. The handsome man with the mysterious smile and disheveled auburn hair. She saw his face in the crowds every day. -- Oliver Rockwell was a 19th century man with a very odd, very annoying task-to guide 21st century Poppy Flores through her journey in time. Oliver doesn't understand this new role of his, and he certainly doesn't understand Poppy. But when he finally figures both out, what happens when he has to give them up? ONC Prompt 36

❝I just want somebody to die for❞ Stella has always had the worst luck with guys. Always falling too hard too fast, it's no wonder she can't make a relationship last. Everything changes the day she meets him. ... Carter's tired of his parents fighting. Ever since the move, their arguments have gone from the regular married-couple fights, to huge blow-ups over jobs and money. He can't wait 'til the end of junior year, and then he can finally go and live with his uncle back home. Where he belongs. And then he meets her. She gets it, she listens. And she makes Sam realize there are things worth staying for.