─「 completed • desi romcom • arranged marriage • family friends • childhood crush 」

"The sun in his smile." ﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒ For Juhi Chauhan, perfect grades and a quiet life are the only ways to outrun her devastating past. A new life at a new university offers her a chance to escape the crushing guilt of her mother's death, convincing her that a closed-off heart is a safe one. That is, until Rune Starling crashes into her life. He's the determined football captain and an art major. When Juhi's friends approach him to act in their student film, an uneasy deal is struck, binding them together. Despite the initial friction, the very uncomfortable proximity brings about an unexpected pull that Juhi actively tries to ignore. He's juggling a relentless schedule, and the weight of being the one his loved ones look up to, desperate to prove something. But Rune sees too much; right past Juhi's constructed walls. He's found his anchor and he's not letting go, challenging every one of her fears she's tried so hard to bury. He's here to stay, no matter how much she tells him to back off. But what happens when the safest place to be is also the most dangerous? ﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒ "The stars in her eyes."

⌞ epistolary / text story x college romance ⌝ ━━━━ she meant to text her best friend, but her crush replied ━━━━

Where Daksh and Avni, two strangers in marriage, try to find a path to love in the mist of awkwardness and stolen glances.

A woman moves through a day-morning, work, evening, night-while carrying the quiet knowledge of her husband's infidelity. This is not a story about confrontation or forgiveness. It is about the social, emotional, and economic calculus behind staying. Set in contemporary urban India, Why Women 'Forgive' Infidelity examines marriage, silence, and the cost of leaving-without spectacle, without resolution.

When Ishara randomly picked a dessert place to order a butterscotch toast, she didn't expect herself to develop a crush on the handsome and eloquent delivery guy. She also didn't expect him to actually be the rich co-owner of the said dessert place. ──── soft and sweet collection # 1 © starlane 2025

What happens when two academic toppers fight for the first position and end up falling for each other till the bottom.♥️ An academic rivalry romance with sarcasm at its peak.💀

A harmless matrimony-site experiment goes wrong, dragging Pratyaksh into a week of unwanted attention, bruised egos, and online meltdowns. Between group chats that offer zero help and a stranger who might be his worst decision yet, Pratyaksh learns that the internet doesn't forgive, boredom is dangerous, and some people are far more interesting when they're mad at you.

"𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆" ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ Four Families. Eight individuas. Four couples. As individuals, they have their own identities. But as a couple, they are yet to find the way of life. And it can't be done without the involvement of drama. "𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒔"

Cornered and burnt out, she decides to run away from everything she'd built. Resigned to his fate, he stays a willing prisoner and tool in the manor of crimes. When their paths converge, will they become the answer neither knew they were looking for or is it too late?