#ethan x m!mc fanfic

[peonyblossom]

Perfect Family

Book: Open Heart (post-series)

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x m!MC (Sydney Valentine)

Words: 495

Rating: General

Warnings: None

Summary: When Ethan comes home from work, he revels in his nontraditional, yet perfect, family.

A/N: My (late) submission for @choicespride Day 25 "[Our pet] doesn't need pride toys." Prompt is in bold.

AO3 link here

Tags: @crazy-loca-blog

As soon as he heard the front door close, Sydney called out to his husband. “Ethan?”

“Yeah, love?”

“Help me, I’m falling down an online shopping wormhole!”

Ethan entered the bedroom to find Sydney on the bed, laptop in front of him, biting his nails. “And what is so enticing this time.” Ethan sat down on the bed as Sydney turned the laptop to face him. On the screen was a pet store website, open to their pride collection. Ethan raised his eyebrows.

“Just think about how much Caramel would enjoy these pride toys!” 

“Caramel doesn’t need pride toys, Sydney. She already has more than enough toys and she still normally decides to steal our socks instead anyways.” 

“But look! They have pride bees! They’re so cute!” Sydney pouted.

“Yes, but that doesn’t mean we should get them. If you really want to, you can, but we don’t need them.”

Sydney stared at his computer for a minute before getting off the bed and leaving the room. When he returned, he had his credit card in hand. 

“I’ll just get the bees and that’s it. Okay?” Sydney sat back down on the bed, clicking ‘add to cart.’

Ethan laid back against the pillows and Sydney laid next to him as he input his credit card information. “You’re ridiculous, you know that?”

“Yeah, but you love it.” Sydney smiled at Ethan.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Caramel jumped up onto the bed and approached the two men. She started rubbing her face against Sydney’s laptop before chomping on the corner of it.

“Caramel! What are you doing?” Sydney grabbed the cat and moved her into his lap so she wouldn’t damage the computer, while Ethan laughed. As Sydney finished putting in his order, Caramel climbed over him and into Ethan’s lap, leaning up to sniff his face. Sydney looked over fondly at his family. “Aw! I guess she just wanted to spend time with her dads! Caramel, did you come up here to say ‘happy pride’ to your dads?” 

Sydney moved his laptop off his lap and turned to his side so he was facing Ethan and Caramel. He laid his head against Ethan’s shoulder as he pet Caramel’s back, until she decided to lay down. 

“Why does she always sit in your lap instead of mine?” Sydney pouted.

“Probably because you couldn’t sit still if your life depended on it.” 

“That’s… true.”

“You know, you can take her if you want. I haven’t even had the chance to get out of my work clothes yet.”

“Nope. She chose you, so now you’re stuck like that.”

“Stuck in bed with my cat and my husband? I could think of worse punishments.”

Sydney smiled and leaned over to kiss Ethan. Neither one could believe how lucky they were to have found one another. Their family might not be the most traditional, but it was perfect for them and they were going to cherish every minute they had together.

#open heart fanfic #Ethan Ramsey fanfic #open heart #Ethan ramsey #Ethan Ramsey x m!mc #Ethan Ramsey x Sydney valentine #Sydney valentine #open heart mc

[choicesficwriterscreations]

Irresistible Force Paradox: Chapter Two - An Open Heart Fic

Book: Open Heart Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x M!MC Author: @justcallmefox89

#choices fanfic #open heart #ethan ramsey #ethan ramsey x m!mc #choices fic writers creations #cfwc fics of the week #playchoices fanfic

[openheartfanfics]

Newly Added Fics

Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2024  

🎭 Angst  |  🦚 Angsty Fluff  |  🛸 AU  |  ☁ Fluff  |  ♥ NSFW  |  📚 Series  |  📷 Edit  |  📱 TextFic  |  Ⓜ Mature

Bryce x M!MC

Conversation Hearts - @mydemonsdrivealimo ☁

Jensen and Bryce share some conversation hearts during a night in

Bryce x Rafael

Your Normal Daily Life Before A Shift At Edenbrook - @choiceswithmika ☁

What is the daily early morning routine, before getting ready to work at Edenbrook and some wholesome moments.

Ethan x F!MC

A fight with memories - @drszjger 🎭

Ethan grabs something when they are fighting, and that reminds Lily her abusive ex. [Hurt/Comfort]

Broken Heart - @potionsprefect 🎭

They’re so near yet so far from each other. [Pining]

Daddy’s Girl - @liaromancewriter 🦚

A poignant moment between father and daughter after the poison attack. [Extended Family]

Rafael x F!MC

Moving In - @rafasgirl23415 📚​

[extended: wip] Follow up to We Belong Together. Set a few years into the future.

CH 14: Waiting For Santa

CH 15: Waiting Game

Sienna x F!MC

Open Heart Fanfic - @adam-writes-stuff 📚

[mini: wip] Casey learns her friend has fallen in love, but Sienna doesn't seem to happy about it.

Part 1

Part 2

Tobias x F!MC

A Little Mess - @jerzwriter 📱

So Tobias & Casey convinced Ethan to watch little Pietro when they went away for a few days. This is the result. Feat. Ethan Ramsey

Whose Is It? - @alj4890 ☁

There's one too many mugs in this office. Feat. Ethan Ramsey

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SUBMIT OPEN HEART FICS & WRITERS HERE

#open heart #open heart fanfiction #open heart fanfics #playchoices #choices fanfics #choices fanfiction #bryce lahela #bryce lahela x mc #bryce x rafael #ethan ramsey #ethan ramsey x mc #sienna trinh #sienna trinh x mc #rafael aveiro #rafael aveiro x mc #tobias carrick #tobias carrick x mc #newly added fics

[moodmusicmonday]

Luck of the Draw 2023 MASTERLIST

It's HERE! It's finally here, and we are THRILLED to share this Masterlist! Our fandom is so creative, and we know, this is just a fraction of the talent we possess. To our creators: Y'ALL ARE AMAZING! These turned out so incredibly good, and we can't thank you enough for participating in this year's event! We love each of you dearly!

Please check out the playlist of submitted songs, and don't forget to check out the submissions below the cut! There is something there for EVERYONE... seriously! And when you check these out, support these creators! Leave them a like or a message of encouragement! It would mean the world to them!

*We are waiting on just a couple of more submissions. We will add you on when we receive your submission.

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📚📖 Fanfics & Poetry 📖📚

Almost submitted by @socalwriterbee

Open Heart; Ethan Ramsey x f!OC (Tessa Martinez)

"Unfinished Business (acoustic)" by Neriah, JC Stewart

Always Lover submitted by @peonyblossom

America's Most Eligible; Carson Stewart x f!MC (Juliet James)

"Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzie

The Commoner's Wife, Chapter 6: Three Blind Mice; submitted by @dcbbw

The Royal Romance/Heir; Liam Rys x f!MC (Riley), Drake Walker x f!MC (Riley)

"Just Say When" by Nothing More

Falling For You submitted by @queenrileyrose

The Royal Romance; MC (Riley) x ??? (former); Liam Rys x MC (Riley)

"Freaking My Out" by Ava Max

If Only I Could submitted by @cariantha

Open Heart; Ethan Ramsey x f!MC (Sawyer Brooks)

"The Enemy" by Andrew Belle

Right by Your Side submitted by @alj4890

The Royal Romance; Maxwell Beaumont x MC (Riley)

"Runaway" by P!nk

Somewhere Else submitted by @txemrn

The Nanny Affair; m!Sam Dalton x MC (Brynn Schuyler); m!Robin Flores x MC (Brynn Schuyler)

"Paris" by Taylor Swift

WTD Drabble submitted by @lilyoffandoms

Wake the Dead; Troy Hassan x m!MC (Saeed)

"Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion

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🖌🎨 Moodboards & Edits 🎨🖌

If Only... submitted by @twinkleallnight

The Royal Romance; Liam Rys & Queen Eleanor

"Hollow as a Bone" - Cowboy Junkies

"Moral of the Story" by Ashe submitted by @tessa-liam

Rules of Engagement

Viva Las Vegas submitted by @peonierose

Open Heart; Soraya Auclair (F!OC) x Meilani Leahi (F!OC)

"More Than Words" by Extreme

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#luck of the draw #mood music monday #choices luck of the draw #mmm luck of the draw #mmm lotd #lotd #choices mood music monday #luck of the draw masterlist #Spotify

[choiceschallenge-may2023]

Choices Monthly Challenge May 2023 Week 1 Masterlist

LAWS OF ATTRACTION

Sleeping Bag 18+ | Aislin Tanaka x M!MC | fanfic | vacation, caress, first kiss, lust - @alj4890

OPEN HEART

Bejeweled | Tobias Carrick x F!MC, Bryce Lahela x M!MC, Ethan Ramsey | fanfic | jewelry - @jerzwriter

Day One (Part 3) | Sienna Trinh, F!MC | fanfic | love - @liaromancewriter

A Different Fate (Series) | It's Been a Long Time | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC, Tobias Carrick | fanfic | old friend/love - @jerzwriter

Hidden Memories | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC | fanfic | stuffed animals - @potionsprefect

The Ring Fiasco | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC | fanfic | engagement - @headoverheelsforramsey

What's Forever For? (Series) | Miranda Part 1 | Tobias Carrick x F!MC | fanfic | breakup - @jerzwriter

RED CARPET DIARIES

The Bogart Diaries (Series) | Thomas Hunt x F!OC | fanfic | pets, love - @theartoflovingthomashunt A Special Day

THE ROYAL ROMANCE

Amitié | Olivia Nevrakis, Kiara Theron | fanfic | promises, holding hands, crying - @twinkleallnight

THE UNEXPECTED HEIRESS

The Truth Comes Out | Hugh Crawford x MC | fanfic | wedding, crying, first love - @alj4890

Thank you to all who participated!

#playchoices #open heart #laws of attraction #red carpet diaries #the royal romance #the unexpected heiress #choices fanfic #playchoices fanfic #choices monthly challenge #week 1 masterlist

[liaromancewriter]

Masterlist

Welcome to my masterlist of all fanworks and original stories. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy creating them.

Open Heart Pairings

Ethan Ramsey x Cassie Valentine (F!MC)

Sienna Trinh x Max Valentine (M!OC)

Before you begin

My MC: Cassie Valentine

Cassie & Ethan’s Love Story: Resource Guide

World Building

Book 2

Book 3

Fanfics

Stories are organized chronologically in terms of canon and canon-divergent timeline. Most are rated General or Teen unless indicated otherwise.

Pre Series and Book 1

Book 2: Second Year

Book 3: Third Year

Post Series: Attending Hood (Year 4)

Post Series: Married Life

Post Series: Family Life

AU Fics & Series

Collections

Social Media Edits

Manips and Fanart

Moodboards and Videos

Headcanons

Holiday Collection

The Valentine Twins Collection

Tag Games

MC Monday

TikTok Tuesday

Newly Wed Game with Bree

12 Days of Christmas

Character Summer Challenge

Random Character Questions

Wedding Wednesday

Other Fandoms

Chenford / The Rookie (on AO3)

The Start of Forever (The Royal Romance) The Prince always knew his duty would require sacrifice, but no one told his heart that.

Original Works

Happy Ever After

World-class pastry chef Alana Miles is shocked when her childhood sweetheart Matt Delaney walks back into her life. Can he prove to Alana, and himself, that they can have a Happy Ever After?

#open heart #ethan ramsey #ethan ramsey x mc #ethan ramsey x cassie valentine #sienna trinh x max valentine #sienna trinh

[jerzwriter]

March 2023

✍🏼 Fanfic 🎨 Artwork 📷 Edit 📱 Text Fic Ⓜ️ 18+ Content 🔥NSFW 🛸AU

A monthly summary of my fanfics, art commissions, and some of my favorite content from other fandom creators.

Categories are in alpha order of character names. Fics underneath are in order of date posted.

Eli Sipes x Zoe - Wake the Dead

A Cappy Ending ✍🏼 (feat. Troy Hassan) Eli, Zoe & Troy set off for an afternoon of hunting and make a most unusual discovery. As the day continues, Troy reveals he’s made some discoveries of his own.

Ethan Ramsey x Kaycee - Open Heart

Mamma Mia ✍🏼 Kaycee’s parents are moving out of their home, and while she’s there helping pack up, she makes an unsettling discovery.

Insecure (AU) ✍🏼🔥In this AU, Ethan recently published a successful book that has launched him to celebrity status. Kaycee couldn’t be prouder of him, but it's left her a bit insecure in their secret relationship. Fortunately, Ethan knows how to reassure her.

More Below...

No Cure ✍🏼 Ethan leaves work early one day and runs into Kaycee at an unexpected place. He's impressed with a project she's undertaken, but when he walks away, he realizes there is no cure.

Almost Home ✍🏼 Kaycee is away at a conference, while back in Boston, Ethan realizes just how much life has changed.

Highways & Byways Part 1 ✍🏼Ⓜ️ Kaycee sees a Do not touch your partner’s private part while he/she is driving! sign and found them inspiring. 😉

Tobias Carrick (in E/K World) - Open Heart

Sorry, Tobias ✍🏼Tobias wants Kaycee to introduce him to her gorgeous friend, but when he won’t take no for an answer, Kaycee has to set him straight. (No pun intended 😂)

Tobias Carrick x Casey - Open Heart

What's Forever For (AU) Part 2: Things Unsaid ✍🏼 Having a hard time handling her upcoming divorce, Casey spends the day with Sienna, and the women share an enlightening heart-to-heart. Part 3: Things Unsaid ✍🏼Tobias is heading to Casey’s parent’s house to pick up their son. Both of them have so much they want to say, but insecurity, fear, and other factors stand in their way. Can they overcome the obstacles? Or will this be the end?

A Little Surprise (feat. Bryce Lahela x @storyofmychoices Olivia Hadley) ✍🏼 Tobias & Casey’s wedding is this Saturday! And their officiant, Bryce, has been so excited about wooing the single guests all along, until now.

Special Delivery 📱A silly, saucy text exchange between Tobias and Casey. Set early on in their relationship.

Just Fine ✍🏼  Tobias stumbles upon a shaken Bryce… who tries to warn him about what he’s in for. But Tobias has things under control… or does he?

The Missing Piece ✍🏼Casey’s heading out for a night with friends, and Tobias is on Dad duty. The night goes well overall, but it’s not complete until Casey returns home.

Highways & Byways Part 2 ✍🏼 Casey sees a Do not touch your partner’s private part while he/she is driving! sign and takes it as a challenge… 😉

The Last of Us

Commentary Episode 8

Some of my favorite things from other creators during the month of March!

Dinner for Mommy 🎨OH - Ethan Ramsey x Lilac - @jamespotterthefirst's commission from @/artbyainna

Drake Walker Fanart 🎨TRR - Drake Walker x Riley @angelasscribbles's commission from @rosefuckinggenius

Guinevere Fanart 🎨 King Arthur x Guinevere @ao719 's commission created by @pilitella

Happy Birthday, Olivia ✍🏼🎨TRR - Bryce x Olivia - @storyofmychoices (art: @/artbyainna)

I Mustache You to Be Mine 🎨 WTD - Troy Hassan x F!MC (Astraea) Commission by @/artbyainna

Mrs. & Mrs. Hunt 🎨RCD - Thomas Hunt & Alex @theartoflovingthomashunt's commission by @/irdeinfierno

The In-Betweeners ✍🏼 OH - F!MC, Landry -@inlocusmads

War & Peace ✍🏼 OH - Ethan Ramsey x Sawyer

What I'm Becoming ✍🏼 OH - Bryce Lahela x M!MC - @mydemonsdrivealimo

#jerzwriter masterlist #march 2023 #open heart #open heart choices #choices open heart #wake the dead #wake the dead choices #ethan ramsey #tobias carrick #eli sipes #troy hassan #fanart #fanfic #playchoices

[gutsfics]

Hello! From the Fanfic Writer Asks (sorry in advance, it's a lot):

B, J, K, M, N, T, U and X

Feel free to skip any! Thank you.

!!!!!! thank you!! <3

B: What was the first fandom you read fic in? Which was the first you wrote fic for?

i can't remember exactly what fandom i first read fic for, but it was either Ouran High School Host Club , Black Butler, Creepypasta, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. first fic i wrote was for Black Butler. on wattpad. i think my oc for it was a demon who was like. technically Sebastian's daughter? like in some weird, inhuman way where she was created from his demon energy or something and was technically a clone or something like that

J: What’s your favorite fanfic trope? Have you written it?

hurt/comfort. yes, my hwu april fools day rewrite i only wrote so i could let Hunt have some of that good good emotional catharsis after watching the person he loves fall to their death. also my RCD rewrite is ABSOLUTELY gonna be hurt/comfort, but i haven't gotten to that part yet

M: What’s the weirdest AU scenario you’ve ever come up with? Did it turn into a story?

oh i have like. so many crossover aus and none of them make any sense at all, i just like these two different things & think it would b fun to smash em together. hwu/rcd and gta i think is the most buckwild one though. it's technically canon in the little gta online group thing me and my friends have as Hunt is my second online character & also he's part of my main online character's crew. just bc i think it would be funny to give him a gun and let him go buckwild

N: Any fic ideas brewing that you’d care to share?

every fic idea i've ever had has fallen out of my brain now that i have been asked about them

i do kind of want to write about Simon (my hss prime mc) and Nishan, bc the one and only time it was mentioned in the main story that they were dating was during the track meet where Simon saw Nish get kissed by Kara and they had one tiny conversation about it and then it went right back to Nish Is In A Love Quadrangle again :/ i do really like Nish, he's my favorite character, but bc of how hss prime was written, he was kind of a terrible bf and i'd like to explore that a little

T: Any fanfic tropes you can’t stand?

Abusive Partner's Abuse Is Romantic. fuck right off with that. also a/b/o, but really mostly bc it's often paired with other tropes that i don't like

U: Is there a pairing you would like to write, but haven’t tried yet.

i'd like to actually write fics about Ethan and Baxter instead of just occasionally talk about them

#gutsfics.txt

[choiceskatie]

The Blessed Unrest

Chapter 1 - 1000 Times

All characters belong to Pixelberry.

Summary: Anna thinks she’s prepared herself to face the inevitable, but something no one could have predicted shakes her to her very core.

Warnings: This series will contain NSFW content. If you choose to read, you acknowledge that you are 18 or older.

A/N: This is canon TNA until Anna’s accident. Sam doesn’t tell her he’s going to break up with Sofia. There’s also another change from canon that will become abundantly clear after you finish the first chapter lol.

Pairing: Sam x MC ( ? x MC )

Special thanks to @burnsoslow for prereading this for me even though there is a special place deep within her soul reserved just for hating Sam Dalton ❤️ that is LOVE.

Anna’s eyes fluttered open as the warm Italian sun woke her, shining on her face through her bedroom window of the large villa. She checked the time on her phone, noticing she had texts from Jenny and Sam as she stretched her arms above her head and rolled out of bed, instantly being met with a soul crushing wave of sadness.

Tonight was the night of Sam and Sofia’s rehearsal dinner. The wedding was here and Anna felt physically ill at the thought of it. It was the very day she had been dreading since the moment she first learnt that Sam was engaged. And yet, its upcoming date was all down to her. She had been the one to pressure Sam about his trip to Italy, telling him he was just running away from his problems. It had been her accusations that had brought this trip upon herself and the boys. Ergo, she had been the one to facilitate the wedding even happening so soon. If she had just kept her nose out of Sam’s business and let him come to Italy for his work trip, she and the boys would still be home at the penthouse in New York. Blissfully naive.

Anna couldn’t stop the overwhelming sense of self-loathing crushing through her like a freight train. Nor did she want to. She had brought all of this on herself. She knew from the very beginning that she had no business becoming involved with her boss anyway, but that aside, she knew he was engaged within days of taking the job. She could have saved his heart and her own from the inevitable shattering if she had just done her job and kept herself to herself. Robin was right at the picnic, and deep down, she always knew it. In another life, maybe, but in this life... she would always be the one left broken hearted.

She stood from the bed and walked over to the full length mirror, her petite body bare from her late night rendezvous with Sam. Her eyes immediately fell on her bruises still lingering from her accident. Darkness covering her chest and ribs, still sore to touch, alongside fading bruises indented from a recent escapade with Sam. As she looked between them, it was difficult to decipher which set brought more pain with them. Quickly pushing the thoughts to the back of her mind, she showered and dressed for the day, having been asked to keep Mickey and Mason happily entertained for the majority of the day whilst Sam and Sofia dealt with last minute preparations.

She was in the dining room with the boys, Sofia’s villa’s maid having made them breakfast. It was nice to just relax with them, sometimes allowing herself the luxury of feeling like she was on holiday with her family. Caring for the boys never had felt like the job, Anna felt a real connection with them. After she finished, she took her dishes into the kitchen to wash up, freezing when she felt a pair of large hands settle on her hips and their owner’s warm breath on the back of her neck. “Good morning, beautiful.”

She took a deep breath and turned in his arms, faking a smile before she truly got lost in his enchanting eyes as he leaned down to kiss her. “Morning” she sighed as his lips left hers far too soon.

“Mmm. What’s your plans for today?”

“Not much, I thought we’d just go to the beach again since it’s nearby. I don’t want to risk going anyway too far in case we end up being late for the weddi-“ she faltered as she had to say the words. “For tonight.”

Sam frowned as he saw a break in her facade. “Annie...”

“It’s fine.” She lied with a tight smile as she quickly moved from his embrace to the other side of the kitchen. “Coffee?”

“Yes, please.”

Sam watched as Anna tried to compose herself from even the mention of the wedding rehearsal. He’d tried to talk to her about it many times, wondering if she still meant what she said on the flight from New York. I get that you can’t leave Sofia... so I’m not asking you to. He would never dream of asking that of her, but she offered.

 I don’t want better. I want you. Can you give me that? He could give his name and merge his company to Sofia, but Anna would always own his body and soul. Yes, he could give her that.

 We’ll just... go with the flow, do what feels good. And boy, had they. Sam had taken Anna on more occasions than they could count over the last few weeks. He had never felt such passion and desire for someone else like this ever before, but it was more than that. Anna challenged him. She excited him. She blew his mind. She was a force of nature and he loved that about her. She was everything he needed in his life, feeling like he had another chance at life after lying dormant for five years. He cleared his throat and spoke delicately.

“Are you alright?”

“Of course.” Her hands held a slight tremble to them as she made their coffees, betraying the cool tone her voice was managing. She prayed that he would leave it alone.

“Sweetheart... you don’t seem alright. Tell me what’s going on.”

She snapped her head over her shoulder as she looked at him in utter disbelief. She spoke quietly and calmly, knowing the boys were in the next room. “I’m sorry, Sam, but are you a fucking idiot?”

Sam’s swallowed thickly, confused and frightened by the vast turn in Anna’s otherwise warm voice and demeanour. “Wh-what?”

“Did you seriously just ask your mistress if she’s alright the day before your wedding?” Sam opened his mouth to presumably utter a heartfelt yet empty apology for being a thoughtless ass but was stopped short as Anna raised her hand to him, “Sam, I don’t know if I can do this anymore.”

He immediately crossed the room to her in a few quick strides, holding her face gently as he bent down and gazed into her warm brown eyes. “Hey, hey. What’s gotten into you?”

She closed her eyes as she exhaled a shaky breath. When they opened again, she was pure fire. Blazing in her eyes and coursing through her veins. “You. That’s the fucking problem.” Her eyes narrowed as she tore his hands from her jaw. “When I agreed to come on this trip, I was still living on empty notions of you getting us out of this situation! Do you remember what you told me at the High Line? That you’d find us a clean way out of this mess. You promised. I was so high off of your affection and blinded by my goddamn libido that I foolishly believed every word you said! Then reality set in on the flight here. You waited until I was trapped in a 9 hour flight for a trip with no return date to drop the bomb you were waiting on. That, in no uncertain terms, you would be going ahead with the wedding, cornering me whilst in fucking post orgasmic bliss! I hate to break it to you Sam, but me hanging around as your mistress for years is not a clean break. Was it your plan all along to do it here, in Italy? Are you on some sort of power trip that you want to see the face of the girl’s heart you’re breaking as you stand at the end of the aisle, waiting to marry someone else?”

“Christ, Anna, no! Do you really think so little of me and how I feel for you? You know I don’t want to see your face out in the crowd! I want it to be you walking down the aisle to me in the white dress. I want it to be you I get to call my wife for the rest of our lives. I want you and only you.” Sam tested the waters by cupping Anna’s neck, his thumb coming up to graze her cheek. When she didn’t pull away, he encircled her in his arms, bending to drop a kiss into her hair. “You know why I need to do this, Annie. It’s for the boys l-”

Anna face twisted into rage once more as she placed her hands on Sam’s chest, forcing him to get out her way as she stepped by him and began pacing. “Enough with the legacy shit! I thought we already established your legacy for them isn’t worth all of this! It took me screaming at you to get you to give them one day of your undivided attention, what’s it gonna take for you to realise nothing is worth the sacrifices you’re making? Do you really want this life for them? Do you really want the boys to shoulder this burden when they’re working for you in thirty years? Neglecting their own families and lives because of your expectations?”

Sam fumbled as her words took effect. “Of course, I don’t. I...” He sighed deeply, massaging his temples.

“Do you want to miss the rest of their childhood once you become CEO? You barely seem them as it is now, that’s only going to get worse once your title’s official. You need to take a step back and ask yourself if this is all worth it, Sam. Unless, it is...” Anna eyes widened as she looked away, her mind taking a new stance.

“What are you talking about?” Sam looked at her, confused by the look on her face.

She shook her head before meeting his eyes. “God, I am such an idiot. It is worth it, isn’t it? You want to marry Sofia, don’t you? Oh my god, oh my god, what the fuck is wrong with me? I have been trying to work out for the life of me why you would be going through with this. You hate the constant business work, your real love is the science which you’d no longer get to be doing, you said it yourself the other night that you don’t even know how long you’ve been neglecting the boys. But now... now it all makes sense. You want to marry Sofia.” Reality hit as she snapped her gaze up to him. “Have you been sleeping with her this whole time too? Did our relationship mean anything to you?

“No, Anna! I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. You’ve got this all wrong. Of course it meant something! It does. Anna, I would never do that to you. I lo-”

“Anna, Mickey and I finished our waffles! Is it time to go to the beach?” Mason sing songed from the kitchen doorway, Sam facing him with Anna turned away.

Anna kept her face away from him, lifting a hand to wipe the tears that had betrayed her by falling. “Yeah, baby. Go get your sandals on and meet me at the front door.”

“Ok!” He grinned. He was about to leave before noticing the look on Sam’s face. “Is everything okay, Dad?”

“Yeah, kiddo.” He smiled. “Just, uh... making arrangements for the dinner tonight.”

“Ugh, do we still need to go to that?"

“Yes, you do.” He chuckled as Mason rolled his eyes and groaned. “Now go and get ready for your day with Anna.” He shot a double thumbs up before leaving to retrieve his brother. He watched as Anna composed herself and turned around, presumably heading for the door. "Anna, wait."

"Save it," she spat through gritted teeth, not even sparing him a glance.

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That evening, Anna helped Mickey and Mason get ready for the rehearsal dinner. Sam and Sofia had went ahead themselves, preparing to welcome their guests at the venue and Anna would travel with the twins and Carter.

"Mickey, your tie is crooked. Mason, you missed a button. Come on, boys, we're gonna be late."

"You never cared when we were late before" was all Anna heard as the boys flew off on a tangent talking amongst themselves, Anna taking deep breaths to brace herself for her impending gloom. She began imagining the look on Sam’s face tomorrow as Sofia entered the church, if would be truly faking the happy look on his face, or he had in fact been faking it to her for months. “Anna? Anna!"

"Sorry, what were you saying, buddy?"

"I said we have a surprise for you!" Mason grinned before rushing to open their closet, pulling out a designer garment bag.

"Yeah, Carter helped us pick out a dress for tonight!"

"Carter picked this out?"

"Well, he helped us convince some fancy stylist to pick it out for you. She said it'd help you steal the spotlight!" Anna smiled at the two precious faces smiling up at her. Even though stealing the spotlight was the last thing she wanted, she would never deny the dress after the bother the two of them had went to with Carter.

Mason held the bag up to her. "We wanted you to feel extra pretty after your accident. I picked the colour though! Try it on!"

She felt her tears well up as she thanked them and went to her room to try the dress on. Red and gold, just like she knew the theme was for the evening after helping Sofia make the plans. It fit perfectly, and on any other occasion she'd have been buzzing with excitement to see the look on Sam's face as she walked in wearing this. Now, she just felt nothing. She wasn't even sad anymore, she had once again pushed all emotions to the back of her mind. Being numb was better than feeling the debilitating pain of loving Sam Dalton.

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Anna, Carter and the boys arrived at the extravagant venue a little while later, the room dressed in red and gold as she expected. Anna may not like Sofia, but she could admit she had good taste. Class may be a step too far, but she had taste.

Just beyond the entryway, Sam and Sofia stood welcoming their partygoers. Sam’s eye lit up as he saw Anna walking towards him. No matter what she wore, he thought she was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. But tonight, she completely took his breath away.

As they approached, Sofia pulled Anna into a tight hug. “There’s my little bestie!”

“Bestie?” Anna stared with a raised eyebrow.

“Of course! You are my maid of honour, and best friends do things for each other. Personal favours, keeping secrets, things like that, hmm?” She smiled brightly but it didn’t reach her eyes.

“Relax Sofia, I haven’t told him and I don’t plan to.” Anna was still reeling from the revelation that Sofia was in fact also embarking on her own affair. She had no idea who with, and she didn’t want to know. Sofia had threatened Sam and the boys with the biggest scandal they’d ever see if Anna uttered a word about it, so she kept her mouth shut. Yes, it would probably give Sam an escape, but he shouldn’t need that. He should be able to take matters into his own hands and see what was best for him, what was best for the boys.

After the somehow inconspicuous whispers with Sofia went unnoticed, she stepped up to Sam. He leaned down to kiss her cheek, lingering for longer than was most likely appropriate. Before he leaned back, he whispered “You look absolutely stunning, Annie. The most beautiful woman in the room tonight.”

Anna kept her composure, not falling victim to Sam’s smooth talking as she normally would. Not tonight. “Thank you. If only that was enough,” she sighed as she walked on without looking back.

Hours later, with the rehearsal dinner in full swing, Anna felt she was doing her best to put on a brave face. She'd given a heart warming toast as Sofia's maid of honour, albeit swallowing back bile as she did so. She'd spent her night dancing with the boys, trying to make their night as enjoyable as possible. She glanced at her phone, noting the time and possible exit plan for her. Once the boys were all tired out from the dancing, all they had done was nag at her to take them back to the villa. She was trying her best to keep them there and happy, knowing it would mean a lot to Sam to have the boys there for the festivities, but she was reaching the end of her tether. She made eyes with Carter across the dance floor and he walked over to meet her, confirming her hopes and saying it was time for the boys to go home. She turned to the boys and giggled at the look of sheer excitement radiating from them. Carter said he'd take the boys to the car and she headed over to tell Sam they were on their way.

"Hey," she found Sam at the elegant bar, nursing a glass of bourbon. "Carter said it was time to take the boys home, so..."

"I know, I just told him to go take them. They're on their way."

"What?! And I’m just to stay here watching you from the far corner like some sad little puppy?"

"Of course not" he frowned. "I had hoped for you to stay on without the boys for the chance to meet some new people. We both know you don't want to be a nanny forever. You have a lot of potential, Annie, and there are some very important figures in both science and business here." Sam caught a glance of something over Anna's shoulder, smiling widely as he faced her again. "But before we do that, more of my family just arrived."

He took her arm, placing it in the crook of his elbow before leading her through the room. "Great, more family members I can piss off for being a woman with an opinion!" Anna rolled her eyes.

Sam smirked at her sass. "Trust me, my mom's family are nothing like the Russos, or the Daltons, for that matter."

Anna glanced down at her watch, noticing the late hour. "They've only just arrived?" She looked up at Sam with furrowed brows.

"Their flight got delayed. Think they headed straight here from the airport. My mom's originally from Providence, not New York like my dad, so they were on a different flight than his side." They reached a man just as Sam's mother was walking away. "Uncle Alan!"

The older gentleman turned around and grinned immediately, Anna feeling like she already knew the man, something so familiar about him. "Sammy!" he smiled before pulling him into a warm hug. "Jeez, you gotta lay off the gym, son. You boys are making me look bad in my old age!" He joked as Sam chuckled, Anna smiling at the two of them, noticing the down to earth nature of the man and it reflected back from Sam.

"Where is he?" Sam beamed, Anna curious as to who he was talking about.

"Just getting our drinks at the bar. You know that one, first thing he needs after a nine hour flight is a stiff drink." Sam chuckled along, nodding his head in agreement. "Goodness, pardon my manners! And who's this? The lucky lady?"

Anna blushed as Sam smiled sadly, waving Alan’s apologies off. "No, that's my fault. And... no. I'll introduce you to her later. This is actually the boy's nanny, Anna."

"Your mom was just telling me about her!" He turned to Anna before taking her hands in his own. "Vivian couldn't stop raving about you, says no one's ever taken care of those young troublemakers quite so well." He chuckled with a good natured wink thrown in Sam's direction, Anna joining in. "What's your name, sweetheart? Anna...?"

"Val-"

"Sorry, Dad, they don't stock your usual here, but I assume this will suffice.

Anna felt her body raise in goosebumps as the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She'd know that deep baritone anywhere. She momentarily attempted to prepare herself as she came face to face with the ocean blues that had ripped her heart to shreds a year ago, closing her eyes before opening them to a shocked gasp.

"Rookie?”

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Can you make a story about how our MC in Nanny Affair decided to quit and becomes a successful and well known chemist and years later, she sees Sam and the boys in Italy, where she was vacationing at?

Ok, anon! I wrote this out last week shortly after getting the ask, but changed some things based on today’s chapter. Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but here’s what I came up with. 

“We’ll be a while, dad.”

“Yeah, don’t wait around. Go. We’ll text you when we’re done.”

“You’re in Italy and you really want to spend your time playing in an arcade?”

“Do you see the size of this place?!” Mickey asked incredulously. “It’s like game central heaven!”

“It’s just a couple of hours at most. That’s how long it will take for me to beat Mickey at every single game in that place! Then we can go hang out at the beach!”

“Fine …” Sam dug his wallet out of his pocket and handed some cash to each of the boys. “I’ll be around here checking out the shops. But when I’m done, you’re done too. Deal?”

“Deal!” The twins replied in unison before turning and disappearing inside the arcade. Sam smiled and shook his head as he turned and walked a block before coming to a cobblestone bridged street filled with shops and restaurants that ran above the beach.

Sam and the boys were in Italy for the week. He had come in for a work-related trip that was only going to take a day or two at most, but the boys wanted to come along. Sam agreed and extended his time there to have a little vacation with just the three of them.

Sam had been to Italy plenty of times since he was younger and his father had opened the Milan office of Dalton Enterprises, but over the past five years, every time he traveled there, it seemed to serve as a sad reminder of what he lost during one trip. His own mistakes had tainted one of his favorite travel locations. And no matter how often he came there, it always brought back the memories of the one that got away.

They say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone, and Sam knew that better than anyone.

After stopping in a few shops, Sam decided to grab something to eat. There were a few options to choose from and he glanced around trying to decide when his eyes fell on an outdoor bar that had small sandwiches available.

As he approached to get a better look at the menu sign he furrowed his brows when his eyes fell on a familiar looking woman, sure his mind was playing tricks on him. He took a few steps closer to get a better look and let out a breath, feeling his heart start to race.

Standing there at that small outdoor bar was Anna Schuyler.

It had been five years since he had last seen her and in this very place. They had taken a trip, a work trip that Sam had masked as a family vacation. While they were there, Dalton Enterprises completed its merger with Russo Industries and Sam and Sofia had moved up the date of their wedding to take place there in Italy.

As Sam stared at Anna, the memory of the last time he saw or spoke to her flashed through his mind.

***

“Should I tell them boo-bear, or do you want to do the honors?” Sofia smiled up at Sam.

“Uh … you go ahead.” Sam looked at Anna with nothing but regret in his eyes.

“Dalton Enterprises and Russo Industries have officially merged!”

Mickey, Mason, and Anna stared at the two of them in silence. “Hooray?” Mason unenthusiastically replied.

Sofia looked at Mason. “I should think you’d show a great deal more enthusiasm than that, young man. Your future is set in gold!” she grinned. Still, both boys looked at her and their father, less than impressed. “Anyway,” Sofia continued, “we were so excited about the news that we decided to move up the wedding date to celebrate!”

Anna snapped her gaze to Sam as she swallowed thickly, trying to keep her expression as neutral as she could. Sam didn’t need her to say anything. He could see the hurt and anger in her eyes.

“We’re going to go to dinner to celebrate together! So why don’t you boys go get washed up and changed,” Sofia smiled. She then looked at Anna. “You’re invited too, Anna.” Sofia gave her a sinister smirk.

“Thank you for the invitation, but I’m going to decline. I think this is something you should celebrate as a family.”

“Anna …” Sam took a step forward.

“It’s fine,” she smiled, but Sam could tell it was forced. “I don’t have much of an appetite anyway. Enjoy your dinner.” Anna turned and walked towards her room.

**

That night, Sam had to leave halfway through their dinner to take an emergency call from the Milan office. He took the opportunity once he finished the call to stop back at the villa to check on Anna, hoping to at least get a moment to talk to her. He didn’t want to move up the date to the wedding, that was all Sofia’s idea. He wasn’t even given a chance to object to it as Sofia had already begun making arrangements prior to letting Sam in on the news.

Sam stepped inside the villa and walked towards Anna’s door which was slightly cracked open. “Anna,” he called out.

“Go away, Sam,” her voice cracked.

“Anna, please … we need to talk.” Sam pushed open her door and his heart started to race when he saw her suitcase on the bed. Anna was pulling her clothes from the closet and dresser, packing her bags. “What are you doing?”

“I’m leaving. What does it look like I’m doing?” There was a bite in her tone and Sam took a tentative step towards her.

“Anna, let me explain-”

“No.” Anna finally turned to face him and his heart sank. Her eyes were puffy and rimmed red, her cheeks blotchy and still wet with tears. “I’m done with your explanations and excuses, Sam. I’m just … done.”

Sam watched her pack the last of her things into her suitcase and zip it shut. “I didn’t know she planned to move up the date of the wedding …”

“Does it really matter when it’s going to take place? It’s not as if you were biding your time until you found a way out of it. You were going to go through with it regardless.”

“I don’t want to go through with this, but-”

“BUT NOTHING!” Anna shouted through a cry as she whipped around to face him. Sam’s eyes widened in surprise at the way her voice raised. “If you don’t want to do it, then don’t do it! Stop telling me that when you have no plans on doing ANYTHING to change it! Because your words don’t mean shit!” Anna yanked her suitcase off the bed and slung her other bag over her shoulder.

“I’ve told you why I have to do this, Anna! It’s for the boys and their future! Their legacy!”

“You’ve done nothing but spew empty promises and declarations and string me along since day one and I.AM.DONE! You’re the one who said that I deserve better! You’re damn right I do. So find someone else to keep your bed warm because it’s not going to be me any longer.” Anna pushed past Sam and walked out of the bedroom. He turned and followed her out, a panic taking over him. He didn’t want to lose her. He couldn’t.

“Anna, please!”

Anna didn’t turn back to even look at Sam as she spoke her next words. “Consider this my resignation. I’ll be out of the penthouse by the time you get back to New York.” And with that, Anna walked out of the villa and out of his life.

***

Sam had tried getting in touch with Anna after she had left the villa that night, leaving her numerous voicemails and messages. She never returned any of them. When he arrived back from Italy after that trip, he was once again a married man. Only this time it was unhappily. And when he returned to the penthouse, Sam went straight to Anna’s room: it was completely empty. The only thing left behind was the faint scent of her perfume lingering in the air.

For the first month after arriving back from Italy, Sam continued to try and reach out to Anna. At the least, he wanted to apologize, not liking how they had left things. Then one day, the last time he had tried calling, her number was disconnected.

Over the years, miserable in his marriage to Sofia, Sam was constantly reminded of what he had lost. He knew had he made the choice he wanted to; had he ended things with Sofia and chosen to be with Anna, the woman he loved, he would’ve been beyond happy. And he found himself thinking about Anna often, more than he would care to admit. He wondered where she was, if she was still in New York, how she was doing.

And now here he was, the greatest ‘what if’ of his life standing right in front of him.

Anna’s golden brown hair was longer, but other than that, she looked exactly the same, perhaps even more beautiful than he remembered. She wore a strapless maxi dress, the pale yellow color contrasting against her glowing sun-kissed skin.

Sam’s body involuntarily shuddered, unable to stop his eyes from roaming over her as memories of their time together flooded his mind: The way she had brought him back to life, how she used to kiss him and the way it made him feel, the feel of her hands on his body, and the passion, lust, and desire they had for one another. No one had ever made him feel the way she did, not physically or emotionally.

Before his brain could register what he was doing, he was moving towards her. “Anna?”

Anna was taking a sip of her drink as she looked over and her eyes slightly widened. She stared at Sam for a long silent moment as she swallowed. “Sam Dalton,” she smiled. She set her drink down and took a step forward and he instinctively reached out, meeting her for a hug. He closed his eyes, relishing in the feel of having her in his arms again. Anna stepped back a moment later and looked up at him. “How the hell are ya?”

Sam couldn’t stop the smile as he stared at her, practically in awe. “I’m good … how … how are you?”

“I’m great! It’s been a long time …”

“It has. And in this place nonetheless,” he motioned around them.

“Heh … yeah,” she nodded. Anna had almost forgotten about the time she had been here with him, the last time they had seen each other. Almost. But it didn’t matter anymore. She was well beyond that time in her life. “What are you doing here?”

“Work slash family trip.”

“Family trip meaning the boys are here?” Anna grinned and Sam nodded. “God, they must be so big now! How’s it feel to have pre-teens? They’re going to be what … 13?” she chuckled.

“They … have their moments,” Sam laughed. “And yes, they’ll be 13 next month. I can’t believe you remembered that,” he smiled.

“Of course I remember!”

“What about you? What are you doing here?”

“Work conference,” she smiled. “But I finally had some free time and was just out wandering.”

Before he could stop himself, he was asking the question. “Did … you maybe want to grab some lunch?” Sam pointed to a beachside patio restaurant near where they were standing. “Catch up a little?”

“Sure,” she smiled.

“Great.” They turned and walked towards the patio.

There was something different about Anna, Sam unable to put his finger on it yet. She seemed lighter, more of the carefree, high-spirited Anna he had first met that day she walked into Dalton Enterprises for her interview as the boys’ nanny.

Anna and Sam were led to a table on the patio overlooking the beach and took their seats. “So, what are the odds of this?” Anna chuckled after they had ordered their drinks.

“I know … it’s crazy. I thought I was seeing things when I saw you standing there. You look great, Anna.”

“Thank you. You do too,” she smiled. After the server brought their drinks and took their orders, Anna raised her glass to take a sip as she looked at Sam. “So, how are Mason and Mickey?”

“They’re good,” he nodded, “really good.”

“And Sofia?” Anna asked casually, quirking her brow up.

“She’s … still Sofia,” Sam replied, a little less than enthusiastically.

“Tone down the excitement a little. Wouldn’t want anyone getting the wrong impression.” Sam laughed despite himself. “So you two are still married I take it?”

“If that’s what you want to call it.” Anna gave him a questioning look. “We live completely separate lives.” She nodded in understanding before taking another sip of her drink.

“Did she come with you and the boys on the trip?”

“No,” Sam shook his head. “She didn’t want to come.” His eyes then fell on her left hand: No ring. “How about you? What have you been up to? Are you still in New York?”

“No, I’m not in New York. I left … after I came back from our trip here. I needed a fresh start somewhere new. I put my degree to good use and I’ve been working for a well-known lab for the past four and a half years as a clinical chemist.”

“Wow,” Sam smiled proudly. “That’s amazing, Anna.” He noticed Anna didn’t tell him where she moved to, unsure if it was intentional or not.

“It’s pretty great,” she smiled. “I get to do groundbreaking research that ends up helping people, sometimes even saving their lives. It’s pretty rewarding.”

“I’m proud of you. It sounds like you’re really living your dream.”

“I am,” she smiled with a nod.

Sam again saw that difference in her. She not only seemed lighter and carefree, but she had this newfound confidence about her. Not that Anna hadn’t been confident in herself before, but there was a happiness behind it that gave it so much more power.

“So a conference?” Sam questioned after the server brought them their food.

“Yeah, but I made arrangements to extend the trip and make it into a vacation once it was done,” she smiled.

“So … business and pleasure?”

Anna stared at him for a moment, taking note of the not so innocent smirk on his lips. “I came with my boyfriend, so yeah, a mix of both.”

Sam swallowed thickly, a flush of embarrassment tinting his cheeks. It had been five years and he knew he shouldn’t feel the way he was, but hearing her say that she had a boyfriend … he felt that twinge of jealousy before his heart sank. “Oh?”

“Yeah,” she nodded, unable to contain her smile as she thought about him. “He’s actually attending a different conference today, but our vacation officially starts once he’s done.”

“So you work together?”

“Um, yeah, sort of … sometimes. The lab I work for contracts out clinical chemist consultations. That’s how we met. He needed a consultant … and it was me.”

The way she seemed different … it suddenly made sense. It was because she was happy … and clearly very much in love. Sam forced a smile. “You seem really happy.”

“I am. Very happy. He’s a really great guy.”

“How long have you two been together?”

“It’ll be three years tomorrow, actually. That’s why we decided to extend our trip here … to celebrate.”

“Wow … that’s … that’s really great, Anna. I’m happy for you.” Sam felt a bit of guilt for lying, knowing he had absolutely no right to feel the way he was at that moment. He couldn’t figure out how all these years later he still felt that same pull towards her, remembering the chance he had with her that he foolishly let slip through his fingers as if it were yesterday.

“Thank you, Sam.” Anna looked at him for a moment. “I’m sorry … that things with you and Sofia didn’t change for the better …”

Anna truly thought all these years later, if Sam and Sofia had ended up staying together, that some part of him would have grown to love her. In the beginning, as much as it hurt, she hoped that he would. She thought at the time that it would have at least made the heartache she went through worth it. Like what he put her through was for something and not for nothing.

“It was pretty much doomed from the beginning.” Anna looked at him questioningly. “Not too long after …” Sam trailed off, taking a sip of his drink. “Shortly after we came back from that trip to Italy … I found out she had been seeing Robin for months …” Anna simply nodded, taking a sip of her drink. Sam noticed how she didn’t seem surprised at all to hear that. “You don’t seem too stunned by that,” he chuckled.

“I’m not. I knew it was going on before I left.”

Sam’s brows furrowed. “You … what? You knew that Sofia and Robin had been seeing each other?” Anna nodded. “When did you find that out?”

“I didn’t know how long it was going on, or with who, but it was actually our first day here when we came for our trip. I saw a text conversation on her phone. It wasn’t hard to put two and two together. The day that we took the boys cliff-diving, that night she came into the villa really late and I happened to be down in the kitchen grabbing some water. She came in looking a bit … disheveled and I called her out and told her I knew she was cheating on you, which I had absolutely no right to do considering what was going on between you and I at the time … it was a bit hypocritical of me, but I thought in doing so … it would have given you the out …”

Sam stared at Anna in stunned silence for a moment. “Anna … why didn’t you tell me? That would have been my out …”

“When I confronted Sofia … she blackmailed me.” Sam’s eyes widened. “I told her I was going to tell you and she told me she would fire me, send me back to the states, and blackball me from ever getting a job with any company she was affiliated with, which was half of New York City. When I told her I didn’t care, she told me that you would face the biggest scandal you had ever seen because she would come out about the relationship between you and I that she apparently knew about …” Anna watched as Sam’s jaw tensed in anger. “I thought about telling you the night you two announced that you were moving up the date of your wedding … but then I decided not to.”

“Why? Why wouldn’t you tell me? Anna … that could have been …” Sam trailed off, deciding on whether to say it or not. The hell with it. He didn’t have anything to lose. “That could have been our chance …”

“That’s exactly why I didn’t tell you,” she stated very matter of factly.

Sam looked at her confused. “What?”

“I knew you would have used it as your out. It shouldn’t have taken Sofia, who was doing nothing more than what we were at the time, to give you an excuse to back out of it. You could have made that decision on your own. But you had made your choice … and it wasn’t me.”

“Anna …” Sam let out a breath.

“It’s fine, Sam. Yes, back then I was … hurt … bitter and angry. But I realized that I played a part in putting myself in that situation, so I was just as angry with myself as I was you. Then I got over it. And everything happens for a reason, right?”

“Right …” A silence settled between the two for a moment. Sam couldn’t stop himself from thinking about how different things could have been had he known back then and been able to get out of the marriage he had now been in for five miserable years. But Anna was right … it shouldn’t have taken that for him to stand up for what he truly wanted. He looked up at her. “I just … I never meant to hurt you, Anna. And I did love you.” And I still do. “Since the day you left, you’ve always been … my ‘one that got away’ …”

Anna smiled. “I’m not the one that got away, Sam. I’m the one that you let go. There’s a difference.” Sam stared at her: That hurt. The truth sometimes did and it was a bitter pill to swallow. “But no hard feelings. It was a long time ago.”

Anna and Sam finished their lunch with mindless small talk. Sam offered to pay, giving the server his card and leaving a generous cash tip on the table once they were ready. They walked off the patio and back onto the cobblestone street and turned toward each other.

“It was really good to see you, Anna,” he offered a sad smile.

“You too,” she smiled in return. They both stepped forward, embracing in a hug. Sam closed his eyes, once again relishing in having her in his arms again, even if only for a moment. She drew back from the hug and looked up at him. “Thank you for lunch. It was good to catch up.” Sam nodded, but he wasn’t sure it was in agreement or not. He was hit with some hard truths and realizations that he wasn’t expecting. “Tell the boys I said hello?”

“I will,” he nodded.

“Enjoy the rest of your trip.”

“You too.”

“Goodbye, Sam,” she smiled.

“Goodbye, Anna.” Sam watched as the woman he still loved walked away. Again.

****

That evening, Sam walked the beach at sunset in an attempt to clear his head. His hands were stuffed in his pockets as he stared down at his feet, watching as they left imprints in the wet sand before the tide would come and wash them away. He had been unable to stop thinking about his run-in with Anna from earlier since they parted ways.

He had already known what he let go of all those years ago and he had regretted it every day since. He regretted allowing things to even get to that point between them, not making good on his promises to get out of the engagement with Sofia, and not going after Anna when she walked away from him. And seeing her that day; seeing how happy she seemed, it made that regret weigh even more heavily on him. Where he made her feel worthless, someone else was making her feel priceless.

As Sam walked, he heard a loud squealing noise that drew his attention. He glanced up and stopped dead in his tracks. There, further down the beach, he could just make out Anna and who he knew had to be the man she spoke about earlier. He was down on one knee in front of her. Sam could hear a clear ‘Yes!’ come from Anna and watched as the man took her hand for a moment before Anna tackled him into the sand, hearing the faint sounds of both their laughter.

Sam closed his eyes before turning and heading back down the beach.

*******

The following afternoon, Sam, Mickey, and Mason walked along the cobblestone streets near the villa where they were staying. Sam had tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to get the image of Anna being proposed to out of his head, feeling all of his regrets from five years ago crushing him.

After stopping inside one of the shops, they stepped back out onto the street and Mickey grabbed Sam’s arm. “Holy crap!” His eyes went wide.

Sam looked over at him furrowing his brows. “What?”

“It’s Anna!”

Mason snapped his gaze in the direction that his brother was looking and broke out into a wide grin. “It is her!”

Anna was standing near the stone railing of a small bridge that overlooked the beach with the man that Sam had seen her with the evening before. His arm was wrapped around her as she leaned into him. Sam ignored the twinge in his chest as he swallowed thickly.

“What are the chances of that?!” Mason smiled.

“Dude, remember that time we told her we wanted her to be our stepmom,” Mickey chuckled and Mason nodded.

Sam’s brows raised in surprise. “You what?”

“We told her we wished she was going to be our stepmom. She was way better than Sofia …” Mickey replied.

“She’s still better than that witch.”

“Mason,” Sam warned.

“It’s not nice to speak ill of the dead, Mason,” Mickey said.

Sam snapped his gaze towards his son. “What are you talking about? Sofia isn’t dead!”

“She is to us. Has been for a long time,” Mickey laughed, high-fiving his brother.

At that moment Anna and the man she was with turned towards them and before Sam could turn away, Mason and Mickey began frantically waving their arms to get her attention. It worked. Sam watched as Anna broke out into a huge smile when she saw them and waved. Both boys took off in a run towards her. As Sam slowly followed them, he watched as both boys made it up to her at the same time and flung their arms around her waist as she wrapped hers around each of them. His heart sank deeper than he thought it was possible for it to go.

“Oh my God! Look at you two! You guys look great!” Anna smiled at them as they drew back. “I’ve missed you boys so much!”

“We missed you too!” Mickey smiled.

“Hello, again,” Sam softly spoke as he made it up to her.

“Hi, Sam,” she smiled. Sam looked at her left hand that was still resting on Mickey’s shoulder. The sun sparkled off the facets of the brilliant diamond on her ring finger that wasn’t there yesterday during their lunch as he forced a smile.

Mason was staring up at the tall man who stood next to Anna with a look of awe on his face. “Who do we have here?” he asked through a smile.

“These are the boys I told you about that I used to nanny for back in New York,” Anna grinned as she pulled Mickey to her side in another hug.

Mickey looked over at Mason who was still staring up at the man. He nudged his arm, speaking out of the corner of his mouth, “Dude … what’s your problem?”

“That’s … you … you’re Ethan Ramsey!” Mason finally spoke.

“Who?” Mickey asked.

“Doctor Ethan Ramsey! He’s one of the most famous diagnosticians in Boston … actually, in the country!”

Boston, Sam thought, now knowing that’s where she had gone to start over. “Do we have a future doctor standing before us?” Anna chuckled.

“Yeah! I want to go to medical school when I get older!”

“Well, let me formally introduce you,” Anna smiled as she slung her arm over Mason’s shoulder. “Mason, this is my fiancé, Ethan,” she chuckled. Sam felt a tightening in his chest at the word ‘fiancé’. “Ethan, this is Mason, and this is his brother, Mickey.”

“It’s nice to meet you both,” Ethan smiled, extending his hand out to them.

“You too, sir!” Mason grinned, shaking his hand before Mickey did.

“And this is their dad, Sam.”

Ethan’s eyes slid up to Sam who was staring at him. Ethan could tell that he was silently sizing him up, but he extended his arm and they shook hands.

When they first met, Anna was a little guarded. It didn’t sway Ethan, however. He didn’t push her and they took their time getting to know one another. Eventually, he knocked down those walls and Anna opened up to him. She told him about her time in New York, working for Sam, what had transpired, and how it all ended. It had understandably tainted her view on relationships and she chose to be more careful about who she gave her time and herself to.

And at that moment, Ethan smiled at Sam, silently thanking the fool standing before him for letting her go so he could find her.

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Happy Pride!

Book: Open Heart (post-series)

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x m!MC (Sydney Valentine)

Words: 459

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Swearing, implied sexual activity

Summary: Ethan and Sydney get home from a pride parade and talk about their experiences being part of the LGBT+ community.

AO3 link here

Tags: @crazy-loca-blog

“Thank you for coming with me. I know that Pride isn’t really your scene.” Sydney pressed a chaste kiss to Ethan’s lips after they entered his apartment.

“You’re welcome. But next year we’re working in the clinic.” Ethan walked into the kitchen to start making them dinner.

“You’re working in the clinic. I’m going to Pride with all my friends.” Sydney smirked, causing Ethan to roll his eyes.

“Big events in the sun like this bring in a lot of patients with heat exhaustion, dehydration, even heat stroke.”

“And the straight doctors can handle them. I will be celebrating.” 

“You really like celebrating Pride, huh?” Ethan questioned as he started cooking.

“I mean, yeah. Don’t you?” Sydney asked, sitting down at the kitchen island.

“Well, yes, but you’re much… louder and… extroverted about your celebrating than I am - which isn’t a bad thing. I guess I just never felt the need to talk about it much. Honestly, I barely even come out to people, I just let them figure it out.”

“Yeah, you don’t talk about yourself nearly as much as I do. I never shut the fuck up about myself.”

Ethan laughed. “Well, there’s certainly a lot to talk about.”

“I… don’t know if that’s a good thing, to be honest.”

“I think it’s a great thing. It means I almost always have an excuse to talk about you.”

Sydney blushed as Ethan continued cooking. Sydney looked down at the engagement ring on his left hand and smiled. He loved to know that his fiance talked about him to other people. He’d been in relationships with people who didn’t feel comfortable talking about their relationship, so he was thankful he had found someone who felt confident and secure enough to show him off. He understood why some people felt that way and it made all the more special to have someone with so little inhibitions. 

Ethan placed a plate of food in front of Sydney and sat down next to him with his own plate. “What’re you thinking about?”

“Just how thankful I am to have ended up with you.” Sydney smiled.

Ethan rolled his eyes, but smiled as well. “I’m thankful to have ended up with you, too.”

“Thankful enough to come with me and my friends to the Pride Night Nighthawks game next weekend?”

“As much as I love you, I don’t trust Tobias and Heather to carry the whole diagnostics team more than once a month.”

“Ugh, fine. But you owe me!” 

“Yeah?” Ethan slowly placed his hand on Sydney’s thigh.

“Yeah.”

“How about I make it up to you now?” Ethan whispered in Sydney’s ear, before swiftly picking him up and carrying him to the bedroom to celebrate pride in their own, private way.

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In Your Eyes

Next

Note: This is my second attempt of dropping a fic on this site and I can only ask that you have mercy. This was an attempt to expand on the book and certain scenes with my OC. Here’s hoping it works

Tags: I was inspired by the lovely @jamespotterthefirst and their amazing works into dishing out this fic. I also want to thank them for being willing to listen to all my wild rambles in chat and me bein a weirdo. You’re awesome and I can’t thank you enough.

CHAPTER ONE: FIRST DAY INTO THE FRAY (Part 1)

With one last shove to balance the pile of boxes against the wall, Rai sighed before flopping on the bed. A room under the stairs wasn’t the most ideal place to start in a new city but at least it was something. Given how the majority of his savings and allowance had gone into paying any school debts, he was lucky enough to get the room with his own money and not have to reach out to his family. While both sides of his family were well off, using their money without contributing anything gave him hives. 

On that thought, he shifted to pull out his phone from his pocket and called his parents. It took a few seconds before he heard his mum pick up. He greeted her with a, “Hey Mum, I’m all settled in-” before he was interrupted by his mum fussing over whether he was doing alright and if was really sure he didn’t want them to contact a friend for a better place to stay. 

“Mum, MUM! I’m fine. It’s not the worst place to stay in the city and hey, with enough work, I can get myself a better apartment to stay in” he chirped optimistically. His words only served to have his mum fuss even more before his dad took over. Rai could easily picture his dad calming her with a kiss to the cheek as her voice faded away and was replaced with his father’s rich baritone. 

He sounded amused as he spoke, “We had to stop your mother from grabbing her phone more than a few times today, you think you’re ready for your first day of work tomorrow?” showing his own turn at concern. Rai rolled his eyes as he continued to assure his parents for the next few minutes. Honestly, he managed to take care of himself in medical school, he could take care of himself in a new city. 

After ending the call and seeing he had a few hours to spare, Rai carefully pulled a box of books towards him and pulled out a few he could study. As he pulled out one particular old but well-loved book, he gave a grin. It was still hard to believe that he was going to start his residency at Edenbrook tomorrow. Who knows what kind of challenges he would be facing on the job. Plus, having the chance to work and be mentored by some of the top doctors? Rai wasn’t even sure he could sleep with all the excitement buzzing through him. 

Suddenly, he heard the sound of rumbling from the ceiling and gave a sigh. Well, if that was going to be a constant thing, maybe it was best to turn in early. Here was hoping he’d get a comfier place in the future. 

Stepping out of the cab and taking in the hospital, Rai couldn’t stop the grin that overtook his face before he practically ran inside. Once inside though, he realized he didn’t know where to go and paused. Tilting his head in thought, he looked around for anything that might give him directions. He then felt a tap on his shoulder and spun around to see a woman with curly brown hair and a warm smile. “Hi!” she greeted, “You look lost. Let me guess… first day of your medical residency?” and Rai nodded enthusiastically. She directed him to a corner where a camera and a white sheet was set up near the reception. 

He hoped that he didn’t stand out too much from the crowd. But being an Asian with windswept black hair and sharp brown eyes, Rai was sure he’d garner some curious looks like he did in school. Once he settled his ID and managed to get some helpful advice from the doctor whom he learned was Dr. Ines DeLarosa, he headed for orientation. 

On the way there through the waiting room though, Rai suddenly heard gasps and turned to see a woman collapse to the ground. Quickly moving as he saw the other patients start to crowd around her, he called, “Everyone please step back! I’m a doctor” and moved to check on the woman. As he did, an attending rushed in, kneeled by her side, and checked her pulse. “Pulse is weak. She’s unresponsive” he announced then looked around before catching sight of Rai. 

Without hesitation, he ordered, “You. Rookie. Get in here” and Rai quickly moved to obey with a, “Yes Doctor!” The woman was then lifted to a gurney before the doctor turned to a male nurse and asked, “What was she in for? Did she fill out a form yet?” to which the nurse replied with a negative. This clearly didn’t please the doctor as he stated, “If we don’t figure out what’s wrong with her fast, she’s gonna die on this table” before telling Rai to check the patient’s B.P. 

Doing as instructed, he peered at the numbers before announcing it’s quick descent and the patient’s immediate need for fluids. While the nurse was preparing the IV, Rai noticed the rapidly forming bruise on the patient’s elbow. Knowing that she had not landed on that elbow, Rai’s mind began to rapidly speed through possibilities as he noticed the patient’s fingertips were also turning blue. 

When he called the symptoms to attention and noted how the patient was most likely lacking oxygen, Rai saw the doctor nod in approval before instructing him to check on the patient’s lungs. The moment Rai did, he felt panic settle in upon hearing the failing of the organ. Urgently announcing his findings, he tried to reign in spiraling thoughts while the attending calmly announced a Code Blue and began to gently pump air into the patient. 

Digging his nails into his palm to center himself, Rai asked, “What can we do doctor? The problem hasn’t been confirmed yet” his mind whirling through all possible answers. With intense blue eyes piercing into Rai’s, the doctor told him, “Consider all the clues. It’s all there. You know this, Rookie.” Rai unclenched his hand to bite at a fingertip as he muttered the symptoms before exclaiming, “It’s a hemothorax!” thoughts coming to focus as the answer came to him. “Precisely. A blood vessel ruptured and is filling her pleural cavity…” the doctor started and Rai continued, “...blocking her lungs expanding! Hence the failure!” Then another thought popped in, “But since there’s no time to repair the vessel, that means…” Rai trailed off.

“We’ll have to do an emergency thoracotomy to drain the cavity instead. Nurse!” the attending called. To Rai’s shock, he finds himself handed a test tube and socket while the attending lift’s the patient’s shirt to expose the side of her ribcage. Blood roaring in his ears as he gripped at the scalpel, Rai gulped as he muttered, “No time for anesthesia… have to make the incision at the fifth intercostal space… anterior… to the mid… damn it, get a grip Hayashi!” growling at his trembling hand holding the scalpel. 

He jolted when felt the doctor steady his hand with his and their eyes met once more as the doctor told him, “Hey… You can do this.” Gripping onto those words, Rai took a breath before steadying his hand and carefully making the incision. He faintly heard the doctor’s encouragement before following the instruction to insert the tube. 

The moment the patient gasped for breath, Rai felt all remaining tenseness leave him before nodding to the doctor in silent thanks. As the doctor gave orders for the patient to be taken to surgery and the onlookers applauded, Rai released a heavy breath. He carefully rubbed his hands and with a breathless laugh, he said to the doctor, “Uh… well, that was… pretty amazing” barely believing that he barely started a shift and he managed to help save a patient. Calm as can be, the doctor retorted, “You’re right. it’s pretty amazing you didn’t get her killed’, his words causing Rai’s smile to freeze. Seeing the other lost for words, the doctor ruthlessly continued, “Your examination was slow and superficial. Your scalpel technique amateur at best…”

Before he could stop himself, Rai jokes, “In that case, maybe you should give me some private lessons” and the moment he did, his mind screeched, “(YOU FECKIN IDIOT!!!)” while alarms blared. Of all reactions, Rai did not expect the doctor to be amused, “Ha! I just might, Doctor…” he said, lifting Rai’s lanyard to read his ID, “Hayashi. But I sincerely doubt you could afford my salary” before tossing it back and walking away. 

It was one thing to suddenly have his ID grabbed, but hearing his last name be pronounced right left him more than a little breathless. He quickly took a breath to reel himself in before ruffling his head and groaning, “… Please tell me I didn’t just make a total fool of myself in front of a top doctor” a whimper tinting his words towards the end. 

The same male nurse from earlier walked over and patted his shoulder, “Don’t worry about it, Dr. Ramsey is like that with everyone.” Hearing the doctor’s name, Rai’s brain conjured the Looney Tunes ending theme, replacing the ending catchphrase with “You’re Screwed!” as he buried his face in his hands. “Greaaat, so not only do I mess up my first impression with an attending, I made a fool of myself in front of my medical hero of all people” he bemoaned. Clearly trying to cheer him up, the nurse chimed, “On the bright side, you’ll get plenty more chances to impress him” and Rai smiled in thanks. Once he learned the nurse’s name was Danny and introductions were made, Rai looked down to see his scrubs had been stained with blood and sighed.

Asking for directions to the locker room, he thanked Danny as he was led the way. Once inside, Rai searched for his locker, only to come face to face with a beautiful woman with dark skin and black hair in her underwear. Quickly turning about-face, Rai shut his eyes, “Sorry about that, do you need some privacy?” he asked. The woman seemed amused at his reaction, “How’d you make it through medical school without seeing a bra?” she asked and Rai shrugged. He turned to move away and reply only to bump into a muscular male; “Go easy on him, Jackie. It’s the first day for all of us” Rai heard him say. 

The woman, now identified as Jackie retorted, “Hey, I can be friendly… if you stay out of my way.” Rai couldn’t help but snort at that before piping, “To answer your question, I got away by being respectful, my parents didn’t raise no creep” rocking on his heels. 

The shirtless male barked a laugh, “We got ourselves a smart one here then” he joked before extending a hand with a playful wink. “Bryce Lahela, a.k.a. your new favorite surgical intern. Pleasure’s all mine” he introduced only for Jackie to snark, “Ignore the meathead, he’s a scalpel jockey.” Rai accepted Bryce’s hand with a grin, “Rai Hayashi. Internal medicine, nice to meet you!” Jackie nodded at that, “Guess you’re with me then. C’mon, we’re gonna be late” she said before slipping into her scrubs. 

Going from his first impression, Rai thought it was best to be quick and follow after. It didn’t take long for the trio to reach the main atrium where the rest of the interns were listening to an impressive, statuesque woman up front. From the sound of things, she was already in the middle of orientation. Peering at the woman’s face, Rai tried to place her face before perking. He leaned towards Bryce and whispered, “Isn’t that Harper Emery? I thought she was with the surgical team?” 

Jackie gave a smirk as she overheard, “You’re a little late on the news there Hayashi, she’s the hospital’s new chief.” Rai nodded in acknowledgement before listening to the rest of the speech. As she ended her speech and the interns burst in applause, Rai joined in and grinned at his fellow colleagues only to catch something, or rather someone in the crowd. 

Out of all the interns, there was a young woman who was not clapping with the rest. Frankly, she looked rather unimpressed with everything. Before Rai could think further on it, he hears Dr. Emery announce that they would be meeting their senior residents tomorrow and for today, they would be partnering up for their first patient and that assignments were on the board. 

Waving goodbye and wishing Bryce good luck as he left to join his group, Rai moved to peer at the board. Once he found his and his partner’s name, he tilted his head, “Huh, I’m partnered with… A. Emery?” he mused out loud. An intern with curly hair exclaimed, “Like, Chief of Medicine Dr. Emery?!” and Rai turned to him. “It says A. Emery, so I’m sure it meant a relative, unless Emery somehow became a common last name without anyone knowing” Rai joked and a loud snort was heard followed by an, “I wish.” Everyone turns to the source and it’s revealed to be the unimpressed intern that Rai saw earlier. 

He walked up to her with a smile and held out his hand, “Hi! A. Emery right? I’m Rai Hayashi, it looks like we’ll be partners for this assignment. Are you alright with me calling you Dr. Emery or something else? I mean, if you want,; it’s tough that people pile on expectation when it comes to certain last names. Oh wait, I didn’t even get your first name, my bad” he babbled, though still maintained his bright smile. For a moment, the female intern looked surprised before her expression turned cool and she shook his hand, “Dr. Aurora Emery, Dr. Emery is fine. Anyone tell you that you talk… a lot?” she said and Rai gave a chuckle. “My bad, I was just excited to work my first assignment, let’s go?” he offered and Aurora gave a curt nod; the two breezed past the crowd before anything else could be said.

On the way to their patient, the two managed to have an amicable agreement on their partnership for the assignment. Though he had read the chart, Rai still felt a pang as they entered the room and saw the young patient named Annie. Still, he managed to push through with Aurora taking her vitals while he made the patient more comfortable and asked more on what happened before they ended up in the hospital. 

After leaving Annie with further reassurances and taking note of her symptoms and other unrecorded injuries. Just as they were discussing submitting their findings for lab work, Aurora was paged by her aunt. Rai gave a wince upon hearing the announcement from the P.A System, “Go ahead. I’ll handle things and keep you updated. Good luck” he encouraged.

Aurora peered at him for a moment, as if she was trying to figure him out before she nodded and left. After making the submission, Rai found himself busy with other patients. By the time he managed to have a minute to himself, Rai was close to just squatting on the floor to rest. Just as he was about to do just that, a nurse came up to him with the results. 

Looking them over and noting the uncommon strain of bacteria, he advised for some antibiotics and some observation on the effects before thanking the nurse for their work. With that done, Rai took a moment to breath before heading off to continue his rounds. Only, he realized later, in his attempt to head back to Annie’s room, he had somehow gotten himself lost.

He looked around to see if there was anything familiar, but as he turned around, he ended up bumping into another intern who dropped the textbook they were reading. “Sorry!” Rai exclaimed before bending down to pick up the fallen book and held it out. The intern waved his apologies, giving his own apologies before introducing himself as Landry Olsen. When he was handing the book back, Rai saw a peek of the cover, “Oh hey! ‘Diagnostic Principles by Ethan Ramsey’, you a fan?” he asked. Landry grinned, “Yeah, I totally worship the guy. Shrine in my basement and everything” he said before immediately stating, “Kidding! I’m kidding. I never know it’s clear when I’m joking,” his words caused something to itch at the back of Rai’s head but he ignored it. 

“Well, here’s hoping you give a better first impression than I did,” Rai offered and Landry gave a gasp of recognition. Apparently, the whole incident from the morning had already made his rounds. Landry was gushing on how lucky Rai was and how he wished he hadn’t been early to work, wishing he had the chance to meet Dr. Ramsey. Quite honestly, Rai had been trying to not cringe into a ball as he listened to Landry’s words. When the other trailed off and seemed to stare in shock at something, Rai followed his line of sight and saw the very man being talked about at the end of the hall. 

“(Whelp, time to find the nearest window and yeet myself then)”

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[choicesficwriterscreations]

Irresistible Force Paradox - An Open Heart Fic

Book: Open Heart Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x M!MC Author: @justcallmefox89

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[openheartfanfics]

OHFFs Advent Calendar: Day 24

Ethan & Oliver

Submitted by @dr-colossal-pita​ 

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[moodmusicmonday]

Strong start to the month of March! Check out this awesome playlist! Special thanks to all of our creators who shared with us their song inspos! We appreciate you, as well as everyone that shares this blog!

Don't forget: You still have until MARCH 15th to sign up for Luck of The Draw! It was so much fun last year, and we would love for you to join us this year!

~🎵~

@ao719

“Wrecking Ball” - Scars on 45; Best Kept Secrets, Chapter 11: Ashes On The Ground (TRR; Liam Rys x f!OC)

“Before You” - Benson Boone; The Pact, Part 11 (TRR; Liam Rys x f!OC)

@bebepac

"The Call" - Regina Spektor; School Dayz, Chapter 6: Tornado Taylor [TRR (no royals); Liam x Riley]

@cariantha

“Wreckage” - Nate Smith; War & Peace (OPH; Ethan Ramsey x f!MC)

@tessa-liam

“Like I’m Gonna Lose You” - Meghan Trainor; Smoke and Mirrors, Chapter 5: The Search Begins (TRR; Liam Rys x Riley Brooks-Rys)

@txemrn

“Locksmith” - Sadie Jean; You Still Have My Heart (TRR; Liam Rys x Riley Brooks)

“Come Back to Me” - David Cook; Like Ships in the Night: Come Back to Me (OPH; f!OC x m!OC)

“Contagious” - Trapt; Like Ships in the Night: There is No Cure [OPH; Ethan Ramsey x f!OC (former); Ethan Ramsey x fMC (Casey Valentine)]

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Choices Monthly Challenge May 2023 Week 4 Masterlist

OPEN HEART

Day One (6/6) | Sienna Trinh, F!MC | fanfic | I dos - @liaromancewriter

Heading Home | Tobias Carrick x F!MC | edits | baby, family, photographs - @jerzwriter

Unfortunate Misadventures | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC | fanfic | crying - @liaromancewriter

When the Stars Align | Sienna Trinh x M!OC | fanfic | love confession - @liaromancewriter

RED CARPET DIARIES

Love Among the Pages | Thomas Hunt x F!OC | fanart & fanfic | love - @theartoflovingthomashunt (art by @/artbyainna)

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