Maya Bishop, a 16-year-old track athlete, is the best runner at her school. What she doesn't realize is that her father's "unconventional" coaching methods are actually a form of abuse. Pushed beyond her limits as both an athlete and a teenager, Maya believes she's found a way to manage the pain without her father's noticing. That is, until Carina DeLuca, a 17-year-old transfer student from Italy, arrives at her school.
Carina DeLuca, a talented dancer, moved to America hoping that escaping her bipolar father would help heal the damage done to her body. But the emotional scars linger, manifesting in new ways. Even in a different country, she can't outrun her past. Her obsession with self-discipline nearly breaks her, until one day she meets Maya, and for the first time, the constant noise in her head begins to quiet.
Carlisle Cullen x OC
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Where a girl leaves England to start a new life away from all of the pain from her past. Not knowing that the move to Forks will be a drastic change to the world that she was familiar with.
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Where a handsome doctor who on the surface appears to be living a regular life, is hiding a deep secret which makes the girl reconsider everything she had ever known.
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Ellen Fairfax is a shy girl who moves to Forks as an escape from the tragedy of her past. When she meets Carlisle Cullen she realises that there is more to her past than she initially thought.
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Warning: Mature themes, this story will contain light smut later on.
Started: 23/2/25
Finished:
~hystericallyrose