"𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬." "𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞..." -she lived off of scraps, bits and pieces. with barely anything to live for; until she witnessed something that would take over her life and affect her forever.

aspiring actor, ricky bowen, & aspiring musician, nini salazar-roberts, find themselves falling - but love is for the fools who dream.

Ricky and Nini have been best friends since kindergarten. They've had their ups and downs, but always found a way to stay close. But what neither of them know is that both of them are slowly falling for the other every passing day. ~Inspired by Love, Rosie~ Rating: 14+ Started: 1/15/22 Ended: 8/4/23 Listen, this is the SLOWEST slow burn that ever burned, so bear with me CW: Some characters experience physical violence, but everything is off-screen to avoid triggering someone. Also, there are a few implied innuendos and sex scenes. I will tell you at the top of each chapter when mature scenes occur in case you need/want to skip them :)

the multiverse portal opens for a split second before closing yet again. your friendly neighborhood spider-man, also known as ricky bowen, is met with a couple new "friends". or at least, that's what ricky bowen and nini salazar-roberts think they are.

"𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞." "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞...𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧." in which a car accident between a married couple causes for ricky bowen to forget the past three years that he'd lived through - and that includes meeting the love of his life

"𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚! 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙥 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣!" ― She's used to men running for the hills when they find out about her two and a half year old son, so when her best friend sets her up on a blind date with an aspiring musician, she agrees but isn't expecting to find her happy ever after.

𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬... -in which nina salazar-roberts believed that she could find her soulmate; though being in denial of who he is.

after the success of High School Musical, Ricky and Nini are on a high. after a long weekend spent alone, their lives change dramatically. trying to maintain a relationship while figuring out how to keep a baby a secret is a little more than two sixteen year olds can handle.

- a tale in which a certain boy, ricky bowen, could hold everyone's pain but his own.