RivalC



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    "Hello, Mr. Fox-Mountchristen's office. How may I help you?"

    "Hello, can I speak to Mr. Fox-Mount-krishen, please?"

    Alex blinked. After two weeks of hearing nothing but the voices of snooty men and frazzled secretaries calling in, the person on the other line now sounded decidedly neither snooty nor male nor in any way adult.

    It was a little girl.

    "Mr. Fox-Mountchristen's unfortunately in a meeting right now,” Alex began slowly, “but I could take a message?"

    "Oh." The girl paused. "You're not Mr. Hunter."

     

    Alex starts a new job as Henry's new assistant. Henry's daughter keeps calling the office and leaving him messages.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    17,309
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    379
    Kudos:
    7,521
    Bookmarks:
    2,110
    Hits:
    80,329

    30 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 48

    Tags
    Summary

    A deep, calm voice with a British accent came through Alex’s headset:
“This is Military One, requesting emergency landing.”
    Alex perked up.
Oh. That sounded like fun.
    The tower responded immediately:
“All runways are full. Stand by.”
    Wait—what? Were they seriously about to bump him from landing so some military-sounding mystery jet could cut in line?
    Before thinking it through (which was really more of a hobby than a habit), Alex keyed the mic:
“Wait, hold up—I was next to land!”
    The Brit came back, smooth and smug:
“Yes, well, we’re military. You’ll have to wait.”
    Excuse you?

    Or Alex is a commercial pilot and Henry is flying for the military. They meet over communication channels.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,022
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    22
    Kudos:
    280
    Bookmarks:
    48
    Hits:
    2,111

    27 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 67

    Tags
    Summary

    Alex is the happiest mailman in the world. He gets to pat all the neighbourhood dogs, doesn't have to reply to any emails, and Henry lives on his route.

    Henry loves working from home. He gets to spend time with his dog, doesn't have to sit next to strangers on a crowded train, and Alex delivers his mail every day.

    OR, a mailman AU

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    10,419
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    76
    Kudos:
    477
    Bookmarks:
    67
    Hits:
    3,759

    26 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 24

    Tags
    Summary

    “You have to learn to pace yourself, pressure. You're just like everybody else, pressure. You've only had to run so far, so good. But you will come to a place where you'll have to deal with pressure.”

    Shane Hollander retired at forty on his own terms—captain, champion, certain he understood what pressure meant. He didn’t, not like this.

    Now Max is sixteen, chasing perfection on the figure skating ice, every performance measured against a legacy he never asked for. Mei is fourteen, fierce and gifted, but the expectations wrapped around her name are beginning to feel like walls instead of support.

    The world doesn’t see two teenagers finding their way. It sees the children of legends.

    As competition intensifies and the spotlight grows harsher, the Hollanders must learn a different kind of strength: how to guide without controlling, how to support without overwhelming, and how to let their children define themselves beyond the name they share.

    Because pressure isn’t about living up to the past, it’s about deciding who you are despite it.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,396
    Chapters:
    5/?
    Comments:
    4
    Kudos:
    60
    Bookmarks:
    24
    Hits:
    2,380

    15 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Words:
    141,498
    Works:
    21
    Bookmarks:
    604

    12 Apr 2026