Tarini Jaykar was meant to be a bridesmaid, not the bride. Thrown into a marriage she didn't even see coming, she brings chaos, sarcasm, sharp eyes, and a mouth that forgets to behave. She's angry, defensive, and painfully aware of the man she now shares a home with. Carved out of duty and discipline, Dhruv Agnihotri is all restraint and quiet heat; a complete contrast to her. The kind of man she vowed not get involved with. Wanting him feels like betrayal, rebellion and trouble she definitely shouldn't crave this much. Dhruv Agnihotri lives by order, logic and duty. In his world, there is no place for emotions and fragility. Certainly not for selfishness. Until Tarini Jaykar storms into his house and wrecks the carefully crafted balance of his life. She is emotional, loud, spontaneous and inconveniently attractive. What was meant to be a dutiful and distant marriage turns tense, intimate and dangerously charged. He shouldn't react to her. He shouldn't feel vulnerable. He definitely shouldn't want her like this. But restraint cracks fastest when temptation sleeps just a few feet away.

When a 29-year-old pilot with decent looks and deeply questionable luck gets accidentally aged into a matrimonial uncle territory by his own best friend, the internet does what it does best - creates chaos. Between fake profiles, real tempers, accidental stalking tendencies, and conversations that escalate from insults to something suspiciously addictive, Pratyaksh finds himself stuck with a woman who doesn't like him, doesn't trust him... and absolutely doesn't stop talking to him.

[a desi college romance] Vijay and Nila have only one thing in common - they take the same bus at the same time everyday. What if this mere commonality steers their life into a whirlpool of uninvited feelings, wholesome conversations and unexpected connections, taking them on a ride they don't recall buying tickets for?

[ Featured on AmbassadorsIN, Ambassadors and Shortstory ] As Avani stepped into the cozy embrace of the bakehouse, little did she know that her love story was about to unfold, over a plate of cheesecake.

[university romance x academic rivals to lovers] ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ Vihaan and Ahana have been competing in everything since the first time they met. Ahana convinced herself Vihaan was nothing but a narcissistic jerk. They never thought that anything could change their equation. But when Vihaan comforts a distraught Ahana after a test something between them changes. And when they partner up together for a very important assignment that could make their dreams come true, will they embrace their new found feelings or shrug them off? ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ © belongs to deryderydoee word count: 4.4K words

Neil Khanna survived an enemy attack, a head injury, and military bureaucracy. What he did not survive peacefully was a girl who started appearing in his dreams without clearance or consent. The problem? She was very real. Neil finds her photograph in his fallen comrade's wallet and promptly develops what doctors call post-traumatic symptoms and what everyone else calls a full-blown filmy situation. As Neil sets out to locate a woman he technically has never met-but has already argued with in his sleep-he discovers that grief is complicated, guilt is inconvenient, and Indian society has absolutely no patience for men who claim they are not in love.

Jiya Tripathi came to attend her cousin's wedding but in a twist of events, she became the bride. Now trapped with a grumpy zamindar and his unpredictable family, will she fall in love or convince him to leave her? ◖Age Gap ◖Desi Erotica ◖Soft Romance ◖Slow Burn Romance ◖Forced Marriage ◖Suspense

Vrishali was popularly known as the life of the party. She had a natural ability to make friends with anyone she met. Everyone adored her, and she had yet to find her perfect match amidst all the chaos of her college parties. However, she was not interested in dating anyone at the moment. She was content with being single and wanted to enjoy her college life to the fullest without any commitments holding her back. She always had this belief in the timeline in her mind. 'Meeting. . . Knowing. . . Dating. . . Live-in. . . Marriage. . .' Marriage has always been somewhere in the back of her head. She didn't believe in the concept of love at first sight or the prospect of marrying someone she hadn't lived with. She is fully committed to enjoying her college life to the fullest. However, when her grandparents invite her parents to spend the summer holidays with them in India, she reluctantly agrees to go along. To her delight, she discovers that she will have the opportunity to meet one of the country's royal families during her trip. But that's not all stored for her. When things take a 360°, she couldn't do anything except listen. Until it crashed all her beliefs in one go, they said love doesn't need to come first, then marriage. It can be the other way: first comes marriage, then comes love, filling you like slow happiness in a desert of sadness. "We meet for a reason― to fill the empty parts, to make it a little over the top, to try the filmy drama in a drama called life."

- in which Naina Menon tries hating Agastya Bakshi - (One Shot)

When romance-obsessed Somali Sharma discovers her favorite bookstore has murdered the romance section, she launches an email assault on customer service. Instead of corporate speak, she gets wickedly clever replies from a mysterious wordsmith who thinks love stories are "beautiful lies" and happy endings are "dopamine delusions." What starts as literary warfare becomes epistolary seduction. Each email exchange grows more flirtatious, more vulnerable, more addictive. He's cynically brilliant, she's passionately stubborn. Email by email, two strangers fall in love through carefully crafted words, sharp wit, and vulnerable confessions. He's brooding and brilliant, hiding behind professional distance. She's fierce and romantic, refusing to let cynicism win. Together, they create their own love story, one perfectly timed response at a time. But plot twist: her enigmatic email nemesis has been keeping a secret that could rewrite their entire love story. Sometimes the best romances begin with a complaint and end with a revelation that proves truth is stranger than fiction.