No Bennett boy could be so nice. No Bennett boy would flirt with a Grace girl. No Bennett boy could be so handsome. There was no possible way that he could belong to the enemy. I'd like to say that I regretted the day I ever flirted with him unknowingly, but I'd be lying.

Once daylight breaks through their threadbare curtains, they're already a strict ten feet apart. But once night falls, they cling to each other like they couldn't possibly breathe without the other. Three years later nothing has changed. Well, maybe some things have changed. ADoR Star-Crossed Round IX entry: Sleeping. One-shot.

"He sprinkled a fistful of sand over the children, the lovers, and the lonesome that buried their bodies into thick mattresses. Pieces of stardust sank into the stitching of quilts and rumpled childhood blankets. He was so lonely; he only had the moonlight for company, and the starlight that kissed his cheek before the glory of the sun broke through the darkness." One-shot.

"In the past, most empress's did not take a husband until they needed an heir to aid the line of succession. She had no need for a man in her life. But her aggravation was thrown out the window once a figure entered the room. And, for the first time in her life, Azaria's breath rattled in her chest at the sight of the man standing before her." One-shot.