Every night at 10:45 PM, a mysterious man with a steel tiffin appears at Tanu's failing European bakery in Ranchi, collecting her day's disasters with the reverence of someone handling precious artifacts. He pays too much, arranges imperfect pastries like art installations, and disappears into the November darkness with secrets that taste sweeter than her best chocolate walnut slice. When Tanu discovers where her lopsided buns and overbaked cream puffs actually end up, she realizes that sometimes the most beautiful things in life come wrapped in yesterday's failures. But what happens when the mathematics of love collide with family expectations, business ultimatums, and the delicate architecture of dreams built from leftover crumbs? Some stories begin with perfect recipes. This one starts with everything going deliciously wrong.

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 a celebrated cricketer and an unknown physiotherapist are dragged into an unexpected controversy, the country decides their truth for them-loudly, viciously, and without mercy. As headlines scream and silence is misread, reputations begin to fracture under the weight of collective judgement.

When a pampered tech prodigy is temporarily loaned to the police department like expensive software nobody knows how to install, chaos gets Wi-Fi. Across the room stands a thundercloud in human form -- steady, unsmiling, and absolutely unimpressed by his cheerful attitude.

In which a crime fiction author and a romance fiction author are forced to collaborate together on a novel.

[featured on @ShortStory, @AmbassadorsIN, @RomanceINDIA and @Ambassadors 2024 and @Romance 2025] Neil had just arrived in Delhi, a few days ago to meet his sister. Exhausted by her endless rants about how he doesn't have any time for the family, he finally decided to show up and make his sister happy! One fine day, when his sister asked him to get the flower pots from the ground floor up to the 7th floor she had a flat on, he had no choice but to take the elevator. What he didn't know was that destiny could sprinkle some magical dust at the very instant and lock him up inside that metal cabinet with a girl who loathes his profession! One chance encounter and Vedika can't help but regret opening her oh-so-ever-excited mouth! [word count: 20K+]

Harleen had a free day at work that day. Planning on surprising her two best friends, who were also a married couple now, she thought of dropping by their house with some delicious pizza & wine for a surprise. Little did she know, an 'unexpected guest' would be opening the door for her.

[an academic rivals to lovers story] ───── ❝aariv and anaira are forced to team up for an inter-school singing competition. as their competition turns into collaboration, sparks fly, revealing unexpected chemistry. ❞ ─────

He's 6'2" of cocky, charming chaos. She barely reaches his chest. He sings like a god, breaks hearts like a hobby, and has a college fan club dedicated to his smirk. She's the quiet one - all oversized hoodies, smudged kajal, and sarcasm. Not the kind of girl people fall for... except maybe him. But they're just best friends. He calls her Chamko. She calls him Rockstar. She builds architectural models at 3 AM. He climbs hostel windows with KitKats and coffee. When the whole college is falling for Aarush Shekhawat, he's busy looking for one girl in the crowd - Amyra Sharma. No one knows their story. Not even them. A story about two best friends who swear they're not in love... until they are. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° Height difference ✔ Late-night hugs ✔ Jealousy & teasing ✔ He sings only for her ✔ Best friends to lovers? Let's see. #ChamkoAndRockstar #BestFriendsToLovers#WattpadIndia

Anu and Vineet's relationship can be summarized in many ways - tutor and student, friends, grade-mates, neighbors. After 10 years, they can confidently add another to the list - lovers. ──── part 1. of the UTS series wordcount: 28k words starlane © 2023