surfer curtains

"For most of his life E.J tries to hide behind drawn curtains, to afraid that the world will find out about his abnormal situation. The one where he needs to please his stepfather sexually every night behind the same drawn curtains When E.J meets Christopher he wishes that he could be whole for him and be in his arms as a pure boy again, be he know that is impossible. Add in E.J's stepfather becoming jealous of Christopher and E.J feeling he will never be good enough to be in a relationship and E.J needs to choose between killing his stepfather to be with Christopher or committing suicide to get out of this situation once and for all. WARNING: This story may contain adult themes or sexual abuse. Do not read if this affects you in any way. This story however is based on things that do happen in real life. If you are being sexually abused, please talk about it and tell someone that can help you. This story has a rating of 18. If you are not 18 please refrain from reading since this story contains scenes of sexual nature as well as strong language."

--- Curtains & Cages is a slow-burn LGBTQ+ romance wrapped in psychological drama and fame’s unforgiving glare. Elián Voss, a beautiful but emotionally repressed actor trapped under his stepmother’s control, delivers a haunting audition that goes viral overnight. As the world begins to see him, a mysterious media mogul watches from the shadows, drawn to Elián’s pain and talent. Their lives collide in a web of fake dating, buried trauma, and dangerous obsession—where love might be the only thing real. --- MAIN CHARACTERS ELIÁN VALE - Role: Protagonist, dancer, truth-seeker - Traits: Observant, emotionally guarded, fiercely loyal - Arc: Begins as a performer haunted by Ava’s disappearance. Transforms into the architect of a rebellion against the Archivist’s surveillance empire. - Key Relationships: Son of Marisol, stepson of Celeste, nephew of Mateo, stepbrother to Julien CASSIAN RHYS - Role: Director, Ava’s ex, co-conspirator - Traits: Charismatic, guilt-ridden, obsessive - Arc: Once the golden boy of the company, Cassian is unraveling under the weight of his past decisions. His journey is one of reckoning and redemption. AVA VALE - Role: Elián's biological sister, missing dancer, catalyst of the story - Traits: Vulnerable, defiant, enigmatic - Arc: Though absent, Ava’s presence drives the entire narrative. Her journal, footage, and final performance reveal a dancer who refused to be commodified. THE ANTAGONIST. The Archivist - Role: Mysterious, masked figure; curator of surveillance - Traits: Calculated, theatrical, omnipresent - Arc: Turns art into control. Archives pain, edits reality, scripts finales for others. ALLIES & TRUTH-SEEKERS ISLA VALE - Role: Ava’s and Elián's step- sister, whistleblower - Traits: Sharp, strategic, emotionally armored - Arc: Brings Ava’s hidden truth to light. Key to understanding the contracts, the surveillance, and the real finale. --- MARISOL VALE - Role: Elián, Isla, Ava’s biological mother,vanished dancer - Traits: Fierce, intuitive, protective - Arc: Former dancer who tried to expose the surveillance system. Disappeared after a fire at the old theater. --- UNCLE MATEO - Role: Elián’s estranged uncle, former stagehand - Traits: Quiet, resourceful, loyal - Arc: Took Elián in after Marisol vanished. Estranged after Elián joined the company. May have helped Marisol build the resistance. --- THE INSTITUTION VIVIENNE MARCEAU - Role: Celeste’s sister, Juliene's mother - Traits: Polished, calculating, emotionally distant - Arc: Married Elián’s father after Marisol’s disappearance. Pushed Elián toward the spotlight, not the truth. --- JULIEN MARCEAU - Role: Elián’s stepbrother ( vivienne's son) - Traits: Charming, ambitious, morally gray - Arc: Grew up in the theater world but became a producer. Resented Elián’s talent. May have leaked the footage to control the narrative. --- CELESTE MARCEAU - Role: Studio head, former mentor - Traits: Elegant, secretive, morally compromised - Arc: Once a guiding force, now revealed to be complicit in the surveillance. Her motives remain unclear — protection or power? --- THE BOARD (UNNAMED) - Role: Shadowy figures funding the Archivist’s network - Traits:Powerful, untouchable,invisible (for now) - Arc: Appear in Marisol’s journal as key players in the cover-up. --- MINOR & REFERENCED CHARACTERS LUCA - Role: Dancer who impersonated Ava in the “One Night Only” performance - Traits: Fragile, manipulated, theatrical - Arc: Delivered the chilling line: “You made me.” Possibly coerced by the Archivist. --- .M. - Role: Alias used in a comment on Elián’s viral video - Traits: Cryptic, protective - Arc: Likely Uncle Mateo, signaling he’s watching and ready to help. ____

Haruto Kirigami is a brilliant and handsome high school student who keeps his looks and real self behind unkempt hair, glasses, and an icy attitude. Haunted by a painful past, he has issues with trust and likes to be alone, keeping everyone at arm's length. Nasaki Kitta, a lovely and smart girl, has secret feelings for Haruto but keeps them hidden behind a genial and calm surface. Even though she has such feelings, it is hard for her to approach him because he is antisocial. With small, silent moments—such as brief conversations in the library, shared glimpses in the hallway, and small gestures of kindness—their bond slowly begins to develop. As Haruto's walls begin to break down, Nasaki becomes a beacon of warmth and compassion in his otherwise icy existence. The narrative weaves through key high school moments: a school festival where Haruto comes out of his shell, a home visit that introduces Nasaki to his secret world, and a touching graduation where Haruto finally accepts the future with renewed hope.

Jonathan "Tantan" (17) is stubborn about love. He believes he's too young for it and doesn't want it. But one day a new boy named Ben (17) arrives in their town with an undeniable charisma and mystery. Tantan along with his friends Justine (16), Paloma (17) and Akihiro (17) are drawn to him. They reach a consensus. Anyone who gets close to Ben and makes him fall in love will acquire the money they got from a random man at the funfair . This propels Tantan to get to know Ben realizing he's not too young to fall in love and that first love changes everyone.

"Stop… please," I begged, voice ragged, retreating with each blow. "No, you stop right there!" His eyes were wild now, spitting venom. "You think any man will look at you twice? A fat hippo like you? You think anyone will touch you? You're nothing, Timi. Nothing!" *** Timi never imagined her search for love would end in a police interrogation room. From the moment she arrived in Lagos, life has been a restless battle between survival and desire. Her relationship with Raymond — once tender — spirals into control, humiliation, and violence. When she finally dares to break free, she stumbles into the arms of Gregory Francis, a wealthy and enigmatic car importer whose touch awakens a hunger she has never known. But Gregory carries a dark shadow around, wrapped in grace and elegance. A shadow that threatens to consume them both— Natasha. As Timi navigates lust, betrayal, and the lingering grip of her abusive ex, secrets unravel in brutal ways, and every choice drags her further into a web where passion and danger blur. Now, sitting before an officer, Timi lays bare her story — piece by piece — confessing how love, jealousy, and desperation collided into a nightmare. Each revelation pulls her deeper into the mystery of herself, of Gregory, and of the horrific events that brought her to the police desk. Gripping, sensual, and devastating, Curtains of Unhappiness is a confessional Nigerian thriller where the boundaries between love and destruction collapse — and survival comes at the cost of truth.

A retired army officer and single mother, Alena, is quite convinced an intruder is lurking inside her home. But surprisingly no one sees the intruder - there is no evidence. As Alena's fear for her children's safety grows, she becomes impatient. Soon the line between threat and paranoia begins to blur. When the curtains finally pull back, the house’s dark connection to a buried government secret comes out. A secret that is threatening enough to set the entire city on fire. With troopers and citizens pointing fingers at Alena, the question rises - Is there really an intruder, or is Alena battling the demons she can no longer control?

Unable to die, unable to remember Noah is hunted by Lord Sanguinarii and his vampiric forces who learned about his unnatural powers, so that he can finally revive his father and atone for his sins.

After Chole got reincarnated in this romance fantasy when realized she was in great trouble indeed. To start with she didn't know which damn novel she was on cause she had read too many and wasn't even one of those villainess who got all the boys at end of the novel. She was the fiancé stealer, home wrecker , innocent looking but actually is very evil(dumb) character . Life was hectic to say the least. Nothing was well.

Fu Shinian, an extra character in the original book, awakens to find that her whole family are the vicious villains in the story. Her father, unable to establish relations with the Marquis Changping's residence, is demoted and exiled by the male lead. Her mother is beaten to death on the road to exile, and Aunt Cheng is humiliated to death protecting her chastity. Her elder brother opposes the male lead to win over the female lead and dies saving her. Her elder sister makes life difficult for the female lead, and after their father is exiled, she is divorced by the male lead and sent to a pleasure house. To protect her family and change their tragic fate, isn’t it fair for her to absorb all the male and female leads' fortunes? * [Ding! Male and female leads' fortune -1000, Fu Mansion's fortune +1000] Mr. Fu: "I attended the morning court session, why did His Majesty promote me again!" Madam Fu: "I went to the temple to offer incense, and the master said I was surrounded by a powerful purple aura!" Aunt Cheng: "How did the Cheng Family suddenly become the imperial merchants!" Elder Brother: "It seems like I suddenly have gained intelligence, I know all the exam questions!" Elder Sister: "How come right after I broke off the engagement, Little General Gu came to propose?" * The Marquis Changping can only live to 25, in two years the title will belong to the male lead? She frantically absorbs the fortunes of the male and female leads to boost the Marquis Changping's fortune! During the plague lockdown, Fu Shinian brings medicine and travels long distances into the city to safeguard his health. He understands the girl's intentions, but he only has two years left to live, how can he drag her down. However, why does his heart ache so much watching her with someone else? Finally, the Marquis Changping forces Fu Shinian into the corner of the study, lowering his head to seek her lips: "Niannian, I was wrong."

I wrote a book once. It was an unhinged fantasy born from my high-school brain, driven by loneliness and too many hormones. It was a world of beastmen, wild freedom, and the kind of romantic attention I could never get in real life. I poured every impossible desire into it: adventure, danger, and yes… a 'lot' of handsome partners. Before I knew it, I had a thousand chapters of pure escapism and pure thrill. Then on a college camping trip, I fell off a cliff. I expected to wake up in a hospital room but nope. I woke up on a soft field of grass, with air too fresh to belong anywhere on Earth. And then something moved behind me. Sticking out of my tailbone was... A tail. My tail? Yellow and black stripes and very, very real. I touched it. Completely real. My ears? Also gone—well, moved. They were now perched on top of my head like a confused jungle cat. And the outfit? Quite revealing, made of animal hide which matched my tail. What was going on? At first, I thought it was a prank. Or a dream. Or maybe karma is finally cashing in. But the more foreign memories evaded my mind, the clearer my situation became. This wasn't cosplay and it wasn't Earth, either. And—surprise—it wasn't even the world from my own book. Welp. I had been transported into a completely different Beastman world as a beast girl called Arinya. Sounds fun, right? Well… it would be, if I weren't apparently the ugliest duckling in the entire freaking savannah! Rejected by every potential mate I stumbled across and sneered at like a freaking eyesore. This was not how I planned my fantasy to come to reality. Trust me—if this is my fantasy come true, then someone needs to fire the author. But then again, after entering this world, I'm suddenly... Attractive. I mean, there's no change to my face and the freckles are still there, but for some reason, handsome beastmen begin to flock around me, because I smell... Pleasant. What's that all about?