The story of how I fell in love for the first time all over again.
- Young Hearts 2024 fanfic -
Alexander is a 14 years old boy, who moves from Brussels to a small Belgian village with his father and sister. Despite having to face a lot of changes, like going to a new school, parting from his affections, getting used to the life in the countryside, he keeps his positive and free spirit, which makes him the charismatic friend everyone wants to be around.
There is one person, to whom he can't prevent himself from showing his fears and fragilities, one person, in whose presence he can't help but being his most authentic self. To Elias, he feels connected in a way he has never been with anyone else before. As this feeling grows inside his heart, Alex gets to experience new sensations, which will challenge him to strengthen his believes.
A coming of age, friends to lovers type of story, but not quite, as there is never a true shift from friendship to romance, for the two coexist since the moment the boys' eyes meet.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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