In a rain-soaked night, Daisy Smith's world shatters as she discovers her boyfriend's betrayal. Heartbroken and lost, she stumbles upon a shocking scene: Xavier Nights, a stranger, a truck accident, what appears to be a deliberate and on purpose accident. Driven by instinct, Daisy saves him, but the encounter leaves Xavier with no memory of that night, only haunting fragments of grey gorgeous eyes and a gentle voice. Two months since that accident happened, xavier is consumed by the need to find the woman who saved him, the mysterious owner of those eyes and that voice that fill his dreams. The one he got obsessed with but he didn't know how obsessed he was... maybe love?
Fate, however, has a beautiful twist in store. When Xavier finally locates Daisy, their reunion is far from the fairytale he imagined. He discovers she's entangled in a web of his own life-her ex-boyfriend, the man who betrayed her, works at Xavier's company, and shockingly, the woman Rhys thompson cheated with is Xavier's own (forced) fiancée maria willson. Now, Xavier faces a heart-wrenching dilemma: protect the woman who saved him, or uphold the life he thought he wanted.
Xavier nights is also going through a disease that wants nothing but love and comfort that he couldn't have since his childhood. When he saw daisy again, to him she is like a ray of light, only source of love and comfort to his anxiety attacks.
"Stand By Me" is a slow-burn romance that weaves together tragedy, destiny, and the gentle warmth of true connection. As Xavier and Daisy navigate a world of hidden agendas and painful revelations, their journey from strangers to lovers is a roller coaster of emotions, proving that even in the darkest storms, love can blossom and heal the deepest wounds.
What happens when you fall in love while you're still breaking?
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 is officially at rock bottom. Her moods are unpredictable, her impulses reckless and healing feels like a mountain too steep to climb. She's forced to leave her wild and carefree university student life behind. June struggles to come to terms with her diagnosis. Finding herself living with estranged mother in a quiet and unfamiliar seaside town, where the silence makes everything louder.
𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞 knows what it means to lose someone slowly, and then all at once. Grief sharpened him into something rough. His tattoos are his armour, humour and charm his defences. He learned the hard way that loving someone sick can destroy you.
Together they are a wildfire. Intoxicating and comforting, finding refuge in each other. As their lives collide, the line between love and self destruction blurs. Healing and falling into old pattens are balancing a tight rope. Some wounds refuse to heal quietly.
"By the time you are reading this, I'm gone."
𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑?
A story about loving someone at their worst, and what that might cost.
- Slowburn angst
- Smut warning (and kink)
(𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞).
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