drop by my house at half past noon; we'll make small talk of murder over chamomile tea © VANGOHS, 2017

It was one night. No names no feelings. But nothing is that simple when the impossibly hot stranger Ava encounters is heir to the Caponelli mafia... ***** Ava Moretti is a mafia princess with a fiery personality and an aversion to doing what she's told. Nick Caponelli is next-in-line to lead the Caponelli mafia - and he is used to getting exactly what he wants. When they meet by chance one night neither has any idea they are from rival crime families. After a night of passion they are supposed to part ways and never see each other again. But what happens when fate has bigger plans? Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of sexual activity violence and drug use which may be triggering for some readers. Ties That Bind Us is part of the Wattpad Originals and you will have to buy the 10 latest chapters of this story. This book is also available on all Ebook platforms! Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

the silhouettes your eyelashes construct upon slavic cheekbones #42 in poetry 20/07/18 #40 in poems 16/08/18 #34 in poetic 20/12/18 © charlieisaneatfacade 2018

"When you're black and white there's no use hiding in a field of colours," his umber eyes so solemn, "Anthony T. Hincks." But when Cillian looked at Oliver, he couldn't help but disagree, because to Cillian, Oliver was all the colours of the spectrum merged into one and then at screaming splendour and refulgence, "You're the brightest thing in this whole darn shop." At that, Oliver's eyes literally bloomed, the colour of earth freshly kissed by spring rains, a hue that promised to stir the life from dormant seeds, like all the fluorescent verdure around him actually lived within. And it took Cillian's breath away. And in that moment Cillian realised, he did have a favourite flower after all. [in which a guy visits a flower shop more often than he should] 2018 ("a bouquet of dahlias & discovery" ©levittdawn)

ALTERNATIVE TITLE: "i don't care," reid says, caringly, as he cares deeply.

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Like it or not, there are some people you will never see again. At least, not in the same way. Tanner Rodríguez did not believe in fate, but if the universe had intended for him to stumble across that cheesy photo, it ought to have known that he would not back down. He refused to let the boy in the filmstrip slip through his fingers. In a series of close calls and near misses, Tanner gets whisked away on the search that turns his night into a roller-coaster. ©︎ 2019 Karran Kumar

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