In Formula 1, everything is measured-lap times, margins, championships, legacies. For Max Verstappen and Evelyn Williams, the one thing never meant to be measured was what existed between them. They have been teammates, rivals, and best friends long before the world knew their names. Raised in the same paddocks, shaped by pressure and expectation, they understand each other in ways no one else ever could. Evelyn is chaos and defiance, loud where Max is controlled, reckless where he is precise. Max is discipline and restraint, steady where Evelyn pushes too far. Together, they balance on a knife's edge between comfort and destruction. To the public, they are Red Bull's most dangerous pairing: the reigning champion and the team's problem child. To each other, they are home. As the season unfolds, lines begin to blur. Late nights turn softer. Arguments linger too long. Touches last a second more than they should. What was once effortless-friendship, loyalty, trust-starts to feel heavier, charged with something neither of them has ever allowed themselves to want. Max has built his life on control. Evelyn has built hers on refusal to be owned. Falling in love threatens everything they've worked to protect: their careers, their partnership, and the one relationship neither of them can afford to lose. But in a world where winning has always come first, they are forced to confront a dangerous truth-some victories are worth more than championships, and some risks are impossible to ignore. From teammates to friends to something far more complicated, this is the story of two people who learned how to survive-then had to learn how to choose each other.

❝ 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘎𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦? ❞ I asked him, for the first time in my life, I've never felt more confused. ❝ 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. ❞ He says calmly, without a doubt, and looking straight into my eyes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In the quiet moments between pranks and chaos, something unspoken lingers. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆, the infamous jokester of Gryffindor, is used to hiding his true self behind laughter. 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲, sharp-witted and reserved, is the kind of girl who watches the world from the shadows, never quite letting it in. They never talk about it. They don't have to. It's in the way Fred softens when she's near, in the way Alethea's guard drops only for him. They're best friends, nothing more-at least, that's the lie they keep telling everyone. Especially themselves. But as war creeps into the walls of Hogwarts and everything safe begins to crumble, the lines between laughter and longing begin to blur. Can they truly remain just friends after all the moments and memories they've shared, even as they deny their feelings for each other? But can their actions really hide what their hearts refuse to admit? This book is a heart-aching story of friendship, feelings unspoken, and the war that forces them to choose-between what's easy, and what's real. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟖+).

"𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥- 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮." "𝐨𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 - 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐜 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐨𝐜 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 - 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐡

"I'm not exactly a ball of sunshine, you know." "No, you're not. But I like that about you. And I love you anyway." started: 1/20/2025 finished: 5/9/2025

𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄│𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 "𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳" Love is a luxery, at least that is what most women are told in the high society of Londen early 19th century. And even with a love match between her parents, the Baron's daughter Jessamine Crawford enters society with one thought present in her mind: finding a respectable lord that is suitable to father the next Baron of Crawford. Love is the least of her worries, especially as she knows the pains her father went through when her mother died in childbirth. Yet, the second born Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton falls hopelessly in love with her. And above all wants her to see him as a real suitor that wants her heart and soul instead of the title 'father of the Baron of Crawford'. standalone Set after the events of season 2 and before season 3 [Benedict Bridgerton x OC] started: April of 2024 finished: August of 2025

In which the original hybrid finds himself falling for an eighteen year old witch with a rather huge and destructive secret. OR In which a cursed witch falls for the guy who wants to kill her friends. KLAUS MIKAELSON X FEMALE OC ༺═──────────────═༻ #1 in rebekahmikaelson on 04/01/23 #2 in theoriginals 02/02/23 #1 in klausmikaelson 04/02/23 #1 in Elijahmikaelson 04/02/23 #1 in vampire 12/02/23 #3 in stefansalvatore 18/02/23 #7 in thevampirediaries 02/03/23 #1 in Klaus 11/03/23

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐘 # 🦢🤍✵ -', ༄ ❪ 𝙻𝚄𝙺𝙴 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙰𝙽 ❫ ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 the daughter of Aphrodite and the son of Hermes, under the watchful eyes of the gods, found solace only in each other. Their hearts beat in perfect harmony, understanding one another like no one else could. Their love, pure and innocent, shone brightly. Yet, unbeknownst to them, their love would ultimately be their downfall, sealing their fate with a tragic beauty, forever entwined in each other's arms✧.* ೃ༄*ੈ✩ ꒰🦢* ༘ ᭪.ೃ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ ❚ luke castellan x fem! oc ⊹𓂃 ❚✵ ❪ ©-GROUP1EL0VE, 2024 ❫ cover by @vintagegrace

How you gonna say that? Take it all back. Fuckin' with my head will make my heart attack. - When Jasey Foster agrees to join her father, owner of Foster Music Management, on tour with punk band, Pretty Venom, she finds herself fighting her morals and struggling to make sense of the world around her. Niall Horan, lead guitarist in the band, faces his own struggles finding himself in the world after having to escape the life he created for himself back home. His rockstar nights are followed by hungover and dreadful days as he searches for motivation in his clouded mind. "Do I make you nervous, Jasey?" he asks, looking down to me as he takes a step closer, awaiting the answer. I step backwards from him, shaking my head. He takes another step to me. "Use your words, Jasey." I finally step towards him, raising my head to face his. "Why would you make me nervous? Why would I waste my time worrying about a rude, entitled, selfish musician who has to have his friends save him from every mistake he makes? It's no wonder you had to leave Ireland. You probably couldn't own up to your poor decisions and now that you have three people who will cover your ass from any conflict you walk into, you don't care about your recklessness because you know there will be someone to clean up the messes you make." His lips slowly turn to a grin. "There she is. Keep going. " - HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 Niall Horan AU #1 Literature #1 Writing #2 Niall #62 Niall Horan #1 Niall Horan Fanfi #1 Band #1 One Direction STARTED MARCH 2021 ENDED JULY 2022

"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)