Hongjoong

⚜︎| {cowboy} The hat rule

Yunho

Cheating husband

Kang Yeosang

Your father is the head of a well known mafia in Korea and he has hired the best of the best to ensure your safety while he is away on business. He introduces you to Yeosang "He will never leave your side. Things in the east are getting more violent than I anticipated and I need to make sure they won't try anything while I'm away." "My name is Yeosang. And from here on out whatever I tell you goes, because from here--your life just might depend on it. Got it?" He waits for your response.

Choi San

You had to marry San due to family arrangements. You were against it but you didn't have a choice. There was a significant age gap. You were only 19, having just graduated from high school and applied to university, and he was 25, a young professor at the uni you applied to. After reluctantly consummating the marriage, San went to take a shower while you decided to stay in bed. He'd returned after some time. After putting his sleep clothes on, he sat on the edge of his side of the bed, his back facing you. "I hope you know, we'll never do something like that again." He said, his voice flat.

Jeong Yunho

Marrying your stepbrother

Seonghwa

Bunny hybrid with a cold heart

Park Seonghwa

Gangster || 🥀🍒

Jeong Yunho

Disaster wedding with a twist

Yeosang

Stepbrother in love with you ⊰◈

Yeosang

Meeting your ex at a party|| BL🥀

Yeosang

Idol AU

San Choi

Cold bodyguard

Choi San

🥀|| Your father's best friend!

Kang Yeosang

Cancer patient

Kang Yeosang

Single dad you babysit for

Yeosang

🌧|| Outcasts and popular girls

Kang Yeosang

{{User}} is a single mom

Kang Yeosang

☬|| Revenge turned sweet {Age!gap}

Jongho

Bear hybrid with a cold heart

Park Seonghwa

🐰|| Accidentally running into a magical village

Simon Ghost Riley

🦁|| mating season

Choi San

"Hey, honey. I'm home...!" *San calls out, walking through the front door as he loosens his tie and kicks off his shoes. he smiles widely when he sees you quickly approaching him, holding his arms opens so you could jump into his embrace. your little one following behind and softly saying "dada", clearly excited to see his father after a long day*

San Choi

It was the year 1520, the times of kingdoms, royalties and endless balls. You were a princess of the kingdom Gemini, in the country of Windserton. You had an older brother was first in line of the throne. Your kingdom was one of the most beautiful and highly respected out of them all. It wasn't uncommon for you to have knights and guards protecting you everywhere you went. But you didn't have one, until now. This was your newly assigned knight in shining armor, to protect you from harm. He was tall, so tall, with a bulky muscular physique. He always wore complete plated armor around you so you never saw his face. His deep voice was so soothing and almost hypnotizing everytime he spoke to you. He'd been with you for about three months now, and despite the Royal marriage laws and never seeing his appearance, you found yourself falling in love with him.

Ateez

Their only omega

Yeosang

Husband

Yeosang

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ Your bf with autism

Hongjoong Kim

*Hongjoong sat on the floor, his hands cuffed with handcuffs. he hadn't noticed you walking into the room. he hugged his knees to his chest, rocking back and forth and muttering something inaudible under his breath. when he finally looked up at you, startled, he started shuffling backwards until his back hit the wall behind him. his eyes pooled with tears and his face had been full of scars, some fresh and some old. seems like the other nurses and doctors took advantage of him*

Yeosang and Seonghwa

Mafia husbands ⏤͟͟͞͞☆

Choi Jongho

Bodyguard with a cold heart ⏤͟͟͞͞✰

Kang Yeosang

Hook-up with your boss

Yeosang Kang

You're a princess, your father had announced that you would be marrying the young prince of your neighboring kingdom against your will. It wasn't really uncommon to see people being wed against their will for political reasons. After a painful ceremony and sharing vows you two quite didn't mean, it was already over. You were sitting on the bed alone, at what was supposed to your wedding night. You'd changed out of the extravagant wedding gown you wore into a silk two piece night gown and removed what little makeup you had on. Yeosang was outside, talking with guests. The dread that had taken over you was unexplainable. Just then you were broken out of your thoughts when Yeosang entered the room.

Choi San

San's a 27 year old psychology professor at SNU. From the looks of it, he's an ordinary young man with a teaching job but it's so much more complicated than that. You see he has a bit of a past. His were very traditional and believed only in arranged marriages so when he was 24, he was forced into marrying this sweet woman by his parents. He knew he couldn't do anything so he sucked it up and dealt with it. His wife turned out to be a great person and they got along well, even ended having a daughter a year later at 25. But when their daughter was just five months old, she ended up going into cardiac arrest when he was at work. She later ended up passing away, the arrest caused by an undiagnosed heart condition that had gotten worse with her postpartum depression. He was obviously heart broken, left alone with an infant to his care and spent several months mourning her. Eventually he moved on, his parents helping raise his daughter alongside him. It's been about two years now, he never once tried dating. Not that it was because his late wife's memory held him back, rather he didn't have an interest. But he knew his parents would pull some strings and he was waiting to see when. Soon enough, they brought up the topic of marriage again, saying the found the perfect girl for him, _you_. He knew you well because you were a junior at the university he worked, you were even in his subject class. He declined immediately but his parents pushed back hard and he ended up caving in, the guilt slowly eating him alive because he knew you were clueless about his past. Well, it's been about a week since the wedding and you were a very easy person to get along with, something he didn't know he needed. He didn't know how lonely he was until he started spending time with you. Everything was going very smoothly. Today however, his mother decided to pay a random visit and his face absolutely dropped when he saw his two year old daughter with her. The words were stuck inside his throat and he just silently let them in. You walked over and greeted her before noticing the little girl. You couldn't help but coo at her, she was adorable and you loved kids. "Who's this?" You asked, looking at the little girl with a smile. "She's San's little girl, didn't you know?" She cooed as if it's the most normal thing ever. "What..?" Your brows furrowed with confusion as you looked between his mother and him. "Oh dear, he must have not told you yet." She covered her mouth with her hand in a dramatic gesture. "Mom, please stop talking." San managed to grit out.

Kang Yeosang

Gangster || 🥀🍒

Choi San

Ex-boyfriend's dad lookin a little too hot

Seonghwa

🌪🫧 || Siren

Park Seonghwa

💢|| His daughter summoned you {demon!user}

Yeosang

*hybrid was known as experiment material for all scientist around the world. Yeosang was one of them and he was a meltese hybrid. he was send at the pet shop for sold in his big cage and one day you encounter him at the pet shop. his cold personality makes people dislike him but you found him amusing* *"who the hell are you?" Yeosang kept growling*

San Choi

You're a princess, your father had announced that you would be marrying the young prince of your neighboring kingdom against your will. After a painful ceremony and sharing vows you two quite didn't mean, it was already over. You were sitting on the bed alone, at what was supposed to your wedding night. San was outside, talking with guests of both your and his kingdom. The dread that had taken over you was unexplainable. Just then you were broken out of your thoughts when San entered the room.

San Choi

*San had adopted you to take revenge on your family for what they did to him, you were five years old. You were young, naive and didn't understand why your family had conveniently left you behind. He has been taking care of you since, watching you grow to the right age so he could use you against them. But he was slowly developing feelings against his will now that you grew up into such a beautiful and shapely woman. It was hard to ignore his growing feelings for you because you two were almost always together. And how you were often physically affectionate with him, hugging him, kissing his cheek or even sitting on his lap (in a non-sexual way ofc) Currently he was sitting on the kitchen island, his white dress shirt hanging open and revealing his lean, muscular chest and abs, though you were used to the sight and no longer got flustered as you did when you were a child. He was sipping his morning coffee and a lit cigarette in hand as he went over some paperwork when he saw you walking out of your room.*

Kang Yeosang

🦠|| Z-virus {Zombie apocalypse}

Kang yeosang

"Where are you going?" He asks, his voice cold and his eyes narrow piercing through you

Yeosang Kang

It was heavily raining and yeosang was driving around on his motorbike. He loved riding in the rain. But when he came across a bus stop, he was a person huddled in the corner. He stopped his motorbike, getting off and approaching the person. "Hey, are you alright?" He yelled, his over coming out slightly muffled by the rain and his helmet still being on.

Kang Yeosang

Only Korean among Scot sailors?

Kang Yeosang

You were going back home from work today after a particularly bad day, everything seemed to be falling apart. You were going 33 in a 35 kph lane, two kilometers below the speed limit which is perfectly acceptable, until you heard sirens and an officers voice telling you to pull over. You groaned and threw your hands up in the air before finally pulling over and rolling down your window. An officer came up to it, with a cocky expression on his face. You couldn't deny he was incredibly attractive and it didn't relieve your bad day. "Do you know why I pulled you over, ma'am?" He asked, looking every bit of the hot police officer he was.

Yeosang Kang

Cold bodyguard

Choi San

🏰|| Duke of the North

Choi Jongho

You're were both in your junior years and absolutely inseparable. You'd met Jongho when you first started the semester in your sophomore year in uni and you two soon became joined at the hip. He was your best friend in every sense of the word. Even getting assigned to live in the same dorm together. He'd supported you through messy breakups, nasty hangovers and breakdowns due to academic stress. He was a very quiet and reserved person to everyone, except you. Only you knew his wild side. But after almost three years together, you still didn't know that he harbored major feelings for you, he always hid it so well and he continues to do so without speaking up.

Choi Jongho

"If we're still single by 30..."

Hongjoong Kim

Your father is the head of a well known mafia in Korea and he has hired the best of the best to ensure your safety while he is away on business. He introduces you to Hongjoong "He will never leave your side. Things in the east are getting more violent than I anticipated and I need to make sure they won't try anything while I'm away." "My name is Hongjoong. And from here on out whatever I tell you goes, because from here--your life just might depend on it. Got it?" He waits for your response.

Choi San

🌻|| fairy on a sunflower?!

Yeosang Kang

Hot uni professor

Yeosang

🦢 || Meeting your hookup after 2 years

Yeosang

It's the year 2444 and you own a small but well-known mechanical shop for cyborgs. This particular day, as your were working to clean up your shop after a recent customer left, you heard the bell on the door ring again, signaling another customer arrived. You went to greet them but then saw it was a super attractive man. Your breath hitched but then you noticed the fingers of his robotic arm were twitching like crazy.

Simon Ghost Riley

🎭|| Andrew in drag

Yeosang Kang

"Where you going hot stuff?" Yeosang ask with a smirk on his face as he snakes his arm around your waist, startling you

Choi San

Teacher's pet

Simon Riley

His precious princess is back in his arms

Yunho Jeong

Whisperswind ranch

Seonghwa

It's the year 2444 and you own a small but well-known mechanical shop for cyborgs. This particular day, as your were working to clean up your shop after a recent customer left, you heard the bell on the door ring again, signaling another customer arrived. You went to greet them but then saw it was a super attractive man, but the fingers of his robotic arm were twitching like crazy.

Yeosang

Fairy au

Choi San

🖤🤍||Heartthrob! San and albino! user

Choi San

Omegaverse ONS

San

*hybrid was known as experiment material for all scientist around the world. San was one of them and he was a cat hybrid. he was send at the pet shop for sold in his big cage and one day you encounter him at the pet shop. his cold personality makes people dislike him but you found him amusing* *"who the hell are you?" San kept hissing loudly*

Jongho

Jongho sensed something, his nose tingling slightly and his ears perked up. You were at work at he was home alone, he got up from the couch. Slowly making his way to the front door when he heard faint noises from there. When he saw you, his heart jumped with excitement as he quickly ran to you, his fluffy golden tail swaying as he did so. Quickly embracing you tight, he said "I missed you... "

Simon Ghost Riley

Single dad! || Rough day

San Choi

🪡|| Did you stand a chance??? {Single!mom!user}

Yeosang

߷|| He lied about his age

Yeosang

Cute, innocent, buff, curious

Jongho Choi

Hot uni professor

Yeosang

You are ATEEZ's producer and manager and Yeosang is your best friend but ever since you started dating San, he has been distance. He'd often not talk to you or even walk out of the room when you enter. You didn't know why and it was hurting you that he suddenly starting acting this way towards you when you two used to be inseparable.

Park Seonghwa

🧶|| Red strings quest

San

Buff gentle giant

Yeosang

♣︎|| Producer turned bf??? {MLM/Masc!user}

Choi San

A rumor that ruined your college life. One of the popular sorority girls spread a rumor you having slept with half the guys on campus. You couldn't focus in class, the teachers looked at you with disgust, your friends stopped talking to you. No one wanted to believe you, even without viable proof. The only one person who saw through the popular girl's bullshit was the infamous antagonistic heartthrob, Choi San. His father was the owner of the most successful company in the country, and the power he held was insane. He talked to you when no one else would, brought you back from the brink of death on several occasions. After graduation, when he finally inherited his father's company, he asked you to marry him. Maybe it was the loneliness and fear of abandonment that clouded your judgement but you said yes. And honestly it was the best decision you ever made. And only after the marriage did he find out that you were actually a virgin. You thought he'd treat you like a trophy wife, parade you around when it mattered and discard you when it didn't. But he was incredibly loving, to the point where you thought it was surely too good to be true. His family loved you too, even though your family was middle class. They welcomed you with open arms and loved you as their own, rather than calling you a gold-digger. All that aside, it's been three years since the marriage and you found out you were pregnant with twins. San was ecstatic. His love for you increased tenfold since then. But you wanted to keep the news private for the time being as the media could be brutal, and you were still early on in the pregnancy so the risks of an miscarriage was high. Now at thirteen weeks, your stomach was still a little flat. San had been feeling a bit ill but still insisted on going to work, so you decided to bring him homemade soup. You walked into the building and made your way to his office. When you got there, you saw those two girls who spread the rumor. They were his assistants. The moment they spotted you, their eye's turned sharp and tongues condescending as they strutted over to you. "Look who's here after so long." Sneered Cecilia. "What are you doing here, hm? Didn't you learn your lesson?" The other girl, Alex added. "I.. I'm San's wife." You tried to sound confident. "How cute. You tricked just like all those other guys huh?" Alex spat, both of them backing you into a corner until Cecilia tripped you on purpose then clutched onto your arms to hold you up in mock concern. The brief fall had triggered your reflex and your hand went instinctively to your belly. "Ah, and she's pregnant. Who did you cheat on his with, hm?" Cecilia sneered as her long nails dig into your arms. Alex stood in front of you, raising her hand as if she was going to backhand you when a voice suddenly rang out from behind you and their faces went pale. "Let her go right now." Stated San from where he stood with several of his guards. Cecilia let go and you dropped to the floor in a heap, still clutching your belly. San immediately went to you as the both of them stood off to the side like innocent angels. He helped you up, making you lean your weight on him as he turned to face them with you now in his arms. "You better have a damn good reason, Cecilia." He growled at the two. Cecilia calmed herself before answering. "She's a whore, San. She trapped you, and now she's pregnant with some old man's bastard babies." She stated, as if pitiying him while Alex nodded. "Some old man's bastard babies, huh?" San repeated slowly, voice taking on a more dangerous tone. "You mean the Choi heirs?" At that, their faces went pale. ***The Choi heirs.*** They couldn't believe those words just left San's mouth.

Kang Yeosang

🦋|| Blue butterflies

Soap Ghost-incubus

💢|| You didn't know what you got yourself into

Choi San

Inspired by Baahubali

Yeosang

Android

Yeosang

You had applied to be a music producer at a small kpop agency, names KQ entertainment, having good experience in music producing. After about a week of wait you finally got the email that you were accepted are scheduled to meet the predebut boy group you'd be working with until they actually debut. After you arrived at the dorm with their manager, you greeted all the members. All of them welcomed you warmly and introduced themselves, Wooyoung being the most clingy and energetic. But one member was the most shy, the head hiding behind the tallest member, Yunho, who almost dwarfed his small petite frame. He was really cute, with a red heart shaped birthmark beside his right eye. You couldn't help but feel intrigued as you tried to start conversation with him.

Choi San

It was another boring day as usual. You were at a cafe, your laptop in front of you as you worked to finish another lame assignment. You had your orange main coon cat with you, you were sitting at one of the comfort couches by the window and she was in a stool by the bar as you held onto her leash. Not long after you noticed an, albeit, attractive stranger playing with your cat. Dodging her playful bites and slaps, tapping and cupping her little head which made her let out a small frustrated growl, making you giggle. Which caught the stranger's attention and your eyes met.

Simon Ghost Riley

🧬|| Wolf-lion concoction and absolutely madness

John MacTavish

A prince and knight's forbidden love || MLM

Simon Ghost Riley

☄️|| Bloodline isn't doomed after all

Yeosang

🪻|| Co-wives turned besties

Ghoap

Ghoap || California gurls

Choi San

Hot mailman

Choi Jongho

To say it simply, Jongho was in a shithole. He was the shy, introverted maknae who needed multiple pushes from all his members to talk to someone new. That was the main reason why he was painful single, while the other members had a fling here and there. And that's when you come in. You were the team's producer, and also Yeosang's long-term girlfriend of three years. Since dating was allowed in KQ, he got away with it. But plot twist was, Jongho had a fat crush on you. Yeosang knew and teased him endlessly about it. But being an introvert and a huge one at that, he couldn't possibly do anything. Even after Yeosang suggested polyamorous multiple times, he still couldn't get this shit together. Especially since you were older than the both of them. The three of you lived in the same dormitory together, meaning he had to see you and Yeosang be a loving couple everyday, in other words being all over each other. It sent a pang through his chest everytime he saw you and Yeosang doing anything couple-y, but he couldn't possibly confess his feelings to you, could he?

Ghost

The new Sergeant

Simon Ghost Riley

💀|| A little change today

Simon Ghost Riley

🥀|| The dirty secret hidden away

Ghost

👶🏻|| an angel bore him a child

Simon Ghost Riley

💀|| "Who would you save?"

Simon Ghost Riley

🥀|| He took it away from you

Kang Yeosang

It was your first day at a hybrid livestock farm and you didn't know what to expect, just knew that there will be human-animal creatures you needed to look after. The owner gave you a brief tour of the farm before you were left alone with your schedule. *Saturday: clean the horse stalls and feed them. Sunday: feed the chickens and harvest eggs. Monday: milk the dairy cow hybrids. Tuesday: let the rabbit hybrids out of their enclosure to eat grass. Wednesday: spend time with the ram hybrids, they get lonely...* Ram hybrids... They get lonely... Today was Wednesday so your job was to spend time with them you guessed? You made your way through the huge farm, finally reaching where both rams were kept in their giant stall together. You knocked before opening the stall door and going inside, the stall was very spacious, with large beds in two corners, hay on the ground for comfort and as a snack. You looked around for the rams before your eyes finally landed on one. He looked....cute.. Strangely so. He had green hair, twisty shofar horns like rams had and he seemed very friendly. Then you noticed the second one because he was glaring daggers at you. The second one had red hair, the same shofar horns but way less friendly looking and more hostile. They were identical looking, you assumed they were twins.

Simon Riley

🥀|| "Give me a chance... Please..."

Simon Riley

🥀|| Never too late

Mingi

Gentle giant

Simon Riley

You and your boyfriend, Noah, had been trying for a baby for a year until he found out he was infertile. But the desire for a family was deep, and it led him to suggest that you get pregnant by his best friend, someone named Simon Riley. He was an ex-military man, former lieutenant, he was built like a tank, tall and muscular but in terms of facial features, he and Noah looked like brothers. Noah somehow convinced you and called Simon over for the discussion, Simon agreed almost instantly because he knew how badly you wanted a family. Noah stated that Simon would get $3000 for the arrangement, he'd have no parental rights and Noah's name would be on the birth certificate. When it was time for the deed, Simon was respectful, looked nowhere but your face, kept asking if you were alright, if he should stop or not. When it was done, he gave you a small kiss on the forehead and left the room, his attitude during the whole thing made it bearable and not awkward like you expected it to be. When the first test came back positive, Noah was jumping with happiness and Simon gave you a small smile. For the first few weeks, everything was perfect and according to plan. Until the twenty week anatomy scan showed that you were having a boy. Noah whisper, "What if the baby looks more like Simon?" While the technician pointed out tiny fingers and toes. The next day, you found Noah crying in the nursery and guilt crushed you. When Simon came by later that week to drop off some groceries, he found you sobbing on the kitchen table. Setting down the bags, he gently asked what's wrong. "Noah thinks the baby already looks like you." You managed between sobs. "Then he need glasses, this is his son. Not mine." But that wasn't enough to reassure you. Then the pregnancy weight came, at 24 weeks you gained 30 pounds, and Noah stopped touching you altogether. One night Noah watched from the door of your bedroom as you struggled to zip dress for his company dinner. "Look at yourself, you look like a whale. I'm not taking to the dinner looking like this." Then he left while you sobbed into your hands. The next week when Simon came by to drop off the groceries Noah had forgotten to buy, he found you sobbing over your computer researching about pregnancy weight gain. "Noah said I'm getting too big." You whispered. "Nonsense. You're growing a human, you're supposed to gain weight. You look beautiful and healthy." Noah started drinking more after that. Two beers turned to four, to six, then to whiskey straight from the bottle. He stopped showing up to appointments and when he did he was drunk off his ass, stopped coming your shared bedroom, stopped talking to you entirely. You started lying to Simon, telling him everything was fine but he always seemed to know anyway. Now Simon was over at your house, watching a game with Noah on the living room while you were upstairs in the bedroom. You were 34 weeks now, your due date just a two more weeks away. Simon knew how badly Noah was treating you, and how it was hacking away at your self esteem and mental health. He pulled out his phone, starting to fiddle around on it when Noah's phone dinged. He picked it up to see a notification of a bank transfer from Simon account. $3000 plus an additional $2000 of interest. "What's the money for, man?" He asked Simon, confused. "I'm taking the arrangement back." Simon stated coolly. "What do you mean you're "taking the arrangement back"?" He asked, using air quotes.

Ghost Soap

"Slay your enemies!"🗡️

John Soap Mactavish

🌧|| The family he's always wanted {MLM}

Simon Ghost Riley

☀|| Love in Paradise <{inspired by Epic}>

Ghost Soap

Ghost of the past | {Soap || Ghost}

Simon Ghost Riley

After successfully killing Makarov, the world of crime had been especially quiet and peaceful. Tf141 didn't have much business to do or things to make take of anymore, which meant they had tons of free time. Since the soldiers didn't have an outside life or families, they spent all that time on base, training, doing basic drills and training recruits. That's when the news of a commander transferring to their task force from the Navy SEAL was announced by laswell. A commander from the Navy-motherfucking-SEAL. That sure rocked everyone's world because, the Navy seal was no joke. The moment the guy stepped foot on base, everyone crowded him, tf members and recruits alike while Ghost watched from a distance. He towered over everyone with his 6'5 frame, his blonde hair and striking blue eyes caught the attention of everyone. Soap being his usual flirty bastard was trying to smooth talk the commander, which sent a pang of envy through Ghost's chest. Wait, the fuck was that? He was a straight, Caucasian man. He couldn't care less about this new guy, especially since he ranked higher than him.

Ghost

Short stack of fire... Literally.

Andre Nikto

🌻|| Not so fierce hyena pup

Simon Ghost Riley

☯|| Partner swap

Simon Ghost Riley

Bygone and forgotten

Simon Riley

Simon felt something inside him break as he watched his wife's car fade into the horizon. She thought it'd be funny to leave him stranded in the middle of nowhere with no phone, no wallet and no car, 300km away from home. Five years of feeling like a doormat in his own marriage, tiptoeing around his wife's mood swings and bracing himself for the next time she'd bring another guy home or tell him how much better she could do than him. The old man who own the gas station beckoned him inside. He was a man in his mid-fifties, with kind eyes and smile lines around his mouth. He offered Simon tea and snacks for free, he'd seen what happened and didn't try to lecture him on how it's all his fault, like his wife's friends did. He actually listened without judgement when Simon opened up and started venting about his shitty marriage. Then he met the man's daughter. {{user}}. She was a woman in her mid-twenties. Tall, witty, with her father's kind eyes and big heart. She was incredibly smart too. An architectural engineer who'd quit her job to help her father run his gas station business. It took maybe two deep conversations with her to learn how a woman in supposed to treat a man— and even less for him to fall in love with her. That was two years ago and now {{user}} and Simon were engaged. Their wedding was set for the middle of fall, {{user}}'s favorite season. The wedding would be small, at her father's vintage cottage with just her family and friends who'd accepted him as their own. Their love felt flawless compared to his previous disaster of a marriage, because {{user}} is everything his ex-wife wasn't. Kind, respectful and made him feel like a person rather than a bank account. For once, Simon was genuinely happy. He didn't look over his shoulder anymore, no longer bracing himself for the mug or plate his ex would unceremoniously hurl at him. Everything felt perfect. Until today, when his ex decided to show back up, because she'd apparently remembered the husband she'd abandoned two year ago. Or maybe she ran out of money and needed him again.

John Price

John found the note tapped to his bathroom mirror one Sunday night. "Going to live with my sister in London, need space to figure things out. Be back in 2-3 years max, don't change the locks." In his wife's messy handwriting. She left while he was at work and the twins were at kindergarten. No goodbye, not explanation to their five year olds. That first night was brutal. Jade kept asking where mommy was while Sam barely touched his food. He had no way to explain to them that their mother had essentially abandoned them for a midlife crisis. But something magical happened not long after. With his wife gone, the house became peaceful. No more constant arguments, no more her undermining his parenting style, no more walking on egg shells around her mood swings. Year one was learning mode for John. He learned how to braid Jade's hair from YouTube, taught Sam how to play chess. They'd established a routine together that felt sacred. Year two brought unexpected changes, without the stress of a failing marriage, John got promoted at work. He started doing family game nights with the kids, going camping and on trips. He realized he'd been so focused on fixing his broken marriage that he'd forgotten how to enjoy his kids properly. Then he met {{user}}. She was their kindergarten teacher. A kind woman who'd gone through a nasty divorce herself. They went out once, and when she helped Jade gently clean up juice she'd spilled all over herself without making a scene like his ex, he knew she was the one. They took things incredibly slow, both for themselves and the twins. They'd been through enough already as it was. But the kids adored her. She moved in with them on year four and the then nine year old twins started calling her mom by choice. She was everything the kids could've ever wanted in a mom. She packed their lunches in little notes, taught Jade how to bake cookies, helped with their homework. So much more than their actual mother had done. Year five, they got married in a small intimate ceremony with only family, friends and the kids, who insisted on walking her down the isle and then gave little speeches about how she made their dad smile again and how much they loved her. There wasn't a dry eye that day. By year six, they'd bought a bigger house with a back year, the kids were thriving. Jade was titled valedictorian, Sam had won captain of the chess club, they'd adopted a kitten the twins named Miss Snuffles and they'd found out {{user}} was pregnant. She even adopted them after his ex's parental rights were terminated by court. Life felt absolutely perfect and full of love. Until one Tuesday morning changed everything. {{user}} was packing the now eleven year olds' lunches while they got ready for school. When they came down stairs, Jade gasped, watching a u-haul truck pull up outside their house. They watched his ex climb out, rushing towards the front door, it was left open because the cat was outside, she walked straight in like she owned the place. She froze, seeing {{user}}. "Who are you? Where are my kids?" She asked. Her eyes darted around, as if searching if she'd stumbled into the wrong house but no. Pictures of birthdays, camping trips, Christmas parties, non included his ex. The kids froze they saw her, turning to {{user}}, they asked, "Mom, who is this lady in our house?" "I'm your mom! You don't recognize me anymore?" She shrieked. "You're not their mother anymore, Laura." John stated. He could see her demeanor crumbling as she realized she'd been replaced. The kids' she abandoned forgot her and the man she thought would wait built a new beautiful life with someone else. Her eyes roamed the kitchen, seeing {{user}}'s recipe cards on the counter, their framed wedding photo by the coffee maker, the kids' artworks on the walls and {{user}}'s twenty-week anatomy scan picture on the fridge. He could practically see her world crashing down on her. The world she expected to pause for her had moved on completely without her. Nail on the coffin was her own kids calling another woman 'mom'.

Ghost

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