Like every sister, I love my brother no matter what. Even when he's an idiot. Even when he's in the spotlight and I'm forever waiting in the wings. That's life as Lorena Potter. Can't complain, really. At least I don't have a psychopath out for my head. OC-centric DracoXOC

Have you ever seen the stem of a perfect rose? One of the most beautiful roses I have ever seen had five, wicked, nasty thorns leading up to view the exquisite flower. It made me think how similar that rose was to love. If one must feel excruciating pain to know immense joy, then every rose has its thorn.

Shortly before her wedding to Raoul, Christine is haunted by memories of her Angel. She realizes that there is some unfinished business between them and decides she has to see him one final time...

After accidently hitting a girl with his car, Gold takes her to his home to recuperate. When he learns her secret can he protect her from herself? might be some references to rape/non-con.

On one cold winter's eve, two broken souls meet through unfortunate circumstances. Erik must learn compassion, while Christine must overcome the fear the streets of Paris have instilled within her. E/C, Leroux.

Christine lives on the streets of Paris. She has learned to survive on her own, mostly. She enters the life of a mysterious masked boy, who unlike her has been exposed to a different sort of harsh reality about the way of the world, he has relinquished whatever hope he has of freeing himself of it. Perhaps, someone else needs to do it for him. This is their story.

Sometimes between the love and the hate, the lies and the truth, the only thing that brings clarity is music.

Erik was never able to escape from his gypsy captors. Ten years later, a violinist and his young daughter join the clan for the season.