Aeipathy | ONC 2023

Aeipathy

aeipathy (ay-ip-ah-thee)
(noun) an enduring and consuming passion.

One night is all it takes to change a life.

There's something wrong with Felicity Farr. It's how she can't seem to do her job right no matter how hard she tries, and how she's still under her parents' thumb years after moving out, and how she looks at girls the way she should look at boys. So even though she can't fix anything, she tries to fix herself all the same.

But when a blind date ends with her in an attractive stranger's bed, Felicity is forced to question everything in her life. Especially when said attractive stranger asks her to run away with her for a week.

Clover Chai is beautiful, confident, and everything Felicity should avoid. But she captures Felicity like the drag of the tide, and as the week drags on, Felicity finds herself having to choose between her head and her heart---especially since she can't imagine her summer fling remaining a fling anymore.

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This was written for the Open Novella Contest 2023, using:

Prompt 39:

Prompt 6:

Prompt 45:

Hello, beautiful people! First, take a moment to appreciate the cover, because I drew everything except the plants by myself (yes, DREW) :D

Hi hi! I'm Alex (he/him, enfp-t, pretty boy fanatic), and we're back for my fifth ONC! (Let's ignore the fact that I dropped out of two ONCs in a row---) This is Entry #2 out of 2 entries, and the softer, more romantic one out of the two...by far. So if you'd like something darker and way more gory, this isn't the book for you, but you might like my other entry, The Balance Game! However, if you like angst, hurricane metaphors, summer romances, and did I mention angst? Well, then this is absolutely the book for you!

This book will contain strong language (cursing), implied sexual content (nothing explicit, though!) and homophobia, both internalised and external. Also, POC and LGBTQ+ characters, because I'm a POC and LGBTQ+ character.

If you're participating in the ONC, make sure to let me know so I can check your book out and support it! Also, if you're interested in Dark Fantasy/Horror, make sure to check out my other entry, The Balance Game, which can be found on my profile! It's about a dead boy who wants to learn to control the shadows so he can take revenge on his murderers, so if you're into that, you know where to find it! ❤

Good luck to everyone who's participating in the ONC, and I really hope you enjoy Aeipathy! The first chapter drops tomorrow, so stay tuned!

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THE LEGAL STUFF
Firstly, if you are reading this somewhere other than Wattpad (*coughcough* frick you novelhd *coughcough*), you are putting yourself at risk of a malware attack. Come back to Wattpad (where you belong, my lost children) to read this beautiful story in its full, original, un-virused glory---right here on my profile.

Aeipathy © Alex Zachary Lai (Nicoismysenpai)

(basically, you plagiarise it, i kick your ass.)

full reuploads of this material, on Wattpad or off it, are NOT allowed. plagiarising this material and passing it off as your own? even worse. bonk, go to copy jail.

i accept translations, but please DM me first so i know what you're doing and don't immediately go full Sebastian Michaelis on you.

however, fanfiction, fanart, etc. are more than welcome! you do not need to DM me first, just make sure to credit me as the original author and tag me so i can check it out!