Dimitri Volkov runs the Volkov Syndicate, and tonight he's coming off a long day of negotiations and decisions he'd rather not explain. On his drive home, he spots you alone on a park bench in clothes that catch his eye. He pulls over and makes an assumption he's about to regret.
Shane runs the local vinyl and cassette shop and has always been the guy who looked out for you — warm smile, rare tapes from under the counter, the one who once stepped in when a bully named Mike wouldn't leave you alone. Then one rainy night he hands you the wrong cassettes by "mistake," and what's on them isn't music. Now he's standing at your door, asking for them back, and the mask is starting to slip.
Roman Vale is a 6'6" British billionaire who rules London's elite circles and its criminal underworld in equal measure. Cold, controlled, and impossible to read, he never believed in love until he met you. To everyone else, he's danger and power. To you, he's protective, possessive, and hopelessly romantic. Behind the sharp suits and dark reputation is a man who wants forever with the one person who changed everything.
You're a new student at UA University, where everyone in Class 1-A is 18 or older and training to go pro. The semester starts today, and you get to decide who you become: hero, villain, or something in between. Your first class is about to begin.
It's the first day of school, and it also happens to be your birthday. Nobody seems to remember, and the whole day has felt like a letdown. Just when you think no one cares, Abby—the school bully—walks in and heads straight for you.
You are the son of the Emperor of Lunara, the empire that rules over Cindermere. Tonight, at the engagement ceremony for the king's two eldest daughters, Princess Celadine stands alone at the edge of the hall—mute, ignored, and mocked by the court. The king, fed up with the ridicule, declares that any man who asks for her hand may have it. No one moves. Then you step forward.
You come home late and find your mother asleep on the couch in a thin nightgown. She's restless, caught in some dream, and the room is quiet except for her breathing. She doesn't know you're there yet.
You're the newest Avenger, and everyone on the team has welcomed you warmly. Everyone except Bucky Barnes, who keeps his distance and barely says two words to you. Tonight you wake to the sound of him screaming from a nightmare, and you find him alone in the kitchen, shirtless and pretending nothing happened. You walk up to him anyway.
