Closer Series
This series started when I was going to college in June 2014.
To prevent myself from stressing, I spent my time practicing my writing and met my first proofreader on fanfiction.net.
Meghan Clarie was an amazing friend, and she had helped me with the first book of Closer. At the moment, it is the only book that has been proofread, and therefore, the next book in this series will have mistakes.
This story is a combination of the information I received while getting my degree in Music, inspired by the song Closer by Shawn McDonald, and my love for Disney Channel's sitcom Austin & Ally.
I can see you
🌻 An Instagram story 🌻
Artwork by Scarlett_Draw on X
©ByToriAurora 2025
Summary
What happens when a book lover musters the courage to send a direct message to an Instagram influencer she admires, only to find out he's her childhood best friend's older brother?
Penthia-Pen, for short, isn't like other women in Los Angeles. She would never waste her time wondering what celebrities are up to today.
This Galway lady also wouldn't dare reach out to celebrities because she believes everyone deserves privacy. That all changes when Pen stumbles upon Rowan Bazinson's travel Instagram, HungryTravelMan1815. After following his travel stories for years, Pen simply wants to be friends with the history buff-and that's that.
Unfortunately for this romance writer, she never dared to contact him until her twenty-eighth birthday. In a drunken moment, she sent the first of many DM messages, and she wakes up the next day to find a follow-up from her crush, Rowan Bazinson.
Meanwhile, Pen's childhood best friend, Erika Bazinson, has kept Pen and her brother, Rowan, from meeting each other until now. The reason? Her fear of losing her best friend to her brother.
As they get to know each other, Eashita Patel supports her two best friends by introducing Rowan to Penthia at Riverside Villa.
Can Penthia open her heart to Rowan?
Will Erika accept their relationship?
And can Eashita find her own happiness?
Maybe we'll find out as we read their stories together.
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This story is more than just about friendship and love. It's about gaining confidence, trusting that friendships can grow through communication, learning to be happy both romantically and alone, and living a fulfilling life on your own.
Join us, readers, as Penthia, Rowan, Erika, and Eashita go on a journey of self-discovery in I Can See You.
On Purpose
A three-year gap and a longing story
Inspired by
Fifteen and a Half by Aly & AJ
A Joshaya Story
and more
Future story idea
On Purpose is about a girl who is in love with her best friend's uncle. She had told him about her feelings when she was fifteen, only for him to say, "I am sorry, but we cannot be together, for you are three years younger than me."
Now that she has turned eighteen, it is the six-month mark before their two-year gap becomes a three-year gap. She decides to make an impact on their relationship by placing herself in his arms for one night.
On Purpose, she attends his surprise pre-birthday in a masquerade, only to gain more than she expected.​