ardent • ly
(pronounced arr-den-t lee)

" ...having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling;
passionate; fervent: intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous: vehement; fierce... "

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I am a full-time student studying English and international languages. I'm simple at best, boring at worst. I love pie and can't keep a fish alive to save my life. I love walking in the rain and I have a pair of Batman boxers I can't live without. English is actually my third language, but the only language I'm fluent in. Black-and-white movies are the bombdiggity, especially if Audrey Hepburn or Deborah Kerr is in them. I love love stories - triple points to the ones that can make me cry. I can play the piano and dance the tango (but only in my dreams), and the love(s) of my life comes in the form of three amazing ladies who even after nearly a decade of friendship continue to change my life for the better. So, that's me in a nutshell.

Hope you all enjoy my stories, and please don't forget to review! I promise never to favorite/alert a story without reviewing it first, so I hope you all return the gesture.

Cheers,
A.L.

the ships I sail

dracohermione and ronhermione (Harry Potter) / sakurasasuke (Naruto) / kagomeinuyasha and sesshomarukagome (Inu Yasha) / edwardbella (Twilight) / haruhimori (Ouran High School Host Club) / vanhitomi (Escaflowne) / starfirerobin (Teen Titans) / tohruyuki (Fruits Basket) / zeroyuuki (Vampire Knight) / usagimamoru (Sailor Moon)/ arnoldhelga (Hey, Arnold!)

Exciting news for all those who've read The Art of Losing!

Were you left unsatisfied with the ending of the third chapter? Well, the super talented One Fine Wire has graciously offered to write a companion story for The Art of Losing! It's an amazing story, admittedly much better than the actual story itself. The link can be found below, so please be sure to go show her some love and review!

One Fine Wire's One Art

Also, I would like to share some fan art I've recently been made aware of! It's a spectacular drawing with great attention to detail! My only regret is that it's taken me so long to realize it existed lol I am extremely grateful to UrielManX7 for creating such a great piece of work, especially since I never in a million years believed that someone would take the time to make fan art for one of my stories! If you have a deviantart account, please show him some love, as well, and leave a comment!

UrielManX7's picture from The Art of Losing

Important author's note:

Okay, so I've recently gotten a review from a reader who has pointed out a personal issue of mine regarding my stories. To be frank - I do not write full-blown lemons (no pun intended, hehe). As of yet, I'm not comfortable writing them, and limes will be as far as I will go. I don't know exactly when I will be moving out of this "prudish stage", but I don't foresee myself doing so in the near future.

On a lighter note, if anyone wishes to extend scenes from my stories, please feel free to message me with your intentions. It would be very much appreciated and I'm positive that it would be much more popular than any clumsy lemon scene I would more-or-less write.

Please also note that I only watch anime, and that I do not read manga; so I apologize in advance for any wrong or missing information within the contents of my stories.

Thank you so much for your understanding and I hope that you continue to read/review/favorite/alert my stories!

A.L.