Threading Maybe's

The world reopened on the day it ended. After two years of being stuck at home due to the virus outbreak, the world had access to normalcy once more. People were allowed to go out, to make contact, and connect again. And no one was not planning on wasting any minute of it. And so, a small group of friends went to the newly opened mall in their city to celebrate the reopening of society. But they didn't expect that in a few hours, they would be scattered and separated because of the strange, aggressive attacks that were happening everywhere. They found themselves trapped in a gift shop, music store, and the ladies' toilet as mayhem ensued in the mall. No one saw it coming. No one had a clue. No one knew that those two years were only the beginning of something far more apocalyptic.

❛And the more he looks at me that way, the more I believe his silent words.❜ Blaire Emerald Jefferson is already contented with her life. She's in a happy family, her grades are satisfactory, she's oozing with talent, she belongs in a great circle of friends, and she is in a long time relationship with her boyfriend. There is nothing more she could possibly ask for - well, perhaps less pimples. But all it took was one mistake to ruin her perfect reality. She was the girl with the loud mouth and an even louder personality. And it's because of him.

❛I want to be golden too. Unable to rust, ceaseless shine. Forever beautiful.❜ Everyone knew Selena Vielle Genevieve Kennedy as the girl with the flawless smile, heart of an angel, and golden soul. But what they didn't know was that she's an adept liar who had mastered the art of pretending. No one knew about the madness in her thoughts and the chaos in her system. No one knew that she's a wreck. But one night was all it took to set her in a path of absolute ruin. With him back in the picture, Selena was forced to face the consequences of the choices she made in the past. But between her family problems, academic stress, peer pressure, and insecurities - Selena knew she was threading the line of manic and sanity. Add having unreciprocated feelings for a person who already belongs to someone else and that was her tipping point. She put on the perfect, adamantine facade. Until him.

Natasha Romanoff was dead. They have won the war, the ultimate battle, but they have lost the soul that represented what they stood for. But what if there was a chance to get her back? A soul for a soul. That was the rule Steve Rogers engraved in his mind on his mission to return all the infinity stones back to their proper timelines. And his first stop was: Vormir. ❝It wasn't just about returning the soul stone. It was about getting her back.❞ [[ more than 50,000 words]]