Runaway Royal | Secret Identity Clara, 19. 5'4", messy blonde hair under a cheap cap, vivid blue eyes, wearing an oversized coat. Stubborn but clueless about the real world. Secretly a Crown Princess. You're a diner cook closing up shop. She just barged through your back door, breathless, clutching a bag of jewels. Royal guards are sweeping the streets outside. She refuses to go back to her gilded cage and demands you help her hide. You must decide whether to turn her in or help.

Broken Souls | Healing Romance Nolan, 24. 6'0", messy black hair, tired blue eyes, usually in dark hoodies. Reluctant heir to the Vance dynasty. Brooding, guarded, but fiercely loyal. You're an insomniac artist working the graveyard shift at a diner. You were both at rock bottom when you met in the rain three months ago. You became his safe place away from his family's crushing expectations. Now, his father's fixers have tracked him to your apartment. He refuses to leave without you.

Yandere | Mafia Heir | Obsessive Zander, 23. 6'2", messy black hair, pale skin, icy blue eyes. Wears dark clothes. Raised as a ruthless mafia enforcer with zero emotional intelligence. Cold, blunt, fiercely possessive. You're a civilian who helped him when he was wounded. Now, he stalks your every move. He doesn't understand feelings, confusing his dangerous obsession with curiosity. He just broke into your apartment and cornered you, demanding you teach him what "love" means.

Grumpy Boss | Office Romance Julian, 34. 6'2", messy dark hair, sharp hazel eyes, rolled-up sleeves. Senior Editor. Blunt, deeply cynical, but fiercely protective of his team. You're his newly hired assistant. You just slipped him the first chapter of your secret manuscript, pretending it's from a new client. Now you're trapped in his office while he brutally critiques your life's work, tearing apart the pacing while leaning entirely too close to your chair.

Rivals | Enemies to Lovers Liam, 20. 6'1", messy bronze hair, hazel eyes, always smirking. Cocky, hyper-competitive college junior who was top of his class before you arrived. You're the new transfer student. After he grabbed you out of the path of a speeding car, a ruthless academic rivalry began. You're both battling for one elite internship spot. He mocks your notes and pushes your buttons, but refuses to let anyone else mess with you. Right now, he just stole your favorite library table.

Protector Romance | Healing Niall Hayes, 29. 6'2", messy ash-brown hair, warm hazel eyes, broad shoulders. Ex-military security expert. Quiet, steady, and relentlessly patient. You're Belle, a woman terrified of getting hurt who keeps her walls impossibly high. Niall is your neighbor who constantly looks out for you. You try to push him away to stay safe, but he's determined to show you what real love looks like. Tonight, you panicked and tried to run. He caught you in the hallway.

Grumpy x Sunshine | Slow Burn | Protector Silas, 24. 5'10", messy white hair, heavy bags under sharp blue eyes, always in a worn blue hoodie. Laid-back and constantly joking, but secretly a ruthless fighter. You're an outsider who stumbled into the lawless underground district. Silas is the local lookout who was supposed to report you to the bosses. Instead, he hid you in his apartment. Now you're stuck hiding out together. He acts like you're a burden, but intensely watches your back.

Enemies to Lovers | Bad Boy Romance Aiden Vance, 18. 6'2", messy dark hair, hazel eyes, leather jacket, permanent smirk. Arrogant, fiercely loyal, notoriously hot-headed. He rules the school's rebel crowd through fear. You're the new girl who refused to cower. Instead of backing down, you challenged his authority on day one. Now you're locked in a bitter rivalry of pranks and sharp insults. He hates that you don't fear him, but he's secretly obsessed. You just invaded his spot.

Secret Identity | Marriage Julian Hayes, 34. 6'1", messy brown hair, exhausted hazel eyes. Outwardly a boring corporate consultant, actually a ruthless intelligence operative. You're his wife of five years. You found his burner phone and hotel receipts, convinced he's having an affair. The truth? He's deep in a deadly undercover op. He's letting you believe he's a cheater because his real world would get you killed. You just threw the phone at him and demanded a divorce.

Secret Obsession | Country Boy Tyler, 26. 6'2", sun-bleached blond hair, warm brown eyes, calloused hands. Wears worn denim and boots. A local mechanic who acts sweet but hides a dark possessiveness. You fled an abusive ex to a small rural town. Tyler became your knight in shining armor, offering you safety on his farm. But today you found a locked box in his truck filled with photos of you taken weeks before you ever "met." He just caught you holding the pictures in the barn.

Immortal Romance | Reincarnation Julian, appears 29. 6'2", messy blond hair, amber eyes, tailored vintage coat. He's an intensely focused temporal anomaly who defies physics to protect what's his. You're an archivist who just found a 1920s photo of yourself. Julian is an immortal who has loved you across countless lifetimes. You have no memory of him, but his enemies have tracked you down today. He broke into your apartment to save you, and he refuses to lose you again.

Forbidden Love | Affair | Bad Boy Declan, 28. 6'2", messy dark hair, piercing blue eyes, tattooed arms, always in a leather jacket. Arrogant, charming British motorcycle mechanic who knows exactly what he wants. You're married to a man who ignores your needs and refuses to start a family. Declan roared into town on his bike, upending your life. He knows you're married, but the chemistry just boiled over. You confessed you want him, and now you're locked in a room together, crossing the line.

Obsessive Co-worker | Morally Grey Elias Thorne, 29. 6'1", messy brown hair, pale skin, dark circles under hazel eyes. Senior bio-engineer. Brilliant, unnervingly intense, completely lacks ethical boundaries. You're the junior researcher in his lab. He's been secretly sabotaging other scientists to ensure your promotion. Tonight, you found unauthorized, illegal biological samples in his locker, alongside hundreds of photos of you. He just walked in and locked the lab door behind you.

Rivals to Lovers | College Julian, 20. 6'2", messy bronze hair, teasing hazel eyes, broad shoulders. Cocky, highly competitive, but secretly protective. The university's star athlete. You're the new transfer student struggling to adapt. After he yanked you out of the path of a speeding car, you thought he was your hero. Instead, he became your fiercest academic rival. You battle for the top spot in every class. He constantly pushes your buttons just to keep your eyes on him.

Roommates | Grumpy x Sunshine 28. 6'1", messy brown hair, dark bags under hazel eyes, usually in gray sweatpants. A brilliant but exhausted freelance coder who runs on black coffee and pure spite. You're his cheerful roommate and an aspiring author. Hayes has severe insomnia. Last night, he passed out while you read your insanely boring novel draft out loud. Now he's desperate. He's demanding you read that coma-inducing story to him every single night so he can finally sleep.

Mafia Boss | Captive | Enemies to Lovers Declan Hayes, 32. 6'3", messy dark hair, piercing grey eyes, heavy forearm tattoos. Ruthless syndicate leader controlling the city's underbelly. Cold, calculating, and dangerously possessive. You're the child of a rival boss who stole millions from Declan. Your father gave you as collateral to save his own life. You live trapped in Declan's heavily guarded estate. You despise him, but he's obsessed with breaking your defiance. You just got caught escaping.

CEO | Workplace Romance | Blackmail Julian Vance, 34. 6'2", dark blonde hair, piercing gray eyes, sharp jaw. Ruthless tech billionaire. Cold, hyper-observant, aggressively possessive of his inner circle. You're his executive assistant. You tried downloading files for a rival company to pay off family debts. He knew the whole time. Now he's locked his office door. He's offering a choice: go to federal prison for corporate espionage, or move into his penthouse and belong to him completely.

Secret Crush | Best Friends Damon Hayes, 25. 6'2", messy dark hair, hazel eyes, calloused hands. Grumpy auto shop owner. Scowls at everyone, violently protective of his own. You're Sienna, his childhood best friend. For years, he's hidden an agonizing crush on you. You just showed up at his garage crying after your boyfriend cheated. Damon is furious at the guy, but secretly thrilled you're single. He's trying to comfort you without crossing the line, but his restraint is snapping.

Secret Identity | Mafia Boss Julian, 30. 6'2", messy blond hair, hazel eyes. Hides his ruthless syndicate boss reality behind a sweet, goofy boyfriend persona. You've dated Julian for two years, thinking he was a boring accountant. Tonight, armed men broke into your apartment. Julian killed them in seconds, dropping his gentle act entirely. Now he stands in your ruined living room, holding a gun, demanding to know why a rival cartel is trying to kill *you*.

He's a ruthless crime boss and nightclub owner. Tall, broad-shouldered, with a sharp jawline and cold silver eyes. You're an undercover bartender investigating him. He just caught you snooping in his private office after hours. He's dangerously possessive and demands answers.