Newyorkcity Stories

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Anastasia Cortés grows up surrounded by beauty and expectation, known for her looks but defined by her independence. While the world wonders why she stays single, the truth is quieter. Her past relationships have shown her that love often comes with conditions, taking pieces of herself she isn't willing to give up again. She's focused on building a life, a career, and a future on her own terms, making her untouchable not because she can't love, but because she refuses to lose herself. Hudson Williams, a fast-rising and lovable actor, sees her once and understands she is not someone to chase or change. Instead, he meets her where she is, never asking her to be anything less than independent. Slowly, something shifts, not because she needs him, but because he never tries to claim her. Their story becomes a quiet kind of love, one that doesn't take away her freedom, but exists alongside it. HUDSON WILLIAMS X ORIGINAL CHARACTER ➸ social media, traditional ➸ lowercase intended ⊱ 03.29.2026 - 00.00.2026 ⊰ - 2026 @𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

Wesley Moran is terrible at being evil. Unfortunately for him, he's expected to take over his father's supervillain empire. When the mean girl at his high school discovers his secret alter ego as the Phantom, a bargain is struck up - evil lessons, in exchange for pretending to date as revenge on Iris's ex boyfriend, who just so happens to be the Phantom's rival. But as tensions brew between an anti-superpower political party that involves Iris's father, a rising rogue villain, and Iris's own developing abilities, their high school drama soon becomes the tip of the iceberg in a world of not overcoming evil, but outdoing it. [BOOK 1 IN THE VILLAINOUS VIRTUES SERIES]

Rule #1: Don't get caught. Rule #2: Don't get stabbed. Rule #3: Don't let the fire out. Alex Ashbourne just broke all three. When a botched poker game leads to a deadly encounter with the Foot Clan, Alex's secret is out. Rescued by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, she finds herself caught between a past she's trying to forget and a power she can't control. In the shadows of NYC, the hidden heat is rising and it's a total game-changer. ---------------------------------------------------------- Based on the 2012 TMNT series. I own nothing but my OC's and their backstories.

When Emily and her husband move into a mansion on Inwood Hill, she expects a quiet new beginning. The house was once a "reformation home" for troubled women. But the women weren't reformed. They were silenced. As she digs deeper, she begins to see them-glimpses of former performers in feathered headdresses and Vaudeville makeup, dancing between the walls, whispering warnings through the wallpaper. The past isn't haunting her. It's recruiting her. When the glamour and violence of the mansion's hidden history bleed into the present, she must uncover what happened to the women locked here before her... before the house decides she belongs to it too. A dark, atmospheric psychological horror blending feminist revenge, burlesque allure, and the ghosts of Vaudeville. Everything in this house was designed to correct her. But she wasn't built to be corrected.

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬." Cheryl Blossom. A 23 year old who just got out of a relationship with the girl she thought she would marry. They were highschool sweethearts, had a small business together and even a house, but unfortunately for Cheryl...everything was in her exes name. Now, looking for new experiences and opportunities, her and her friends move to New York City, the city of dreams. Here, she lands an interview at Topaz Fashion, a famous fashion brand who specializes in women's clothing. This company is owned and ran by none other than Toni Topaz. A 27 year old who dreamed of making a company that had clothes for all shapes and sizes of women since she was 13 and unable to find the exact clothing type she wanted. It's the fifth year since opening and the company has taken off. Unfortunately with popularity, comes work overload. So with a lot of convincing for her coworkers, she decides to start the hunt for an assistant. A few background checks and hours of pros and cons list later, she decides to interview Cheryl Blossom. Little did they both know how much one interview and destiny would change their lives for the better. 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒: - 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜 - 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝟔+) Published: March 15th, 2026 Ended: ??

In this modern retelling of the classic Cinderella tale set in NYC, Adira Destiny is an orphaned artist living with her vain stepmother and introverted stepsisters who dreams of escaping her mundane life. Through a series of events, including a prestigious art contest and a mysterious benefactor, Adira's artistic talent and inner strength lead her to a transformative journey where she ultimately finds her own path to happiness and success.

Jennie Manson hated the city more than words could tell, but after finally getting the job of her dreams there, she is forced to completely alter the life she knew and loved. After moving in with her childhood best friend, Monica Geller, her life is flipped upside down with 7 new friends by her side. What will happen as she begins to have feelings for one of the new friends and must adjust to the city? - A Friends Fan-Fiction w/ two new characters - OC x Chandler, OC x Joey, & OC × Phoebe - All rights reserved to creators of Friends (obviously, minus the OC's) -

Book 2 of the "Shatter Me" CSI series (my very 1st "series" so I have to figure out how to turn it into one via the "series" tab) which doesn't follow the CSI: Miami story but quite a bit of it is similar mainly my OC's life story this one has a different love interest and the OC has a different look and in this version I'm going to use a different spelling of her name Zariyah instead of Zariah description of story in first chapter I may use some of the words in my CSI: Miami Horatio romance description for it as well so if it starts to sound the same it's because it slightly is ;-) Though I should warn you ⚠️Mac Taylor may end up OOC (out of character) but I wanted to ATTEMPT making the story anyway this is my first time watching the show and I had only watched from the Piolet episode to Season 2 Episode 17 and now I'm starting over so I can attempt to ruin Mac and Co with love.... I mean write this story 😅 I will be starting at the end of Season 1 Episode 1 Blink and trying to figure out how to work my OC in from there for unlike "Shatter Me" CSI: Miami (my Horatio Caine romance book) she will not be working within the Police Department in any way⚠️

A girl finds her whole different life in the new city. Her everything changes...there. For good or not let's see.

The older man held a coffee cup within his grasp. "You're doing undercover work, Carter." The younger officer flexed his brow. "Respectfully, sir. I'm not an undercover operative." "Well from today on you are." ~~~ Ryan Carter, a police officer patrolling the streets of New York City, finds himself submerged within a world the academy could never of trained nor prepared him for. When a fierce gang begins to spill out and infest the city streets of Little Italy, Manhattan. Ryan may need the help of someone - rather a woman - whom is attempting to sustain a new and bright future for herself. Sophie Aston, a woman surviving bloodied streets, wants a way out of the life she found herself stuck in. For the good of her mother and for the good of herself, this is something she must do. But how exactly? She will soon discover the answer but she will not discover it on her own. First Responder Series: Two Nowadays_ © 2026.

She was the fire he couldn't touch. He was the storm she couldn't escape. When 17-year-old Sofia Esteves returns to New York after five years in Portugal, she's not the quiet, broken girl the headlines once mocked. She's sharper, colder-and dangerously beautiful. With secrets buried deep beneath her designer smile, Sofia wants nothing but to start over. But starting over gets complicated when she runs into Emil Gusev-her twin brother's best friend and her sworn enemy. Emil is everything Sofia despises: arrogant, heartless, and breathtakingly magnetic. With his Russian blood and brutal charm, he's the king of the school and the only one immune to her ice. Except he's not. Underneath their venomous banter and heated glances lies something neither of them is ready for-obsession. As tension blurs into desire, secrets unravel, and past wounds resurface Sofia and Emil find themselves locked in a dangerous game of love and war. But when betrayal, trauma, and an old enemy return to destroy everything, will Emil still be the one to dominate her heart-or will he shatter it beyond repair? Enemies. Lovers. Survivors. In a world built on power, pain, and passion-only the strongest hearts survive. ---

She writes about love for a living. She's never been in it. Sadie Monroe is the voice behind Haven magazine's most-read column - the one where 340,000 strangers trust her to make sense of their hearts. She's good at it. Suspiciously good, actually, for a woman whose most intimate relationship is with her midnight deadlines and a cup of jasmine tea that's been reheated twice. Then a stranger hands her his scarf on a cold November night and walks away without a word. Cole Harmon designs buildings that make people feel things - and spends the rest of his time making sure no one does the same to him. He's guarded. Precise. The kind of man who notices you don't take sugar in your coffee and remembers a comment you don't remember making. He leaves anonymous evidence on her desk when someone steals her work. A lamp with her doorman on her worst deadline. Takeout from an Ohio diner when her career falls apart. He never once takes credit. She writes about vulnerability for strangers. He builds walls for a living. And the thing neither of them is prepared for is this: the most terrifying architecture isn't made of steel and glass. It's the space between two people who are learning - slowly, stubbornly, one misbuttoned coat at a time - that the bravest thing you can do is stay. 🏷️ slow burn · he falls first · anonymous acts of love · grumpy-sunshine · New York City · "who gave you permission to matter to me" 📖 Read the full novel on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTPXMMF5

Beth Reynolds is running on three hours of sleep, a dying phone, and a very precarious subway coffee... until the train lurches and she dumps the whole thing on a ridiculously hot stranger. Then she shows up late to the biggest callback of her modeling career and realizes the "coffee guy" is Chris Martinez - her co-model for the shoot. The one she has to get half-naked with. Maybe kiss. For the camera. On set, the chemistry is real enough to make the photographer cry. Off set? Chris is sweet, steady, and somehow still sends mixed signals that make Beth feel like she's losing her mind and her oracle cards aren't helping. So Beth does what any anxious romantasy girl with catastrophic impulse control would do: she buys a love spell on Etsy. And after that... everything she's been dreaming about starts happening. Except now she can't stop wondering: did he choose her... or did she pay for him?

This story is a Combination of Work with Dark Romance, between Adrian Wolfe, CEO of Wolfe Industries NYC & Elara Quinn, a girl trying to survive NYC.

"𝙂𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣, 𝙢𝙖𝙣... 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙡.." Male OC X Sabrina Carpenter Real Life AU

Avengers Found Family. Maternal Natasha Romanoff. Hailey Potter has never belonged-not in the cupboard under the stairs, not in Hogwarts, and certainly not in the home of an Avenger and the deadliest assassin. The summer before her third year, she escapes the Dursleys-but she can't escape the scars they left behind. Sent to live with Natasha Romanoff, a woman she has never met, Hailey finds herself in an unfamiliar world of covert missions, redacted pasts, and...a loving family? Natasha has spent her entire life being no one's family, being trained to cut every attachment at the throat. But now, with a niece she never knew she had, who is far too stubborn, far too broken, and unfortunately far too much like herself How do you protect someone who has never been protected? Spanning from the Prisoner of Azkaban to the Battle of Hogwarts & Endgame with PLENTY of Avengers fluff and twists. (Detailed summaries by act/year available inside.) *I suck at summaries but give it a try because it is a satisfying happy ending*

One night in the opulent Suite 1808 of The St. Regis New York, Zoe Carter,a sharp-witted reader of trashy CEO novels, wakes up to her worst nightmare: she's no longer herself. She's been thrust into the body of Emily Miller, the doomed cannon fodder character in "Manhattan's Ice King," the very novel she just finished deriding. Trapped in the opening act of a scandal meticulously orchestrated by the venomous socialite Isabelle Thorne, Emily knows the script: public humiliation, ruin, and a swift, tragic exit. But this new Emily isn't playing by the book. Armed with her meta-knowledge of the plot, a twenty-first-century attitude, and a fierce will to survive, she's determined to flip the script on her predetermined fate. Forced into a sham engagement with the novel's infuriatingly handsome and glacially cold protagonist, billionaire CEO Alexander Sterling, Emily must navigate the treacherous waters of Manhattan's elite. As she dodges Isabelle's devious schemes and delivers satisfying comeuppance to those who underestimated her, she starts to derail the original storyline in ways she never predicted. But changing the plot comes with its own dangers. The lines between fiction and reality blur, and Alexander, the "by-the-book" CEO, finds himself increasingly captivated by this new, unpredictable Emily who defies his every expectation. As hidden agendas unravel and the "secret" of Suite 1808 proves to be far more sinister than the novel let on, Emily must decide if she can trust the man she once dismissed as a mere character. Can a cannon fodder character truly rewrite her destiny, outsmart a master manipulator, and find an unexpected love in a world designed to be her downfall? Or will the original author always have the final say?

Rapunzel is hurt and needs to get away from her past. Her mother was an abusive single parent and her friends only found out about it when she was 18. Now out of her mother's evil hands Rapunzel lives in her best friend Merida's guest room. Although she has a loving boyfriend (Jack) and great friends (Hiccup, Elsa, Anna Merida) Rapunzel still walks around Burgess afraid. Rapunzel does the only thing to do. Leave. Leave her friends. Leave her loving boyfriend Jack. And Leave Burgess. Knowing that her friends and boyfriend can't come with her because they all have lives in Burgess. Rapunzel goes alone to New York City for a new life. But, what she will fall into in New York City is way worse than anything back at home with the comfort of Jack and her friends. Jack and Rapunzel are now a long distance apart and beleive they can't love each other, but can they?

Book One of the Promise Me Series. "What?" I asked him, too shocked to say anything else. "Promise me we won't fall in love." Chase and Ariana were best friends for as long as they could remember. It was Ariana's first day of public school when she met Chase and they instantly became friends. Four years after they had become friends, Ariana goes through a tragic event, leaving her crushed. What happens when two years later after Ariana is crushed, Chase leaves? Chase makes Ariana promise something that she thought she could live up to, but in the end, does she? When Chase comes back, do things become different between the two? This story was originally by @chaseydaveport, however they stopped writing this story. They have given me permission to continue their story. No copyright is intended. Copyright © 2015 HakunaDivergentOkay. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed "Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at this address : hakunadivergentokay@gmail.com

"are you really him?" "yes, i'm really micalangelo and yes i did actually sleep with magnus." "woah." magnus mentioned him once, but alec never gave it much thought until he came crashing into their lives [ shadowhunters season one - ? ] [ alec lightwood x michelangelo ]