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  1. Public Bookmark 51

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    Maddie (standoffish and not a joiner) and Wally (widely adored football star) agree to pretend to date in the week leading up to homecoming to teach Maddie's overbearing friends a lesson and help Wally appear off the market to his very dedicated admirers.

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    07 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    Before becoming a hotshot Naval aviator, Jake Seresin was born and bred in the small town of Silverkeep, TX. His every waking minute is spent with his endearing group of friends--and most importantly: you. Riding your bikes to Silver Spring on Friday afternoons, drinking cheap beer around a bonfire after school, and making mixed tapes is what you all live for as your senior year drifts to a close.

    He comes of age and falls in love with you, his best friend that he affectionately refers to as Filly. You’re the bull-headed, ardent, zealous girl he met in Sunday school before you were old enough to tie your own shoes. Somewhere between chain-smoking after baseball games underneath the bleachers and lying in the bed of someone’s daddy’s truck at the rundown drive-in, the two of you have been entirely dedicated to each other. You both think you’re in love. But your situation is a delicate balance of downright, darling devotion and paralyzing fear of rejection. This is to say: neither of you have the gall to do a damn thing about it.

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    05 Sep 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 86

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    A while ago I wrote this Devil Wears Prada meets Reylo snippet: http://ao3-rd-3.onrender.com/works/13375356
    I swear, it was just supposed to be a funny one-and-done. Instead, the development of the relationship between Supreme Designer Kylo Ren and his personal assistant/life manager Rey kept consuming my mind almost all hours of the day. How did they meet? How did he hire her? How do they eventually become lovers? These are questions I, at least, needed an answer to. Then, I started writing. Things just spiraled out of control from there...

    The more I built up this AU, the more intensely I enjoyed it. This has been a few insanely self-indulgent weeks of writing that produced 20K+ words... but I hope a few other people might get a kick out of it too!

    So, here are four chapters from the joint exploits and developing affections of Supreme Designer Kylo and Rey his PA - who becomes indispensable not only to his fashion empire, but to his very being.

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    01 Oct 2018

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    There can be worse things, Rey supposes, than being stuck in this English Romantic Poetry class. Professor Ren—or if you prefer, Professor Byron—is dark, moody, and mysterious. But they run into each other constantly, blessed by fate or sheer luck, and she can no longer deny that there's something inside of both of them that only the other can understand.

    Or: Romantic poetry and conversations over black coffee. Dark and light, parchment and leather, push and pull. A companionship borne through snippets. And eventually: how to face the past.

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    27 Sep 2018

  5. Public Bookmark 60

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    Rey Kenobi is an up and coming country singer looking to make the transition to pop. Kylo Ren is one of the biggest singer songwriters in the world, and he’s looking to capture a new fanbase.

    Set against the backdrop of a star studded Los Angeles, the two collide in the most spectacular way possible, producing a partnership that surprises everyone, herself included.

    In the City of Angels, anything goes.

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    16 Sep 2018