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[ A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY ] → #2 in Teen Fiction ••• ❝You're frowning,❞ he murmured, tapping his forefinger on one corner of her mouth. ❝I hate it when you frown. It makes me want to tear to pieces whatever has upset you.❞ ❝Then tear down that armour, Asa,❞ she told him, leaning her face into his palm because it was starting to feel like home and it terrified her, but also brought her peace. ❝Tear away that outer skin and wear the one you were born with like its gold, because it is.❞ She brought up her free hand to cover his one that was holding her face. ❝Because right now, that is what's upsetting me.❞ ••• In which Asa San Román, popular swimming champion of Reichenbach High, is afraid his looks are all that he'll be liked for... but then meets Carmen West, the girl with midnight hair and thundercloud eyes, who reminds him that beauty is soul-deep instead. •••

Sean Gillan's passion lies in his education, his work values as a part-time cashier at the family-owned general store, and helping out his grandparents at a family farm while being a faithful member of his church. He has little time for any frivolous and is certain that all he needs is in his small town of Central Georgia, despite his citified parents and siblings citing that he needs to get a life and get some air in his lungs. Sean has little time for anything other than what he needs, so much so that he lands in the hospital after passing out during his post-graduation party at church. Fearing that he was in danger of burning out and knowing that he wasn't going to survive long if he overworked himself, the whole family decides to ship him off to his gay uncle's home in Newport, Rhode Island so he could attend college there. Sean wants none of it, citing that he's fine with his small-town lifestyle. But once he learns that his grandfather sold the farm, home, and business and that he was to attend college up north instead of trade school in Adams Falls; Sean's fate is sealed. But then he's forced to join his adoptive cousins and uncles for some ice cream and meets two domineering young men fresh out of high school. And they...well, let's just say that they want to show Sean Gillain the TRUE meaning of having passion in his strict life. And maybe Sean doesn't think that moving to Newport would be so bad after all. He'll never know unless he gives it a try.

*******An Original Story******* What happens when a young woman is cursed by a gay spell-casting barista because of her homophobic comments and hatred towards men? What happens when she wakes up as a gay young man and has to live a life full of surprises and shockers? And what happens when one of the victims, who happens to be the cousin of the spell-casting barista, ends up being his future boyfriend? The answers may surprise you, but all will be revealed in due time.

The storm said to the wall, "I rage to give you purpose." And then the storm said to me, "I rage to give you life."

Foster kid Arian Halliday lives life by his own set of rules: don't ask questions about his birth family, be a star student-athlete; and always do what's needed while respecting authority. For him, survival is all he knows best as he rarely trusts in anyone other than those in his social circle. In a way, Arian is satisfied with his life. But then comes the announcement of his birth father and his family wanting to meet with him for the first time. Which is funny since Arian was told that his father died in a car crash while his mother died giving birth to him. So what's a teenager in high school to do when he goes from the unknown shadows to being the heir of a powerful family? And what's he to do when his rules don't apply to his new lifestyle? But most of all, how can he adapt in a family full of surprising secrets that involve superpowers and hidden legacies? All good questions. With the assurance of his one and only friend as well as some new ones and a possible love interest, Arian's going to have to maintain his authentic self while understanding the new normal: money, haters, and all. WATTPAD EXCLUSIVE!

As Dakota Akihara crashes, Rhea Walton falters. While one is drug away from a life in the 1%, the other finds it increasingly-unbearable to put up with the crushingly-expected and dependable monotony of slow business, bills to pay, and mouths to feed. Rhea Walton knows herself well enough. Well, enough to understand that very few in her small, small town, particularly not her father, see who she is below her mask. Dakota Akihara - now Dakota Maxfield - on the other hand, feels as though presently, his entire identity is a question mark. Wether he's being over-dramatic or not, is not the point. His father's in jail for embezzlement and insider trading, his family is striped of everything, and his mother has forced him and his sister, Aya to leave their lives in the Upper East Side. Ironically, her search of refuge ends in a place with people she hoped never to interact with again-who don't, quite frankly-know anything about her life after she left. So of course, on a full moon, Dakota Maxfield faints in front of the Walton's diner window. U P D A T E S C H E D U L E Regularly-ish H I G H E S T R A N K I N G realistic fiction | 9th projectrichkids | 6th asiansinlit | 6th diversityinlit | 6th weneeddiversebooks | 1st

Sometimes you just need a little sunshine. **updated every week**

❝ Heavy is the head that wears the crown ❞ Emily Grimm is a seventeen-year-old high school student. She is surly and stoic, unhappy with everything. At the beginning of senior year, she finds out that she is not human but part of a race of extinct supernaturals called the Grimm. The Grimm are physically strong, able to regenerate quickly as well as wield magic. She quickly realizes that being a Grimm is a lot more complicated than being super strong. She must learn to control her new powers and the violent urges that come with them and fight the dark powers inside her that are pushing to be unleashed. Cover design by @Sinadana This book is not suitable for younger readers. Ideal age: teens 16/17+ [due to some mature language and situations] #LGBTQ+

Aria Stone isn't an ordinary human. And fitting in the real world is hard. She is a mage - one of the Elite Mages of her Guild, at only seventeen years of age, making her the youngest Elite there. She is ready to give her life away to the Legend, one of the element-based guilds originally formed to keep Nature's most talented yet pitiful freaks under the radar of normal humans; the guild that has been like home to he for almost half of her lifetime, because she knew they would always be with her. They would watch her back. Right? That's when she meets Miguel Ramiro and Justin Kane, two powerful mages from two different guilds and two different histories, entwined together somehow, and sworn enemies. And they both want something from her. And just when things can't get worse, someone's out there to kill her, just because she exists. Her life was screwed up the moment she was born...

ONGOING! Couture Magazine: the most prestigious fashion publication in the world, where hemlines are sacred, deadlines are deadly, and the coffee runs are... surprisingly literal. Every intern who walks through those gleaming Manhattan doors dreams of landing a full-time position-complete with vision, dental (including twice-yearly cleanings), and an endless supply of designer clothes fresh off the runway. Sure, the demands from editors, photographers, and even the notoriously temperamental writers can be exhausting. But an intern's day at Couture is pretty ordinary, right? WRONG. Alcide Lancaster is about to discover that his summer internship working for the iconic-yet-terrifying Ellen Montclaire comes with a few... unexpected job requirements. Like why he and a select few employees-including the formidable Editor-in-Chief herself-are the only ones taking mandatory two-hour lunch breaks. Why his thirty-to-fifty-something coworkers look suspiciously athletic, eerily youthful, and are borderline obsessed with eyewear that definitely isn't just a fashion statement. And why A-list celebrities who stop by the Couture offices seem less interested in the magazine's latest cover shoot and oddly fascinated with Alcide himself. But most importantly... What does any of this have to do with Alcide's late family, their disturbingly narrow worldview, and the real reason they wanted him out of their lives forever? All excellent questions for a young man trying to survive a summer packed with Fashion Week chaos, superpowered coworkers who treat the office like their personal runway, and a boss who's less Anna Wintour and more fierce-but-loving grandmother. Between navigating new friendships, an unexpected romance, and enough secrets to fill an entire September issue, Alcide is about to learn that in the world of high fashion... Not everything is just an illusion.

there's the kind of beauty you can touch and the kind that you can't. there are people that you can cross and those you should look out for. there are those that move on and others that seek revenge. which one are you? (SLOW UPDATES) © 2017, blckdarling

. pretty girls own my heart 「 a book of sad poetry © queerity/jupiter 2019 」

❝You think I'm a bounty hunter?❞ Well that surely wasn't how Leia Kar imagined her first conversation with Quinn Carter would go. Hell, she didn't think they would ever have a first conversation. 「 detailed summary inside #hiddengemsawards winner 2017 Gold Awards Humor 2nd Place winner 2017 Blooming Authors Awards Humor 2nd Place winner 2017 The Writers' Olympics Awards 2nd Place winner #61 in humor - 08.17.17 」 Copyright © 2016 by trapdoctorx. All Rights Reserved.

Finn Huang is cynical, cold, jaded, and adamant on keeping everyone - and the idea of love - at least an arm's length away. And Kayleigh, with her red hair and interest in Moose Tracks ice cream, may be the only one who can melt his winter cold heart.

❝ guilt is a woman and she's walking on her knees-- ❞ | IN WHICH THE WOMEN OF TIMES PAST RISE UP TO SPEAK FROM GILDED TONGUES AND TATTERED THROATS, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT NO MAN DARED TO TELL YOU--FOR THEY ARE NOT MEN | ❝ --grief is a woman too, but all she does is sleep. ❞ (full summary inside)

Almost dying can change a person. For most it pushes them to live life to the fullest; for Ryan, it lets him hear voices and see ghosts. After a fatal car crash, Ryan Hubbard wakes up hearing a voice in his head that isn't his own. It wants him to find something--someone. As if that isn't the worst of his problems, he can see ghosts too. Naturally, he tries telling people about his new abilities. And just as naturally, no one believes him. When Ryan gets dared to go into a supposedly haunted house, he almost refuses. But curiosity gets the best of him when something inside him (specifically, the voice) tells him to go. He wasn't exactly hoping to find anything inside-least of all the diary of a dead little girl and the sudden urge to find her killer. With the help of his friend Lya and the voice that refuses to leave him, Ryan is set to unravel the mysteries and unlock the secrets of the little child's past. • • • A paranormal mystery that takes place mostly in the present and sometimes in the 1960s. • • • This work mentions suicide, contains mildly violent, and/or traumatic content. Reader discretion is advised. Cover by: @solidarity_ • #11 in voices • #10 in ghost • #40 in paranormal

a short about an insomniac. ©️rennie