🗳️ ALRIGHT, WHAT ARE WE READING NEXT?
So while Roads We Didn't Choose prepares to encounter some mild turbulence this week...
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I've been thinking about what we're doing after RWDC wraps up.
And because apparently I have absolutely no ability to work on one story at a time, I have options.
IMPORTANT: This is NOT everything currently lurking in my drafts.
Not even close.
These are just the fics that are either finished, nearly finished, or far enough along that they're basically post-ready and I can confidently start releasing them without disappearing into the wilderness halfway through.
So.
You guys get to pick what comes next.
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💍 THE WEDDING DATE
Chibs Telford x OFC | Mini-Fic
Fake date.
Family wedding.
A woman who needs someone convincing on her arm.
And apparently Chibs Telford cleans up very fucking well.
Excerpt:
A knock sounded. Nora looked down at herself. Smoothed the front of her dress. Immediately became annoyed that she'd done it. Then walked to the door. She reached for the knob. Paused. Gemma had known. That bitch had absolutely known. Nora opened the door. Chibs stood on her porch. For a second, neither of them spoke. His eyes moved over her. Not crudely. Not slowly enough to make her uncomfortable. Just enough that she saw the appreciation register. Something warm flickered in his expression. “Well.” Nora's eyebrows lifted. “Well?” A small smile tugged at his mouth. “Gemma was right about the green.” Nora stared at him. Then closed her eyes. “I'm going to kill her.” “Aye.” She opened them. “Did she tell everyone about this dress?” “Only me, far as I know.” “Somehow that's worse.” His smile widened. Then Nora noticed what he was holding. A flower. One. A pale pink rose.
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♟️ ROOK'S GIRL
Chibs Telford x OFC Maeve (pronounced "Mave") Byrne | Full-Length Fic | ~20–30 Chapters
Maeve Byrne was supposed to bury her uncle.
Instead, the night before his funeral, she finds a hidden backpack, an old photograph, and one final set of instructions from the man who raised her:
Go to Charming, California. Find Filip Telford. Trust him. He’ll protect you.
Hours later, Maeve is running for her life.
Beaten, terrified, and carrying something men are willing to kill for—even if she has no idea what it is—she crosses the country chasing the only name Declan left her.
Filip Telford hasn’t heard the name Rook in years.
But when a battered woman walks into a Charming diner carrying Rook’s old backpack and wearing his watch, Chibs knows exactly who she is.
What he doesn’t know is where Declan is.
Or why someone followed his girl all the way to Charming.
Now an old life Chibs thought he’d buried is creeping back into his own, SAMCRO is watching every shadow, and keeping Maeve alive means figuring out Rook’s final move before the men hunting her do.
The problem?
Somewhere between safe houses, sleepless nights, old stories, and constantly looking over their shoulders, Maeve stops being Rook’s girl to Chibs.
She becomes his own reason to fight.
Excerpt:
The ice machine sounded like it had been dying slowly since sometime in the Reagan administration. Maeve stood beneath the fluorescent light with the bucket positioned under the dispenser and pressed the button. Nothing. She stared. Pressed it again. A mechanical groan came from somewhere inside. Then silence. "You have got to be fucking kidding me." Maeve rested her forehead briefly against the machine. Cold metal. Bad idea. She stood upright again. "Come on." Button. Groan. Nothing. Her body felt unbearably heavy. Not sleepy exactly. Past sleepy. Like everything inside her had gone numb while her muscles remained full of sand. The vending machine beside it glowed too brightly. Crackers. Chips. Candy bars. Maeve couldn't remember what she wanted. Food. Something. She'd barely touched dinner. No. Not dinner. Eggs. At the diner. Hours ago? Jesus. Maeve pressed the ice button again. The machine suddenly dumped half an avalanche into the bucket. She jumped. The bucket nearly fell. Her ribs lit up. "Fuck." She clutched it against herself. Wrong move. Pain sharpened. Maeve closed her eyes. Waited. Breathe. Small. Careful. When she opened them again, the vending machine was still there. Crackers. Get crackers. Then back to the room. She flattened a dollar against her thigh. Fed it into the machine. Rejected. Again. Rejected. Maeve stared at the bill. For several seconds, nothing happened inside her head. Then: Turn it. Right. She turned it. Tried again. Accepted. "Thank you." She pressed the crackers. The metal coil turned. Packet slid forward. Stopped halfway. Maeve stared. "No." She pressed the button again. Nothing. "Come on." She leaned toward the glass. Maybe... An arm hooked around her waist. A hand clamped over her mouth. Maeve's mind disappeared. No thought. No recognition. Nothing. Her body reacted first. She screamed into the hand. The ice bucket hit concrete. Ice exploded everywhere. Maeve kicked backward. Twisted. Her elbow drove behind her. Caught something solid. The arm around her middle tightened automatically. Pain ripped through her ribs. White. Blinding. Her knees gave. A strangled cry tore against the palm over her mouth. Maeve clawed at the hand. Tried to bite. Tried to turn. Her body simply couldn't generate enough force. "Easy, lass." Everything stopped.
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🎮 LOADING...
Juice Ortiz x OFC | Full-Length Fic | ~20–30 Chapters
For almost a year, they were nothing more than usernames on a screen.
JuiceBoxx and InkWitch.
Late-night gaming sessions turned into hours-long conversations. Messages became the first thing they checked in the morning and the last thing they sent at night.
They knew almost everything about each other.
Almost.
When they finally decide to meet at Comic Con, neither expects the friendship they've built behind screens and headsets to survive quite so easily in the real world.
And neither expects three days together to change everything.
There's just one tiny problem.
Juice has never told Nikki he's a Son.
Nikki has never told Juice her last name.
And when those two missing pieces finally collide...
loading complete. chaos unlocked.
Excerpt:
His chest tightened. No. He couldn't leave it like this. Juice sat up. Grabbed his key. Crossed the room before he could talk himself out of it. And opened the door. Both froze. Nikki stood directly in front of him. One fist raised. Poised to knock. Juice stood halfway through the doorway. One hand still wrapped around the handle. Neither moved. "Oh." "Oh." A beat. Then... "I was gonna-" "You were gonna-" They stopped. Nikki laughed first. Juice followed. "You first." "No, you." "You came over here." "You opened the door." "Because I was coming over there." "Well, I got here first." "By like two seconds." "Still counts." He shook his head. And just like that... some of the panic disappeared. There they were. Ink and Juice. Arguing over absolutely nothing. Again. Except this time they were standing in a hotel hallway in the middle of the night. Barefoot. Neither apparently capable of sleeping. Because of each other. The laughter slowly faded. Neither moved. Suddenly... they were standing very close. Too close to pretend they hadn't noticed. The hallway seemed smaller than it had a moment ago. Quieter. Nikki swallowed. "What are we doing?" The question escaped before she could stop it. Juice looked at her. Really looked at her. "No idea." Honest. No joke. No smart-ass comment to soften it. Just the truth. Something in her chest tightened. His gaze dropped. Only briefly. To her mouth. Then back to her eyes. Nikki stopped breathing.
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🏥 ON CALL
Angel Reyes x OFC Mara Sullivan | ~10–20 Chapters
It starts with a collision.
One exhausted ER nurse. One unsuspecting biker. One cup of coffee dumped all over a perfectly good pair of boots.
Mara Sullivan expects that to be the end of it.
Angel Reyes has other ideas.
Suddenly, the man she literally ran into keeps appearing at her coffee shop. Then a scrapyard accident lands him on a gurney in her overcrowded ER, giving Angel a front-row seat to the smart-mouthed nurse who can calm a terrified child, shut down an asshole twice her size, and somehow make six stitches and a concussion feel suspiciously like flirting.
Coffee turns into food trucks.
Food trucks turn into dates.
Dates keep getting interrupted by a phone that never seems to stop ringing.
Neither of them has a life that respects plans—but somewhere between midnight takeout, ER coffee runs, club business, and a relationship neither of them saw coming, Angel becomes a familiar face in her world.
And Mara becomes something much more dangerous in his.
His person.
Excerpt:
The next morning, Mara stepped out of the coffee shop... And heard a motorcycle. Her head turned. No. Absolutely fucking not. The bike slowed. Pulled toward the curb. Angel saw her. His expression changed. Just slightly. The expression of a man who had been caught doing something he knew damn well he wasn't supposed to be doing. Mara stopped walking. Angel stopped the bike. Neither spoke. Her eyes went to the motorcycle. Then to him. Then very deliberately... To the six fresh stitches near his hairline. Back to him. Angel gave her a sheepish smile. “Morning.” Mara just stared. Nothing. “Mara.” She slowly lowered her coffee. “Get.” Angel blinked. “What?” “Off.” “Mara..." “The.” She pointed at the motorcycle. “Fucking.” Angel's mouth twitched. “BIKE.” There it was. The full look. Angel Reyes had been stared down by men with guns. Men who wanted him dead. Men considerably larger than the woman standing on the sidewalk in dark green scrubs holding an Americano. None of them had ever made him feel quite this much like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar. “I feel fine.” Her eyes narrowed. Angel immediately regretted his choice of words. “Oh, you feel fine.” “Yeah.” “Wonderful.” “Mara...” “How's the headache?” Angel hesitated. Her eyebrows lifted. “Angel.” “…Little one.” “Dizzy?” “No.” “Angel.” He looked away. Mara's jaw dropped. “You have got to be fucking kidding me.” “Barely.” “Get off the bike.” “I gotta get to the clubhouse.” “Then walk.” “It's like three miles.” “Sounds therapeutic.” Angel laughed. She did not.
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And again:
THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE WIP PILE.
This is merely the portion of the WIP pile that has stopped actively fighting me and can reasonably be released into the wild. 🤣
There are more.
There are always more.
So...
WHAT DO YOU WANT NEXT?
💍 The Wedding Date - Chibs
♟️ Rook's Girl - Chibs
🎮 Loading... - Juice
🏥 On Call - Angel
Vote below and tell me WHY in the comments/tags because I thoroughly enjoy watching you all campaign for your man. 🤣
Choose wisely.
Or don't.
I'm still gonna emotionally inconvenience you either way.
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