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His thoughts are starting to bleed and flow together, and concepts such as sense and rationality have flown out the window, and it's really all her fault. He blames her, the girl with eyes stolen from the stars and a heart he so desperately wants but can't have.
(Michael and Daisy are not dating, much to everyone's confusion and Michael's chagrin and Calum's joy. Michael's just a tad upset about that.)

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a one-shot

for "katie's trope-a-thon" challenge

updated: 8/31/14
link: here

[leesh]

If Natasha Sinclair could be described in one word, it would be a ‘quitter’. As soon as the going gets tough, she will get herself out of there as fast as she can. When her dance teacher was pushing her too hard, she quit. When her university course got too overwhelming and difficult, she quit. And when she’s had any potential romantic relationships, they’ve never lasted long all because the second she started falling for the guy, she quits.

So, when stumbling into a kebab shop at two in the morning, the last thing Tash expected was for Luke Hemmings to take a liking to her - but he did. And now his mission is to prove to Tash that just because life gets tough sometimes, it doesn’t mean you can’t keep moving forward.

(Or the one where Tash loses her phone, and Luke, being the romantic he is, does whatever he can to help her find it - along with his heart.)

updated: sep 1, 2014
link: right here

[heather]

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Madeline Nolan only wanted to find her freedom. Instead, she found him. 

He was as lethal as he was captivating, as roguish as he was honorable, 

and she was sure that he would bring everything she had worked for to ashes at her feet. 

He was her own daring adventure, her best-kept secret, 

and she didn’t care how it would end.  

A story of first love, rebellion, law breaking, and finding the one thing you’re not willing to let go of.

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Updated: September 4th

[soundsluke]

Lydia Parker was in a situation that a lot of girls would love to be.

The slightly dysfunctional flirtationship she'd managed to develop with Luke Hemmings and Calum Hood had been going on for quite a few weeks and so far, neither of them seemed to have a problem with it. It was all in good fun, after all.

That is, until, they give her an ultimatum.

They both have feelings for her and they can't carry on the way they are.

They'd both done a fantastic job at hiding these so-called feelings, and an even better job at acting like it wasn't effecting their friendship. But it was - a simple phone call to Ashton was enough to confirm that.

Lydia felt sick, but she had no other option. She was going to have to choose between the two boys who meant the most to her in the whole world.

And she had no idea what her decision was going to be.

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Updated: Septembet 5 2014
Chapter updated: two.
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[soundsluke]

Angelia Ripley wanted nothing more in life than to prove to her family – namely, her father – that she could be successful in life. That she didn't need to marry a rich husband like her sister had done, that she could take care of and provide for herself the way normal people did.

After months of persuasion, her father had finally (thanks to her mother) given in and she has one chance to prove herself – she has to look after the newest signing to his record label while they're in LA.

At 24 years old, it's a chance most people could only dream of.

But unfortunately for Angelia, that dream is about to turn into a nightmare, as one boy seemed determined to ruin it all.

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Updated: September 5th 2014
Chapter updated: prologue.
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[chloe.]

©ren

Lee Henry had been managing 5 Seconds of Summer since day one.
Lee Henry has also been managing Luke Hemmings since day one.

They’ve been partners in crime the moment Luke was born. He’s like a baby brother to her, and she’s taken care of him his whole life. But it seems that now, the tables might be turned. Lee’s a woman with a lot on her plate; managing a band that’s quickly rising to fame, a fanbase that hates her guts, her ex boyfriend, Ashton, who thinks that they can rekindle their relationship, and a best friend who’s vulnerable and needy, when she herself might be just as needy herself.

But whatever, right? It’s easy to cover up your feelings and pretend they’re not there, right? She can handle it.
No problemo.


Updated: 9/5
Chapter: four

[jessica.]

Despite her namesake, Molly St. Francis is no saint. Hell, she’s not even remotely divine. As a dropout working as a small time pot dealer, she does what she can to make ends meet with the help of her best friend and fellow dealer, Ashton. 

After the two are robbed of all their cash and goods by a group of preppy thugs, desperate and broke, their supplier gives them one last chance to prove the duo has what it takes to stay in business.

Their mission? Smuggle a VW bus full of pot across the Mexican border without getting caught.

So Molly collects a group of ragged stoners including; Ashton (obviously), the whole reason they're all in this mess, his narcoleptic best friend (who could also possibly be his lover), and her ex high school sweetheart, who as it turns out, is now actually a cop.

A comedy fueled with wonky maps, too many lighters, sharp tongues and a bus named Stevie Wonder.

Calum/Molly/Ashton/Stevie Wonder

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Updated: 09/07

Chapter: one

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[heather]

All Kyle Matthews wanted was to be left alone. 

There was a roof over her head, great books to read, a decent paying job, and her baby brother was happy and healthy. That was all that mattered. She didn’t need anyone and was happy to go out of her way to make that clear to any who tried to intrude upon her life. She had come across bad luck was all, she wasn’t unfortunate and things would turn around eventually, right? She didn’t need the judgmental side-eye from passersby or the look of pity she saw in everybody’s eyes. 

She didn’t need some stupid, Australian goofball to come in and try to sweep her off her feet, firmly plant himself in her life, and make her feel things that she didn’t know how to deal with. She didn’t need the public eye prying into her private life, and she certainly didn’t need more attention on the fact that she was raising a child on her own. She didn’t need yet another complication in her otherwise normal life. 

All Kyle Matthews said she wanted was to be left alone. 

But Calum Hood knew differently, and he wasn’t going to leave without a fight.


Posted/Updated: September 7
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[heather]

Never underestimate your enemies. 

That’s what Peter Pan learned when he thought the war between Neverland and Wonderland had ended. He wanted to blame the long war for many things — the fact that he’d needed to grow up a bit to fight in the war, that he’d had to send his Lost Boys away for safety, for being alone, and most of all, for aging — but he could only blame himself for the deaths of some of his most faithful Lost Boys after deeming it safe for them to return home. That one was all on him. 

He was, however, going to blame Wendy Darling for allowing most of his Lost Boys to forget about not only Neverland, but him while he was fighting for the safety of their home. Even if it hadn’t been her who had said she’d watch over the Lost Boys, she had convinced him to send them to earth in the first place. And it wasn’t as if she’d put up a fight to stop Tinkerbell from tampering with other kinds of magic and becoming human, either. 

Unfortunately, he had even bigger problems than his fairy friend giving into darkness and his human friend wanting him to stay on earth for good. 

Neverland was locked, officially taken over by Wonderland. He started aging even more than before and had to take up the alias Ashton Irwin to avoid the Wonderlanders who were out for his head. His remaining Lost Boys wanted nothing to do with him because they’d either forgotten or were happy with how their lives on earth had turned out. Then there was Wendy herself, who was one big complication that he didn’t know how to deal with or how to feel about. 

But he wasn’t going to allow any of that to stop him from finding a way home. 

A story of tall tales, a few too many curses, one boy who never wanted to grow up but might just need to anyway, the ways of warring worlds, and adventure, of course.


Updated: September 8th, Chapter Two.
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[soundsluke]

Luke Hemmings had it all.

He was (almost) 18 years old, relatively popular, he had good grades, good friends and the seemingly perfect family. For him, life couldn't get any better.

He was about to find out it could get a hell of a lot worse, though, when he discovers his father has a secret (almost) 19 year old son who had to come and live with them.

Luke didn't want him there – this was his life, his family, his friends. He didn't want, nor need, some screwed up illegitimate child coming in and fucking everything up, but he wasn't left with a choice.

He knew Ashton Irwin was going to come in and ruin his life, and there was no way in hell that Luke was going to let that happen.

AU in which Luke is a spoilt rich boy and Ashton is his quiet, brooding older half-brother who he didn't know existed.
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Updated: September 10th 2014
Chapter updated: four.
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[seeingred]

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Michael really didn't want to go to England.

He didn't want to stay with his snobby cousins, he didn't want to be away from his band mates for half a year and he definetley didn't want to go to his Aunt's stupid wedding.

But in order to keep his family happy, he put on a fake smile and tried to act as if he didn't want to jump onto the next flight back to Sydney.

However, in the midst of Michael's internal hatred for the UK, a beautiful plot twist called Lori Phillips manages to clamber her way into his life, and eventually his heart.

But with less than five months left until the Clifford's have to head home, Michael realizes that going back no longer sounds like a good idea.

An AU where Luke can't stop skyping Michael, Ashton is in the middle of an existential crisis at the age of 20, Calum is getting unwanted male attention and Michael somehow falls in love.
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Updated: 11/09/14

Link: Chapter 4

[chloe.]

It starts off with five people. You have Luke Hemmings, the Sheriff’s son who gets discounted drugs and sexual services, Michael Clifford, the mechanic who sneaks around with a mobster’s daughter, Ashton Irwin, the boxer with a bit of an anger and drug problem, Calum Hood, the boy who goes great lengths to provide for his family, and Touey Marr, the girl who used to sell herself for money.

Five friends and they were in it till the end. Through blood and guts, they were together. That is, until one runs away under unknown circumstances and the course of life parts the other four.

Five people, six years, and too many secrets.

After those six years, Calum’s found hanging from a tree in the park off of Baker’s Street. The friend with all the secrets. The one everyone trusted with everything. He died, and he took everyone’s secrets with him.

Or so they thought.

That’s where Olivia Chance comes in. The one who was Calum’s friend after high school when everyone left him. The sweet innocent girl he trusted to talk to when his other friends called with their shitty problems. Olivia heard all the nasty, immoral things they did. And now they’re back in Lovelock, Nevada. And she’s certain they’re responsible for his unlawful death.

A story of what happens when you go back to the town where secrets lie, and old habits rest. When you reopen healing wounds. When you find out those secrets that make the puzzle fit together. Why people do what they do. How to survive. Letting all the bad blood go.


Updated: 9/11
Chapter: one

[soundsluke]

Stevie Rogers knew she'd been cursed the day she met an 8 year old Ashton Irwin after he pushed her out of a tree and broke her arm. Even now, more than ten years later, he still mostly made her life… difficult, despite their friendship. He got her into trouble regularly, and frequently embarrassed her over not-so-secret crush on his band mate.

He was annoying, but he was her best friend and no matter what she said, she wouldn't change him for anything.

Well, except for Justin Timberlake, but hey – a girl has needs.

Of course, finding out his secret changed things between them. It made Stevie see him in an entirely different way, and she ended up learning the hard way that one mistake had the potential to ruin a friendship forever.

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AU

Chapter: five.
Date updated:September 13th 2014
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[bex]

(c) the amazing Karissa

Calum Hood’s got a lot on his plate and the china’s about to crack (and, no, this is not the appropriate time for Asian jokes, damn it!).

His sister’s daily, midnight phone calls about her failing romance have torn his sleeping schedule to shreds. His best mates’ self-destructive tendencies have got him jumping through hoops keeping the damage to a minimum. His management’s perpetual pestering is driving him up the wall and his girlfriend’s subtle snarky comments aren’t helping their own crumbling relationship. His mother won’t get off his case about proposing, his father is constantly snapping his tongue in disapproval, his new neighbor’s cat just keeps finding it’s way into his dirty laundry... The list grows longer and longer every waking moment and the ringing echoes of his name calling him to attention have got him paranoid at all hours.

Life is shattering to pieces in his palms and Calum can’t even feel the pain or see the blood because he’s too damn distracted.

Or where Cal thinks he’s a super hero, but maybe he’s the one who needs saving.



updated: 9/14/14
link: prologue.

[heather]

Madeline Nolan only wanted to find her freedom. Instead, she found him. 

He was as lethal as he was captivating, as roguish as he was honorable, 

and she was sure that he would bring everything she had worked for to ashes at her feet. 

He was her own daring adventure, her best-kept secret, 

and she didn’t care how it would end.  

A story of first love, rebellion, law breaking, and finding the one thing you're not willing to let go of.

Updated: 9/14/14
Chapter: four.