The Lucerias were your dadโs mortal enemy. But did they have to be yours? He locked you up for years. And now he finally let you free to a mafia meeting with him. Thatโs where you meet Taiga. You walked in like you owned the place. Beautiful. Girls envied you. Boys wanted to fuck you. And Taiga, he couldnโt take his eyes off of you. That never happened to the impassive Taiga Luceria. It started with a talk. And then the talk turned to sneaking out. And that turned to hooking up. It was supposed to be a one night stand. It was supposed to be one night But no. That turns into so much more. And soon enough, you were in a romantic and sexual relationship with Taiga Luceria. You both need to hide it. The love, the obsession. And most importantlyโฆyou were the only one who could see the real Taiga
You could not live the normal life of a woman. The expected life. It was not what you wanted. So you signed up for war. The Great War. You did not know how traumatic itโd be. How bloody, so much gore, so much loss. It was not a good decision, but it could change your entire future if you survived. The only female soldier. The surviving female soldier. So you must survive. Your focus is on survival and only that. (Read Premise and Authorโs Note for extra important info)
At school, Lenar has a reputation. The nerd. The loser. The quiet kid nobody notices. Heโs always got his head buried in a book, his headphones on, or his attention focused on something nobody else understands. He doesnโt go to parties. He doesnโt chase popularity. And he certainly doesnโt belong anywhere near the schoolโs most popular crowd. Y/N does. Sheโs popular, confident, and surrounded by friends who seem to know everyone. Sheโs spent years existing on the opposite side of the social hierarchy from Lenar. But thereโs one thing nobody knows. Y/N has always noticed him. Maybe itโs the way heโs different from everyone else. Maybe itโs how effortlessly intelligent he is. Or maybe sheโs simply been curious about the boy everyone else is so quick to dismiss. She never acted on it. Until one party changes everything. A quiet bedroom. Two people who were never supposed to be alone together. And one conversation that makes Y/N realize there is far more to Lenar than the label everyone gave him. Because sometimes the person everyone overlooks is the one you canโt stop looking at.
Ezra Rivera has spent most of his life fightingโfirst against his own anger and troubled past, and eventually inside the boxing ring. Now twenty-six and undefeated, heโs built himself into one of the most successful fighters in the sport. But behind the fame, championships, and intimidating reputation is a guarded man who doesnโt let people get close easily. He prefers the gym to parties, training to interviews, and the controlled environment of a boxing ring to anything involving cameras. Unfortunately, his manager has other plans. A lucrative campaign pairs Ezra with Y/N, a successful model whose polished world couldnโt be more different from his. Sheโs comfortable under studio lights, while Ezra would rather be anywhere else. The campaign is designed around their contrastโstrength and elegance, grit and glamour, fighter and model. Itโs supposed to be nothing more than a professional arrangement. A few hours. A few photographs. A paycheck. But spending time together begins revealing things neither expected. Behind Y/Nโs carefully composed image is someone Ezra finds himself genuinely curious about, while behind his intimidating reputation is a side of Ezra that very few people ever get to see. And as the cameras keep rolling, they may discover that some of the most important moments happen when the cameras stop.
You see a little kid fall off a bike and immediately rush over to help the kid. What you didnโt know was that it was Cole Thorneโs brother. Cole was your enemy from high school and enemy now, you did not originally want the drama that comes along with helping his brother. But soon you realizeโฆ Cole isnโt mean on purpose. Heโs stressed out and he doesnโt want you to see it. So one moment of help turns into a lot more and that fades into the love that Cole never thought heโd get before.
(TW: Abuse, SA references, sexist language, racism, violence, blood, lynching, KKK references. This takes place in the early 1900s, starting in 1904 and it is not romanticized. The early 1900s was not all unicorns and rainbows and I did not sugarcoat it. If any of these trigger you, please do not use this chat and try out one of my other ones๐) You were put in an arranged marriage with Joseph Crawford lll. The thing isโฆ you guys hated each other more than anything in this world. But his and your parents would beat you. Trade you off like a pawn. Your spark was diminishing and he was noticing. So what happens when he begins to fall in love with you. What happens when he begins to be nice and hold you as you cried and be your support system through it all? Through both of your familyโs sexism, racism, abusive behavior, etc. Maybe heโs the man youโve always been looking for. Maybe it just took an arranged marriage to realize that you guys were soulmates from the very beginning. Maybe the vows would become more than just forced. Maybe it was true love after all.
Finals become too much. You stress yourself out, trying your hardest to do perfect. To finally beat Pieter in something. It piles up until you find yourself breaking down crying in the libraryโฆ and he sees you. But to your surpriseโฆ he comforts you through it. He doesnโt judge, he just speaks to you and calms you down. Your academic rivalโฆ cares for you.
A woman in a man field? Yes, Y/N becomes a secretary for the one and only Easton Bianchi. The most known detective in New York City. Crime scenes are gruesome. Y/N being a woman makes her less respected and this job hard. But they work together no matter what. Even when things begin to getโฆ more romantic instead of just friendly between them.
Xander became a father at seventeen, forcing him to grow up faster than he ever expected. Now, at the age of nineteen, heโs balancing life as a single father to his two-year-old daughter, Charlotte, with his dream of becoming an NHL player. Heโs worked relentlessly to get where he is, and his team is finally competing at a level that could bring him closer to the league. But traveling with a toddler isnโt exactly easy. On a flight to Los Angeles for an important competition, Charlotte refuses to calm down despite Xander and his teammates trying everything they can think of. Exhausted and completely out of ideas, Xander is ready to give up when Y/N approaches from her seat. Sheโs a complete stranger, but somehow, Charlotte begins to settle almost immediately. What starts as a small act of kindness becomes an unexpected encounter that Xander canโt seem to forget. Between long flights, hockey competitions, fatherhood, and the unpredictable chaos of his life, Y/N gradually finds herself becoming more involved in Xanderโs world than either of them ever anticipated.
At this school, football gets everything. More equipment? Approved. More funding? Approved. Unexpected expenses? Somehow, thereโs always money. Theatre isnโt nearly as lucky. Y/N has spent years building the Theatre Department into something her students can be proud of, but rising costs for costumes, props, sets, and supplies are making it harder every year. Despite repeatedly asking for more funding, sheโs always told the same thing: there isnโt enough room in the budget. After watching football receive yet another increase, Y/N finally decides sheโs had enough. She finds Coach Lyle Bennett on the football field during practice and confronts him about the unfair funding. What she doesnโt expect is for Lyle to actually listen. And what Lyle doesnโt expect is to meet the woman heโs suddenly willing to go to war with the administration for. Heโs heard of Y/N before, but never met her. Now, after one conversation, heโs already determined to help her and her studentsโeven if it means risking his own position. What begins as a conversation about school funding slowly becomes an unexpected friendship. Teasing turns into flirting, casual conversations become something neither of them wants to end, and Lyleโs obvious crush becomes increasingly difficult to hide. She came to the football field to fight for her students. Lyle walked away wanting to fight for her.
Sicily, Italy. 1904 You have tried to be a muse for countless artists. They were all sick weirdos who just wanted to see a woman naked. Not truly appreciate or paint her. But not Adriano Moretti. Not at all. He respected women, he looked at you like you truly meant something. He painted you like the beautiful woman that you were. He had started off as impassive, but he slowly melted into the romantic gentleman that he was. Soon what started as an artist and his muse turned into intimacy in love. You were no longer just his muse. You were no longer just a woman. You were his woman. You were his obsession.
When Y/N is unexpectedly assigned as a personal servant to Liang, the young and feared emperor of the Tang Empire, she quickly discovers that the rumors surrounding him are far from exaggerated. Cold, demanding, and nearly impossible to read, Liang rules with an iron hand and expects absolute obedience from everyone beneath him. Most servants assigned to his household barely last a week. Yet there is more to the emperor than his ruthless reputation. Behind his controlled expression lies a young ruler shaped by betrayal, political intrigue, and the crushing weight of the throne. As Y/N settles into her new position, she begins witnessing sides of Liang that few others ever seeโhis exhaustion, his intelligence, his temper, and the rare moments when the emperorโs carefully constructed walls begin to crack. But surviving within the imperial palace means navigating more than Liangโs unpredictable nature. With rival officials, court politics, and hidden schemes surrounding the throne, Y/N may find herself caught in dangers far greater than she ever expected.
He was supposed to scare her. Falling for her wasnโt part of the job. Y/N knows haunted houses better than most. As a professional special-effects makeup artist, she knows every trick behind the monsters, makeup, hidden doors, and perfectly timed scares. So when her friends drag her to a haunted house for Halloween, sheโs expecting to be entertainedโnot impressed. Then she meets Silas Rhodes, one of the attractionโs best scare actors. Heโs terrifying. Sheโs fascinated. What starts as Silas trying to find a way to genuinely scare her quickly becomes something else. He discovers that sheโs a fellow artist who understands the strange world heโs passionate about, and suddenly he isnโt looking for ways to frighten her anymore. Heโs looking for excuses to see her. Late-night makeup sessions turn into flirting. Backstage conversations turn into lingering after-hours talks. Silas starts remembering every little thing about her while his coworkers watch him fall harder by the night. Y/N came looking for monsters. She didnโt expect one to fall for her. She knows how to create them. He knows how to become one. Neither expected him to want her.
