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Picturesque

Picturesque

24,949 2,182 33

Love was a term coined by the movement for equality beginning in the 1960's. Love was something that Rebecca Hayes never thought she would find. A young, introverted college graduate, Rebecca is commission to be a French tutor to the youngest children of the wealthy Donnelley family. In the summer of 1964, Rebecca is uprooted from her quiet life in the suburbs of New Orleans and settles in with the Donnelleys in Los Angeles, California. During this internment, Rebecca finds experience. She finds friends. She finds purpose. What she did not expect to find, was love. And the last place she ever thought she would find it was in the eldest Donnelley daughter, Joanne. Now an old woman, Rebecca recounts the passionate love affair that is still just as picturesque as it was 59 years ago, during a time when this kind of love was considered something entirely opposite.…

Tales from the Intermediate (gxg)

Tales from the Intermediate (gxg)

22,073 1,588 24

A burrito, a princess, a witch, and Superman. What do they all have in common? These are the tales from the intermediate.Charlie failed college. She failed her final exam the day before graduation, to be exact. Now she's back in her hometown with her old best friends Dani and Matt, and just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, Farren arrives. Farren, her high school bully, is back in town ready to make Charlie's life just as horrible as it was in high school. When the four bear witness to a shady deal between their town mayor and a gang that has been operating underground in their quiet town, the four find themselves with a target on their backs. Forced to get out of dodge, the unlikely group is chased across small town America and end up finding love, friendship, and self-acceptance along the way, even when some secrets from the past come to light.warning: language, romantic scenes…

Mother F*cker in Law

Mother F*cker in Law

943,688 37,536 21

A trip to Fiji with her dismissive boyfriend and his alluring mother lands Valentina into the most unexpected romance of her lifetime. *****College student Valentina has been at a standstill in her relationship for three years, so when her boyfriend invites her on vacation to Fiji with his estranged fashion designer mother, Val can't think of anything worse. Mothers-in-law are notoriously one of the most dreadful aspects of a committed relationship, right? But nobody prepared Val for the aloof, refined Diana, who at first seems to absolutely detest her but soon warms under the tropical sun. As a unique and steamy connection sizzles and the two begin sneaking around, Val wonders if she's finally found the love she's been looking for in the most unexpected of places. But can their spark last, and is it worth what it will cost them? WARNING: This story contains mature themes such as depictions of domestic abuse and coercion that may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.…

I Walk the Line ♤ (gxg)

I Walk the Line ♤ (gxg)

441,076 19,020 36

She remembered her scent. It seemed to verify her aura. Her scent was cherry Coke and cigarettes. The latter one was passed onto her, especially after she had handed her her first cigarette only three months ago. Three months was all it took for her to develop that bad habit, but it wasn't the first nor the only one she developed in that period of time. Now she laid on the roof where she had smoked her first cigarette three months ago, and she glanced over at the full can of cherry Coke sitting on the concrete next to her, almost as if it were mocking her. A dull ache formed in her heart, a hollow, resounding ache that penetrated her deepest core. The sudden burning sensation in her fingers made her realize that the cigarette was burned to its very end, and maybe so was she.-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-August is attending Cornell University as a creative writing major, and while at a college party her friends dragged her to much to her dismay, she stumbles upon a gang in an alleyway and sees something she shouldn't have. With her life now in danger, she has to deal with the consequences of that night-which includes the leader of the Blue Porcelain gang, Willow, a tall and brooding woman whose green eyes would put the girl in more danger than being caught in a spiderweb of New York gangs ever could.[tw: violence, sex]…

In the Land of Fae 2: Return to Ice ♔ (gxg)

In the Land of Fae 2: Return to Ice ♔ (gxg)

40,148 2,799 23

After nearly two decades of being a species torn apart, the Fae are weighed with the heaviness of restoring what once was. New beginnings, new loves, and new friendships are in the air-but so is something else. Winter has made its return, and the ghosts of genocide have come haunting. Secrets are uncovered and lies are revealed as Alastair navigates her way through her newfound leadership, and Nyx navigates her way through her newfound powers. With dark clouds looming over their heads, will they be able to navigate it together?[gxg][warning: depictions of sex and violence]…

Killing Softly ✞ (gxg)

Killing Softly ✞ (gxg)

1,068,665 38,934 32

Things are different. Humans are not at the top of the food chain, and life does not have the silver lining that Lily remembers it having when she was a kid. Civilization means living in fear and cowering away from the monsters that march the planet, hoping every night to see another day. But Lily is too fearless for her own good, and it just so happens to be during the night that she is plucked from her life like a flower from the earth. Little does she know that her capturer, whilst being the most bloodcurdling and lethal creature known to life, has a heartbeat regardless of being eternally undead. ✞[a lesbian vampire love story][tw: sex, violence, non-descriptive situations of rape]…

In the Land of Fae ♔ (gxg)

In the Land of Fae ♔ (gxg)

146,723 8,683 27

It had always been just Nyx and her mother. Growing up poor in a small cottage on the hillside meant there wasn't much to do for most of her life. Eighteen years of unchanging boredom evaporated before her eyes when Nyx is suddenly thrown into the world of Fae-creatures with the bodies of humans, the wings of eagles, and elemental powers like none known to humankind. When light is shed upon the truth about her absent father, and when Nyx realizes what danger the Fae people are in, she unites with them to overthrow the evil Ice Queen and end her reign of terror. Falling for their leader was the last thing she expected.[girlxgirl][warning: depictions of action and violence]…

splendor 》poetry

splendor 》poetry

3,554 261 23

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖.…

No Midnight Mercy ☾ (gxg)

No Midnight Mercy ☾ (gxg)

941,188 35,841 30

Eden Maillard never felt important. She grew up on the upper end of the poverty line in southside Chicago to two mundane parents who couldn't bother to keep her under their roof when she came out to them at 17. Now 19 years old, life has seemed under-saturated for as long as she could remember. When Cecilia Belfiore walks into her life, a rich lawyer from the other side of town, the colors of life begin to bloom before her eyes. But Cecilia has a dark habit, one involving chains and leather. And Eden has a dark past, one involving love and loss.☾[tw: graphic sex, language, addiction, mentions of abuse]…

The October Malice ༄ (gxg)

The October Malice ༄ (gxg)

73,448 4,261 22

Opal Indick lives in the smallest and quietest town in the world, and she is fed up with the silence. Her only hope is Mrs. Wilkes, her professor whose stare lingers a little longer than it should. Having to choose between the relationship she already has with a girl her own age or the forbidden fruit propelling her desires, Opal finds her life and mental state falling apart. But when a string of violent murders begin occurring in the town where nothing ever happens, Opal begins to fear not only those around her, but herself.[tw: sex, violence, non-descriptive mentions of rape and suicide]…