Leo is quiet, careful, and always watching the exits. Maddie is loud, steady, and impossible to ignore. Their connection isn't instant-but it's real. And when life starts to unravel, it's Maddie who stays. Even when Leo pushes her away. Especially then. This is a story about falling in love for the first time when your heart is still learning how to beat. About finding safety in someone else's hands... and daring to believe you deserve it. Story Snippet: ---- Then her voice floated out, light and casual: "Leo?" He looked up. The door cracked open a little, steam curling out, and Maddie peeked through-cheeks flushed from the heat, water dripping from the ends of her hair and trailing down the slope of her collarbone. She wasn't holding a towel. She wasn't really holding anything. Just leaned in the doorway, chin tilted up, the corner of her lip quirked slightly. "Can you grab my towel?" she asked, almost too casually. "I left it on the bed." His heart stuttered. "Uh-yeah. Yeah, of course." He scrambled up. "And my clothes? The ones I left out." Her voice lowered just a little, almost teasing. "Also... do you have a zip-up I can borrow?" He found himself nodding before he could think, already pulling the folded towel into his hands, then her clothes-still neatly laid out like she'd planned it. He grabbed her skincare pouch from the nightstand too. Last thing she'd want was to forget that. Then he paused at his duffel, rifling through until he found one of his hoodies. The grey one. Oversized. Definitely too big on her, which suddenly made his brain short-circuit even more. He knocked lightly on the doorframe. "Got everything." "Come in a little," she murmured from behind the door, cracking it open just an inch more. "Just... don't look." ---- - Content Warnings: emotional abuse, coercion, trauma recovery, PTSD, healing after SA - 70,000-210,00 words in total - BOOK 2 IS CONFIRMED!!!!! (cover pic is from pinterest)

Theodore James is a tired boy, not just in the sense of lack of sleep, but emotionally and mentally. Always overthinking everything despite what he looks to most. Aniston Christian is a sweet girl, being kind to everyone and always trying to bring others together. Wanting only to understand everyone and be there for them. She stays with him, even when he doesn't know he needs her. Their connection isn't comparatively unique, but it's a connection built upon safety; seeing not only the flaws but the realist most genuine versions of themselves. Excerpt: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> He fidgets with his hands, his eyes unable to reach hers of clarity, of understanding. She rests her hand on his drawing his attention unbeknownst to even himself. "You can be yourself around me Theo, you know that right?" "I want to know all of 𝘠𝘰𝘶, not just the you others want to see. I want to see the rawest and realest version of you." His heartbeat is deep and rapid, his lungs gasping for air that it already has. His eyes meet hers, her blue eyes like a deep ocean full of life. Sparkling with a version of her only ever seen now by him. The expression on her face makes him shiver, She sees right past it, Shes seen every shape of him. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Started: 03/15/26 Ended: Not quite yet

Brooke Whitmore has everything-perfect friends, amazing looks, high social status. She's living every teen girl's dream. But behind her popular facade, she's just a girl who's tired of this constant performance. Rhys Calder is a loser. A geek. A dork. A nerd. He scores perfectly on every exam and has the highest average in all his classes. With his messy hair and glasses, he's nothing special. Rhys has always had a thing for Brooke, so when the queen of Cambridge High School starts failing chemistry, the teacher assigns the highest-scoring student to tutor her. The highest-scoring student happens to be Rhys. Somewhere between late-night chemistry chats, and detailed explanations on chemical bonds, Brooke finds herself falling for the nerd, while Rhys discovers the real Brooke.

He never meant to blackmail her. He just didn't know how else to make her see him. Justin's invisible at school: it's online he spends his nights gaming with people who actually get him. Zelda's the opposite: a flawless and admired cheerleader, but it's all an act. When Justin stumbles across her secret - that the perfect girl everyone worships is actually a geeky gamer -, he does something stupid. Now, he's determined to prove he isn't the bad guy she thinks he is. But getting close to Zelda means pulling her deeper into the world she's tried so hard to hide... A slow-burn YA romance about secrets, loneliness, and the people we become when we finally let our guards down. UPDATED EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

*Destined to Be series book one. Not necessary to read Book one before book two.* Achievements: #1 in Lesbianromance [August 14th, 2019] #4 in Lesbian [September 30th, 2019] #5 in GirlxGirl [August 26, 2019] Avery has had a tough life, a very tough life. She feels like the universe is forever against her. And never thought that, even after everything she's endured, she would ever get her 'Happily Ever After'. Then one day she thinks it may be possible. The woman she had been in love with for years, finally returns her feelings. Avery was finally happy, the woman she loved so much for so long, finally loved her back. Her 'Happily Ever After' was within reach. At least that's what she thought, until the woman managed to shatter Avery's already broken heart into a million pieces. Months later, the wound still fresh, she packs up her stuff and moves back to the city where she was born. She thinks being in a different city and reconnecting with her childhood best friend, will help her heal. But, nothing seems to change at all. At least not until one night about 2 months later. Her friend drags her to a club. To get her friend off her back, she finds a girl to pick up. She expected for it to be a one night stand and that was it but she desperately wants to see the woman again. And she ends up getting her wish but the next time they see each other it's in one of the most unexpected of situations. Just when she was starting to think that she might be able to be happy again, it all goes to crap. Her life seems to be a never ending string of heart break. Maybe the whole universe really is against her. Warning: This story's going to get a bit dark/depressing. And even though it's clearly labeled as such but I still feel I need to say this is a mature girlxgirl story so there will be sex. Also don't read if you have a problem w/ the word fuck because I use it quite liberally.

Kael never wanted to come to Lysena: a prosperous matriarchal world where women hold social power and men are expected to know their place. But when his family's transport ship is forced to make an emergency stop, they find themselves stranded in a society that challenges everything Kael believes about freedom, authority, attraction, and what it means to be a man. Far from home, Kael struggles to adapt to life on Lysena. He hates the rules. He hates the attention. Most of all, he hates Sari: sharp-tongued, clever, and impossible to ignore. She seems to take endless pleasure in flustering him, turning every conversation into a game he can never quite win. But the more Kael resists her, the more tangled their rivalry becomes. Every tease, every challenge, every brush of her hand leaves him unsettled in ways he doesn't understand. And when surrender begins to feel less like defeat and more like desire, Kael is forced to confront a truth he never expected: Maybe he doesn't want to escape Lysena after all. He swore he'd never bend. She swore she'd make him hers.

She wasn't supposed to see me. But somehow... she saw everything. After a car accident steals her parents, Elena moves in with her aunt and tries to exist quietly. She doesn't want attention. She doesn't want trouble. She just wants to survive senior year without breaking again. Then she bumps into Sloane Harwood-and suddenly survival looks a lot like change. Sloane's perfect world shattered the day her father died. Since then, she's mastered silence, control, distance. Everyone sees the queen; no one sees the girl holding the crown with shaking hands. Until Elena arrives-and sees more than she should.

Parker always told people she got the bruises from fights-- and she did fight, so they believed her. She didn't want to be a bully, but she was so angry at the world, so desperate to prove herself, that she felt violence was her only respite. Her last tutor quit, and in need of a new one, she impulsively enlists nerdy August Knowles as her replacement, and it's not like he could refuse. Parker Raine was dangerous, brutish, and unrelenting-- and he was none of those things. Unfortunately for him, that's exactly why she wants him.

Brandon Carter is the quiet, kind-hearted tutor everyone trusts with their secrets-and their grades. Anya Cruz? She's the rebel with a motorcycle, ripped jeans, and a reputation for breaking rules and hearts. They couldn't be more different. But one shared detention changes everything. Thrown together in an empty classroom under the watchful eye of Mr. Drell, sparks fly when the school's most chaotic beauty meets its most reliable bookworm. Tutoring sessions were supposed to be just that-innocent. But Anya has other plans, and Brandon? He's not as innocent as he looks. He fell first. She fell harder. Now they're spiraling into something neither of them can control. Posts twice a week; Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Luca prefers the shadows-the quiet corner of the classroom, the sidelines of the field, and the solitude of his thoughts. Transferred to a new school under unclear circumstances, he keeps his distance from everyone. Life is easier that way. No connections, no risks, no pain. But Alya, the ever-cheerful class representative, isn't having it. She's determined to pull him out of his shell, breaking down his walls with her kindness and persistence. Slowly, Leon begins to trust her. Slowly, he begins to believe she might truly care. But people aren't always what they seem. As Alya gains Luca's trust, her sweetness begins to sour, and her true nature emerges-manipulative, cruel, and relentless. She takes control of his world, twisting it to suit her desires, leaving him trapped in a dangerous game of trust, betrayal, and power. In a world where kindness masks cruelty and solitude seems like salvation, Luca must decide how far he's willing to go to reclaim control of his life-or if he even wants to. Dark, twisted, and raw, Threads of Control explores the thin line between love and control, and what happens when the one person you trust becomes your tormentor.