[2022 WATTYS SHORTLISTED!] [WATTPAD EDITORS' CHOICE] Riley Axford has it all figured out: Temptr, the new app which claims to tell you the identity of your soulmate, is bullshit and its creator, Decker Lord, is single-handedly destroying society as we know it. Riley has first-hand knowledge -- his parents are divorcing because his dad used the app, and his girlfriend, Chloe, is the loudest anti-Temptr activist on the internet. Riley proudly produces her podcast, and feels like they're doing a good thing for the world. But when Decker Lord's son, Noah, enrolls at his school and Riley falls in love with him at first sight, his black and white world becomes full of shades of gray. Soulmates are real, and Riley has found his. Getting in between Decker Lord and his son sets Riley on the path to discovering a deadly secret in the Lord family's past and the sinister truth about Decker Lord's tech empire. ***Top Rank: #1 in bxb***

Important Note: This is an old version. A new version to fit my series, Final Reckoning will be uploaded, but still enjoy this one :D Thomas Haynes, a 17 year old teenager in his last year of high school. He's the average teenager. You know, the agile yet non athletic guy, and this is his last time moving. When he was younger as a child, his family moved a lot because of money troubles, mostly from the way the economy is right now. And the economy is pretty screwed up at the moment. Even though he may be the average teenager, he has a secret about himself. He's gay, I know. Pretty shocking, right? How will he survive school staying in the closet? Especially when he meets a guy who he likes, who turns out to be a jock, but not a typical jock as everybody thinks, yet a jock who has their own secrets. He's going to know that being with a Jock isn't so easy as he figuratively expected. A little fame, a little recognition, that alone isn't going to help Thomas with his grade twelve year as a new student. Being With A Jock, what possibilities could there be?

19 year old Xavier Matthews is the new kid in college. It's his first day, and he has never had luck making friends, until he meets the college Quarterback. 20 year old Alexander Sanchez is the Quarterback for his college. He is a sophomore and single. He has always had girls begging to be with him, but he has a secret. What will happen between Xavier and Alexander? What is Alexander's secret? Will someone expose his secret? Read to find out.

∆{COMPLETED as of December 25th}∆ Finnick (Finn) Harrison is going to be a lawyer. No arguments, no ifs, ands, or buts. That is where his life is headed. His parents had it planned for him. He would not be a disappointment. Axel Tomas is a dream oriented actor journeying his way into the world of theatre. He believes in happiness, and that there's no point in living your life for someone else. When these two boys are paired into the same dorm room, Finn's whole life plan is turned upside down, as well as the things he thought he knew about himself. ∆°WARNING: UNEDITED. EDITED CHAPTERS WILL HAVE A CHECK MARK IN THE CHAPTER TITLE (✓)°∆ 157 in #nyc (29/5/18) 23 in #nyc (24/4/19)

[✓] [Now on Patreon] When a terrible plague strikes the city of Alkaya, Royal Chef Neveshir must attempt forbidden blood-magic in order to save his home, his people, and the Shah he isn't meant to love. ... Royal Chef Neveshir Sevelin is a Karán: a man born with dangerous magic running through his veins. Like all Maker-touched, he can use fire to transmute, but only Karán have the power to kill with it. Though most Karán spend their careers bound in service on the war-front, Neveshir has sworn off killing. He roams free in Alkaya where he uses his talents to craft culinary masterpieces for his former shieldmate and dearest friend, Shah Melík Saf Kanh, ruler of all Esenia. When a terrible disease breaks out in the city, however, Neveshir is asked to revisit the powerful magic he hasn't used in decades -- a request that has the Maker's Guild up in arms. Neveshir can't blame them. He knows what he is: a poison-blood who was Maker-made to take lives, not save them. Then Melík falls ill. The disease spreads beyond the Guild's ability to control, showing a malevolence that defies medicine and forces Neveshir to consider more extreme measures. In order to discover the source of the disease, transmute a cure, and save the man he's not supposed to love, Neveshir must overcome his fear of his own nature -- before it's too late. ... The Dark Arm of the Maker is a complete Dark Fantasy / Romance novel of 95k words with gay, bi, asexual, and non-binary characters. The romance is between two men. Read on for: found family, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance, self-acceptance, a snarky MC, and things getting set on fire. ... [Round One Winner: Open Novella Contest. Now revised and expanded.]

LIFE IS ALL BUT A FAIRYTALE IN WAITING In which Beau Minders inability to think for himself lands him in legal hot water, and the only way for him to drag himself back to safety is in playing the lead role in his local town play alongside the very distracting, and very emotionally confusing, Spencer Fox. 25-09-2019 to XX-XX-XX

Theo Darsett is in his third year of university. Everything is going generally well. His grades are good, he has a great group of friends, and even has a part time job at the local bakery. Well, there may be one issue. He's got a fake girlfriend, and he's gay. Theo has been comfortably living under the disguise of being straight for a few years now, but that turns upside down when a ridiculously attractive man walks into the bakery. A ridiculously attractive man that has an amazing personality that seems to like Theo too. Will their relationship prevail? Or fall to the struggles around them? Started October 2018 Completed April 2019

In the town of Beach City, where the Crystal Gems and Steven Universe resides- there's a shop dubbed the 'Big Donut' where teenagers named Lars and Sadie work. Over the past few months, the two have been pulled into wacky adventures with Steven, bringing the two closer. But with Lars' loner and cocky personality it's hard for the two to get along, or at least at first. Read 'Larsadie' to find out how the two will grow together as friends, or possibly more.

𝙵𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜-𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛-𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚜 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆ ╰┈➤ "You're just mad because you have to deal with me," I whispered, the words slipping out before I could stop them. "You have to be responsible for me. I'm just a burden." Cole's voice was quiet but firm coming from next to me. "Flo, that's not true. You're not a burden. We're just... worried about you. This isn't who you are." I could feel his eyes on me, searching for a connection, something to make me see reason, but all I felt was anger bubbling up inside me. "Yeah, well... I'm sorry for that," I said, my voice wavering. "Maybe you'd all be better off without me." Book 1: The Edge of Family ✔️ Book 2: Back from the Edge

Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.