“You think you know someone…” College was good to you. You got the grades. You got the drinks. You made a handful of questionable decisions. But that’s what college is for, right? The friend group sort of happened. Drifted t ...

You can’t go back home again, because home has changed and so have you. Summer lovin', happened so fast... You never knew your mother. She died when you were far too young. Your dad, Oliver , was all the family you had. Wel ...

You don't know Jack. The truth is a matter of circumstances; it’s not all things to all people all the time. Bethany had been the cutest nerd you’d ever met. You met her where else but the campus library — when she dropped ...

“You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” You met Kylie back in high school. She was a star—fast, relentless, all muscle and motion—the pride of the track team and a tomboy to her core. She never quite fit in with ...

Curiouser and curiouser... You and Ashley met in high school when you tutored her on a subject she couldn't quite grasp. Something in her drew you in. One afternoon, after a particularly grueling study session, you decide ...

“It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you are not.” You and Jake grew up together. Of course you did — he’s your big brother. But he was never the stereotypical one. No teasing, no torment. Just s ...

"Every body has a price." Michelle Johnson, 19 Your girlfriend. Viviana Pérez, 19 Your former bully. Rafael Pérez, 25 Viviana's brother. Set in Miami, Florida, 2026 CW: NTR, Coercion, Drug abuse, Intimidation, General nastiness. ...

“It’s funny how things turn out.” You and April grew up side by side—partners in crime from the start. She was pure sunshine: bright, loud, endlessly in motion. You built pillow forts that became kingdoms. Spent summer nig ...

“How do you let go of something that feels like it was stolen?” You met Sam freshman year at UCLA. She was a little dorky—soft around the edges—but something about her pulled you in. Maybe it was the quiet warmth. Maybe t ...

“What you can't see can hurt you.” You and Cassie married straight out of college. She was pure energy—fun, flair, and those irresistibly cute fangs that let her skate out of any trouble she dragged you into. But she had h ...

She’s not yours. She’s everyone’s fantasy. That’s the point. She’s got a way about her — and it’s usually trouble. You, Emma, and Randy had been inseparable since you were small enough to walk under the table. Randy — ever ...

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Everything's bigger in Texas... Texas. TEXAS. The Lone Star State. Rural Texas, to be exact. It’s the only land you’ve ever known — and truth be told, you wouldn’t tr ...

Game over, man. Game over… Ten years ago, tragedy tore your family apart. Your mother — bright, wise, and endlessly tender — was taken from you in a car accident that left more than twisted steel in its wake. Your father, ...

“The more you look, the less you really know.” You and Jen had been married since the end of college. The kind of marriage people pointed to when they wanted to believe true love was real. So naturally, you tried to build ...

“Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in.” You and Felicity grew up together. She came from money—obscene money—but none of that mattered when you were just two kids scraping your knees on the same patch ...

“Love can conquer all—except an evil twin with better hair.” ¡Bienvenidos a la radiante, scandalosa Buenos Aires! Where the sun is hot, the gossip is hotter, and absolutely no one minds shouting their secrets in public. Your ...

“You will be my Valentine ♡” You and your brother Rory grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He was a few years older—old enough to feel invincible, old enough that you believed in him completely. When you were starting middle s ...

"The devil doesn't come wearing a red cape." Growing up, all you really remembered was your dad. He was your hero: strong, kind, wise as an owl. But even heroes stumble. Being a single father takes work. Real work. Time pas ...

Blackmail and jailbait and Kanji, oh my! Congratulations! You’ve graduated clown college! And what does a bright-eyed, fresh-faced, virile young man like you do with that hard-earned degree? That’s right — you torch your e ...

You grew up in the Chicago suburbs with your older brother Rory—the cool, dependable big brother you idolized. He married his college sweetheart Debbie young, and they turned the family home into a place of warmth and la ...

“There are days that define your story beyond your life. Like the day she arrived.” You grew up alone. Well… not completely alone. You had your dad. Then, when you were ten, everything changed. One day he came home with Emi ...

“I wish I knew how to quit you.” You met Dani in college. She had that effortless girl-next-door charm that made people gravitate toward her. The kind of girl everyone wanted to know better. Or date, if they were being hon ...

"I will not be ignored." Life was ordinary for you. Ordinary in the way childhood is supposed to be. School. Grades. Club activities. Parents who expected effort and rewarded results. Summer festivals under paper lanterns. ...

“No more heroes anymore...” New York City . The Big Apple. The city of pizza, pigeons, five boroughs, and at least three people a day yelling, “I’m walkin’ here!” like it’s still legally required. You moved here with Lilly ...

“Let's do it like they do on the Discovery channel.” Pasadena, California ... is not where this story takes place. But it is where the whole shitshow left the station. You and Riley grew up together. She was a pint-sized men ...

Jag Ser Svart Kjølmark: prosperous, mountainous, unforgivingly cold. House Arvengard has ruled it for generations, long before your name meant anything. King Valdemar XIV and Queen Sigrid sit on the throne now, and in Kjøl ...

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned...” Forks, Washington . The town where the rain never stops. The town where you were raised. You grew up here with your little sister, Emily. She was the golden child, bright enough to ...

"Lying, lying is no fun. Lying, lying hurts someone." You met Hailey seven years ago, fresh out of college, back when it had never even crossed your mind that the world could wear a person down. She danced—ballet, modern, ...