In this society, love is no longer left to chance. Every student receives recommendations from the System: ideal classes, compatible clubs, optimal futures... and eventually, the person they are supposedly most compatible with. Most people accept it without question. After all, the System is almost always right. Aeris is not one of them. When her annual alignment assigns her to the kyudo archery club and quietly pushes her toward a boy she has never spoken to, Aeris decides she will not let the System choose for her. But no matter how much she resists, the System finds a way to adjust. Routes begin to overlap too perfectly. Coincidences stop feeling accidental. Notifications appear at impossible moments. And the quiet archer caught in the middle of it all may not be as unaffected as he seems. A slow-burn school life romance about choice, identity, quiet moments, and learning whether emotions are real when the world keeps trying to calculate them. © Ame D. Kugler 2026

Blair Daniels survives betrayal by turning her heart into a locked room, sharp tongue, higher walls, and a refusal to need anyone, until her sister and ex boyfriend announce their engagement and Blair's life collapses in public. Marshall Mathers has spent a lifetime mastering distance, fame, and control, perfecting the art of never letting anyone close enough to ruin him, until Blair storms into his orbit and refuses to be impressed by the mask. What begins as friction becomes something messier, deeper, and dangerously real, a relationship built in private moments, ugly truths, and the terrifying decision to stop running. Because when you have both been broken before, wanting a future is the most reckless thing you can do. I do not own any of the music or the pictures in this story, it is fictional but may have similar life events, but these are no where near factual.

Marshall Mathers is vanishing in plain sight. Once untouchable, he now spends his days passed out wherever gravity drops him, the couch, the hallway, the bathroom floor. The mansion reeks of despair and decay. The mirrors are shattered, the blinds haven't been touched in weeks. The world's stopped asking where he is because everyone already knows. When the label gives up, Paul calls the last person left: Leah Rourke. She used to be the cleaner, the one they called when fame turned fatal. She could make overdoses disappear, fix careers on the brink, and vanish before the damage hit the news. But now the pills she once flushed are showing up in her own purse, and she's holding herself together with precision and denial. She's a High functioning addict. Just enough. Leah doesn't belong anywhere near an addict like him. But no one else is coming. She knows what to look for. What to say. What not to feel. This isn't recovery, it's delay. Nobody expects Marshall to get better, they just need him alive long enough to make money off what's left. He doesn't trust her, some days, he's not even sure she's real. And she's not here to save him. She's here because a living addict still sells better than a dead god.

Keeping my baby a secret from my brother's best friend felt right. Until I got knocked up again. My brother warned me to stay away from his arrogant best friend. I should've listened because the jerk ghosted me and left me pregnant. Never to cross his path again, I kept my daughter a secret. Fate had other plans when he pops back up in my life. Lucas Wilson, dominant, bossy and hotter-than-hell. I won't cave into his luscious lips, insanely hot body with rock-hard abs. But the butterflies stirring in my stomach under his intense gaze tell me otherwise. One explosive bed-rocking night and I'm a hot mess. Then he sees my little girl has his deep blue eyes and sweet dimples. Cue, major hyperventilation. My senses tell me to run, but uh, oh...I'm pregnant, again!

"Two families. One old hatred. One love they were never supposed to have." Yeonjun Carter and Soobin Walker were never meant to cross paths. Their families have been enemies for years, but fate had other plans when two boys met as children and unknowingly became each other's safe place. Years later, their bond has grown into something deeper - something they have to hide from the world! Secret meetings. Stolen moments. Hidden smiles. A love built through years of memories. But when the people they love the most are the same people standing between them... Will their love survive the walls built by their families?

Kiara Mehra has spent an entire year hating Aarav Malhotra. The arrogant college golden boy who humiliated her in front of everyone and walked away like it meant nothing. So when fate forces them into the same mentorship program, Kiara swears she'll survive it without letting him ruin her life again. But hatred becomes dangerous when late-night conversations start feeling comforting... when stolen glances feel too personal... when the boy she thought was heartless starts looking heartbreakingly human. Aarav has secrets. Secrets hidden behind expensive watches, sharp smiles, sleepless nights, and bruised knuckles. And the closer Kiara gets to him, the more she realizes: maybe the boy she hated was never the villain of her story. Maybe he was the only one trying to protect her all along.

After an unexpected ceiling collapse sends her apartment into chaos, Madelaine Grayson ends up living with her brother - and dangerously close to his tattooed, way-too-charming roommate. He's off-limits... but resisting him might be impossible. *** When Madelaine Grayson's bathroom ceiling caves in, it's not just drywall that crumbles. It's her entire world. Forced to move in with her brother, she finds herself swept up in the chaos of his new protective attitude - especially when it comes to his tattooed roommate, Noah Laurier. Noah is the epitome of perfection: sweet, hot, and embedded into every thought Madelaine has. But he's forbidden, and the closer she gets, the harder he is to resist. Well... what her brother doesn't know can't hurt him, right? *** "Matt's sister, I presume?" He walks towards the couch and my eyes widen. He's tall. I thought I was tall but this man could tower me, and when he reaches a hand towards me, there's an intricate clock tattooed on the back of his hand and his fingers have bones tattooed over them. This man is not human. He's tall and angular and dripping with sex appeal. This man is hot. Capital H, capital O, capital T. I don't think I've ever seen a human being so attractive. All I can think about as I force myself to keep my eyes on the screen is the feel of his jaw beneath my hand, and it takes everything in me not to look

Grayson Summers has loved Talia Chase since kindergarten-but while she barely remembers him, he's never stopped watching from afar. When fate brings them closer after a championship night, long-buried feelings begin to surface. *** Sometimes, the guy falls in love first. Deeply. In kindergarten, she gave him a flower. She forgot her kindness, but he would always remember. No matter how many girls Grayson Summers dates or hooks up with, he can never forget Talia Chase. Accidentally labeled as the high school's womanizer, he continuously collects more and more problems. Too scared of rejection, Grayson has never asked Talia to be his, and only spends his time hopelessly dreaming. Talia is confused. Her friends have told her Grayson Summers is not a guy who smiles or is kind, but Talia swears she has seen him act both of those ways before. The universe has plans. After the night of the basketball state championship, Talia finds herself questioning Grayson's true reasons behind his actions as the two grow closer together. *** Warning: this story contains strong language, alcohol and drug use, and sexual content