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Robin doesn't want to be a tutor. Tyler doesn't want to be tutored. So why are their tutoring sessions always running late?***After an illness-stricken childhood, Robin Erie struggles to free himself from his mother's suffocating embrace. Her plan for him is clear: he's to excel in school, take over his late father's business, and marry a suitable girl of her choosing.Initially, college life offers nothing different from Robin's controlled and monotonous existence. Not until he meets Tyler Caster, a former soccer prodigy who struggles with restraints of his own after an accident took his left leg and made him crutch-bound. Tyler's sweet smile makes Robin dream of freedom and excitement.Through a string of candy-filled tutoring sessions, Robin and Tyler grow close. Very close. Perhaps they're even flirting? Robin isn't sure, but he wants to find out. But he knows he can't let his mother find out about his bond with Tyler, since Robin has started to suspect that her influence over him might be more nefarious than he previously suspected.Will Robin be able to break free from his mother's shackles to explore his budding feelings for Tyler?…

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Araminta was called a witch. Now she's gone. And the last person who saw her is looking for answers.***Only Murders in The Building x Dead Boy Detectives***Two years ago, Araminta Green disappeared. Her neighbor and classmate Jordan Thompson was the last person who saw her, walking through a graveyard in the early morning hours.Jordan was intimidated by Araminta. With her pale-powdered face, black lips, spider-web eyeliner, and her love for tarot reading, it was no wonder that people speculated that Araminta was a witch. But Jordan was also intrigued by her dark aura, sensing that she may be as lonely as him. Maybe if he had reached out to her back then, she wouldn't be missing now.When Jordan is tasked with creating an investigative podcast for a college course, there is no question about which case he wants to delve into. With his cat Kiki as his co-pilot, Jordan sets off to answer the question of what happened to Araminta, even as his recordings constantly get disrupted by a cawing crow in the background. Following the trail of Araminta, Jordan discovers truths both about his missing classmate and himself, because while he hasn't vanished he is definitely lost as well. Will he be able to find both himself and Araminta?***An ONC novella using prompt #81: The town's witch has gone missing and no one is looking for her but her two familiars - a crow and a black cat, plus the teen who has always been scared of her.…

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One Midsummer night. Two girls. Seven flowers. Once the night is over, everything has changed.***This is an entry for the 2024 Shortys Awards.Credit to @furusato_ for the lovely cover!…

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Tristan is a Quiz Bowl star. Vyrsa is from the stars. But is their interstellar romance written in the stars?***Following a successful heist on a rival planet, Princess Vyrsa just needs to step through the Portal of Wishes to be brought straight back to her home planet Isola. But when Vyrsa steps through the portal, she finds herself on Earth, a primitive planet in a forgotten corner of the universe, with no means to return home.After having spent the night studying for an upcoming Astronomy test, galaxies, planets, and asteroids are on Tristan Conway's mind as he drifts into dreams. So he's unfazed when a strange glittering woman suddenly appears in his dorm room, convinced she's nothing but a figment of his imagination. When he finds her in his kitchen the next morning, eating his textbooks and befriending his cat, he's not so sure anymore.With no fancy alien tech at her disposal, Vyrsa will need Tristan's help to return to her faraway home planet. Ecstatic to be part of a plot reminiscent of the space movies he loves, Tristan throws himself wholeheartedly into the mission.After studies of possible fuel sources turn into Netflix binging beside her endearing host, Vyrsa's resolve to leave weakens. Maybe she'll just stay with Tristan a little bit longer... Surely nothing bad could come from it?Unless the owners of the artifact she stole figure out where she went and decides to obliterate the whole planet where she's hiding just to punish her, of course.***This is an ONC Novella using prompt #18: You step through a magical portal thinking it's the way back home, but what you find isn't what you expected.This story is completed.…

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Life keeps handing Tyler bitter treats. At fifteen, his mom leaves him and his little sister to fend for themselves. At sixteen, he focuses on receiving a soccer scholarship to gain the security and independence he so desperately craves. At eighteen, his car spins off a bridge, and he loses his leg and the sports career he fought so hard to build.Consumed by bitterness and despair, Tyler returns to college. The one taste of sweetness in his life is Robin Erie, the shy student-tutor assigned to help him catch up. They bond over textbooks and treats, and studying soon turns to flirting, which evolves to kissing. But when bitter forces try to tear them apart, Tyler must face his fear of getting abandoned once again to find happiness with his sweet crush.***This is a mirror story to my previous story Sweet Little Birds, telling the story from Tyler's POV, also including snippets of his story before he met Robin.…

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Victoria is the worst. Sarah hates everything about her new soccer teammate. How she arrived mid-season, competing for Sarah's hard-earned spot on the team. How she never gives in during a duel on the field, using dirty tricks to get ahead. How pretentious her English accent sounds, constantly reminding everyone that she is above them. How sweet her lips taste against Sarah's. How her fingers make her feel pleasure like she'd never experienced before...Sarah has always been a good girl, completing every assignment on time and never straying from the path she's set for herself. But now, Victoria, a self-proclaimed bad girl who's been expelled from her school back home, suddenly stands in that path, putting her scholarship at risk and luring her toward heretofore unknown desires.She needs Victoria to leave but also badly desires her to stay. Can she find a way to have her bad girl and also keep on her good-girl path?…

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||OUTLANDERxVIKINGS||Greenland 1406:In the dim sunlight of a rare midnight eclipse--when the moon shades the never-setting sun of polar summer--the last Vikings escape Greenland's frozen shores on a longship, leaving doors ajar and fires burning. They don't know where they're going but they know they can't stay.Left on the shore stands Björn the Bearslayer, covered in the blood of his fellow Norsemen. He risked it all for his love Gudrun, a seer who was forced into marriage with Björn's father. Now he's befallen with a curse sealed in bear blood and has become more beast than man.Greenland, present day:After a disastrous break-up, Saga escapes to Greenland, hoping a few summer weeks in the glow of the midnight sun will provide her with the respite she seeks. But instead, a mystical artifact etched with runes pulls her into the saga of Björn the Bearslayer. Alongside charming whale-safari guide Mikk, Saga discovers the truth about the last Vikings in Greenland.As Saga learns Björn's story, she realizes that she is not just a passive bystander to the unfolding narrative but the key to how it ends. Perhaps the beast of the past is still out there somewhere.Will she be able to bring a happy ending to a tragic saga six hundred years in the making and will she mend her aching own heart in the process?…

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A contemporary Scandinavian adaption of the legend of Jack Frost/Jokul Frosti.***A first kiss changes everything. When Joakim kisses his childhood friend Anton it puts their relationship and also the weather in turmoil. Snow starts to whirl over Stockholm, turning the capital into a chaotic state. Is Joakim's emotional state actually affecting the weather and can his inner turmoil be stilled once he reunites with Anton, who mysteriously has disappeared after their intimate encounter?An ONC novella using prompt #69: "I had a marvellous time ruining everything."…

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After years of struggling to make it as an actor, Daniel Shephard is finally about to make it big. He's landed the lead in a superhero movie. He's about to be Captain Universe with the whole world.That is, if he can make it to his agent in time to sign the contract.Which is easier said than done, as Daniel wakes up, only a few days before the need to sign the contract, in a locked room with no escape. He doesn't know who's abducted him or why. The only clue he has is the manuscript pushed in under the door. A script so terribly bad, it physically pains him to read it.Now Daniel is forced to act out the script--while wearing increasingly ludicrous costumes--and deliver a performance of a lifetime, to appease the manic author who has him trapped, before he loses his spot in the limelight.***This is an ONC story, using prompt #6:Walking down the street, a stranger approaches you. He/she stares intently into your eyes for a moment and then says, "I know what you need to do."***"If you liked Misery but didn't like the maiming, drug abuse, peril, or murder then you'll love this!!!"…

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Tallulah Horn has decided love isn't for her. Love is for cliche romance movies. It's for the students she counsels on a daily basis. It's for her ridiculously perfectly-matched brother and sister-in-law who wound up head over heels without even trying. But for the sweet Miss Horn? Love is a thing of her past rather than her future.At least, not until she runs into Lance Caster. Literally. Now she can't get his warm, sweet eyes--the perfect cup of tea--out of her head. Lance Caster is lost. After a string of unfortunate encounters, he's been discharged from the army--honorably on paper but not in reality--and is stuck in his childhood home, unsure how to get his life back on track. He never pictured himself working as a security guard on a university campus, but the proximity to a certain peppy counselor isn't without allure.Both Lance and Tallulah are hesitant to avoid the mistakes of their past, but like a pot of tea, their relationship grows stronger and sweeter each moment spent together. But too much fire might spoil the pot, and boiling secrets from the past risk brewing into bitterness as Tallulah's estranged husband steps back into the picture.…

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It's Christmas time for our sweet little birds. Robin and Tyler are celebrating the holiday together, while they're both staying with Tyler's aunt and uncle, which means that Robin, for the first time, actually gets to experience Christmas festivities with a loving family around him. Glitter, snow, gifts, and holiday food are abound, but still, Robin can't quite let go of his worries. Will his mother appear to disturb the peaceful holiday? Will he be welcomed by Tyler's large extended family? And, most importantly, will Tyler like the gift Robin bought him?This is a sequel novella to my novel Sweet Little Birds., which you can find here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/269818062-sweet-little-birds-bxb-romance-completed As this story further explores the relationship established in that story, I recommend you read it first.…

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A badass pirate girl.A crew of bickering men.A missing captain.An iguana.A treasure map.Add to that a mermaid, a bunch of manatees, and perhaps a capybara or two.These are the ingredients to a crazy and unexpected adventure across the seven seas.Will the crew stop bickering? Will they find the treasure? And how did the iguana end up as the captain of the ship?…

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This is the GOT romance you didn't know you wanted. This is the story of how Lord Gendry Baratheon met Lady Meera Reed.***Yesterday he was a bastard and a blacksmith. Today he's a lord.Gendry Baratheon has never had anything. No last name, no family, no power. Now he has it all. But his heart is broken. And he has no idea how to do any of the things expected of him as a lord. But he will try anyway.Yesterday she almost died protecting Bran Stark. Today she's not sure he's worth dying for.Meera Reed gave up everything. For Bran Stark and the quest her brother sent them on. But now her brother is dead and she's been discarded by the boy she swore to protect. All she has left is her home, and she will do anything to defend it.But one moment will change everything. For them and the rest of the kingdom. The moment when Gendry and Meera meet each other.Together they will heal. Together they will love. Together they will rise. Together they will fight a war. Against the boy she almost died for.***This is a Game of Thrones fan fiction story set during and after the ending of the show. It follows Gendry and Meera from the moment they stepped off our screens until... they've changed the ending into something else.This is the first book in a planned trilogy about Gendry and Meera in the post-show GOT world.***Featured on the Official Wattpad Game of Thrones reading list.…

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Yesterday he was a bastard and a blacksmith. Today he's a lord.Gendry Baratheon has never had anything. No last name, no family, no power. Now he has it all. A lordship, a title, a castle, and a wife he is so in love with.Yesterday she almost died protecting Bran Stark. Today she knows the truth about who Bran really is.Meera Reed gave up everything. For Bran Stark and the quest her brother sent them on. But now she has something she never thought she would have. She has love. She has a husband.Gendry and Meera have found each other. But around them the kingdom is shattering, and they will have to fight for their happiness and love.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a Game of Thrones fan fiction story set during and after the ending of the show. It follows Gendry and Meera from the moment they stepped off our screens until... they've changed the ending into something else.This is the second book in a planned trilogy about Gendry and Meera in the post-show GOT world.Don't read this book unless you've read the first book!You find it here: https://my.w.tt/kd4Dd4bJsbb…

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Yesterday he was a bastard and a blacksmith. Today he's a lord with a claim to the throne.Gendry Baratheon has never had anything. No last name, no family, no power. Now he has it all. A lordship, a title, a castle, a wife, and a daughter.Yesterday she almost died protecting Bran Stark. Today she's fighting against him.Meera Reed gave up everything. For Bran Stark and the quest her brother sent them on. But now she has a life she never thought she would have. She has love. She has a husband and a daughter.But the king won't leave them alone, and when Meera is taken away from her family Gendry is forced to rebel against the crown. In events eerily similar to his father's journey to the throne he fights a war to get his wife back and bring peace to the kingdom.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a Game of Thrones fan fiction story set during and after the ending of the show. It follows Gendry and Meera from the moment they stepped off our screens until... they've changed the ending into something else.This is the last book in the trilogy about Gendry and Meera in the post-show GOT world.Don't read this book unless you've read the first and second books!You find book 1 here: https://my.w.tt/kd4Dd4bJsbb…

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A Pride Month Flash Fiction Story****Among birdsong and rustling leaves they meet. Robin and Desiree. Two friends against the world. In the treehouse, Robin's mother's claws can't reach them.During a confused moment, he makes a stupid decision. But perhaps that decision will lead to a realization about himself.…