ONC 2025
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The Blackfire Apprentice | bxb | ONC 2025 by ThePerfectChild13
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Bucky longs for his first kiss, but he experiences the wrong kind of magic when he joins the high school club no one talks about; the boy with the virgin lips turns out to be the only Burner with the gift to heal in a city desperate for healing because the Master Burners will do anything to stay in control. No.2 Rank on "fittingin" tag 2/24/2025 No.12 Rank on "onc2025" tag 2/23/2025 COVER: I made the cover using Starryai, Canva, and a photo editor. WARNING: This story contains swearing, one scene of physical abuse critical to the plot, and LGBTQ characters.
Lament of the Hourglass |ONC 2025| THV FF by TaeTaeGinger
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❝Just one night. Give me that one chance and I promise, you'll never look at the stars the same way again.❞ ── 𝟑𝐗 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 ── 𝐎𝐍𝐂 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝟏 & 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝟐 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑 . . . . . ╰──╮ִ❤︎╭──╯ . . . . . 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥. Well, what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, everything when it involves safeguarding the love of his life, the woman he's slowly but surely deeply falling for. Not the rather non-existent figure from his original time, but the radiant woman he seemed to have loved in 1912, in a forgotten past he's desperate to remember. Irene, the girl with summer-sky eyes. Their story becomes trapped within the lament of an ordinary yet magically potent hourglass, set against the tragic voyage of the majestic and the "unsinkable" Titanic, hurtling towards its inevitable, icy fate. Taehyung finds himself torn between his fervent desires - to miraculously alter history as if such a feat were possible or to save the lives of his loved ones who are now victims of his unexpected temporal displacement. All the while, he faces unexpected adversaries and finds his own existence in time profoundly challenged. It is amidst this chaos that Taehyung begins to realize that perhaps everything happens for a predetermined reason, and that, perhaps, for the sake of that very reason, he found himself staring into Irene's strikingly breathtaking eyes - the singular purpose for which he was gifted this extraordinary rebirth. ── .✦── .✦── .✦── .✦── .✦── .✦── .✦── .✦ Central Prompts: A group of people wake up with no memory and find themselves adrift on an old steam passenger liner. Name? Titanic. & You remember loving a woman in 1910s and now you have
OtherWorld by Random_roze
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Selected for banishment by her people, Saywa flees deep into the forest, running for her life from threats both real and imagined. Just when all hope seems lost, she stumbles across a door - one that should not exist. What lies beyond threatens to change her life forever, holding a secret powerful enough to change the fate of the world itself.
Cooking with Fire || ONC 2025 LONGLISTED by dawneverlywrites
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K-pop idol Minjae and eccentric home chef Hana meet at a cooking competition, sparking a simmering rivalry that turns into a recipe for romance - and potential disaster for Minjae's career. ___ As the golden voice of the K-pop group Starlight, Minjae has the world at his feet - adoring fans, sold-out concerts, and a life most people only dream of. But behind the glamour, he craves something more: a chance to be himself; to show off his passion for cooking. But the pressure to conform to his family's wishes and continue as an idol means pushing that aside. When the chance to show his passion literally smacks him in the face, Minjae, under an alias, finds himself in uncharted territory, swapping the familiar stage lights for the stovetops of a prestigious culinary competition. When a quirky, fiercely talented Hana turns a friendly rivalry into an unexpected connection, Minjae finds himself drawn to her passion and ability to be true to herself - qualities he has long lost. Worse, as the heat of the competition ramps up, Minjae's schedule becomes difficult to keep up with, and he must decide whether his love for cooking is enough to shatter his status as an idol. Can Minjae handle this newfound connection while juggling both the cooking competition and his duties as an idol, or will he fall under the pressure of it all? ____ Prompts: 31 and 36 Watpad word count: 16,454 ONLY AVAILABLE ON WATTPAD
Beyond the Briar Door by ChewiesFalcon
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With great power comes great responsibility. That is what Leah Cavendish, a simple waitress living a simple life, discovers when she stumbles upon a doorway to another world and is granted extraordinary magical powers. She must now fight an evil sorcerer and save the crumbling kingdom of Avandish before it is too late.
Windsor Lane by spelunkadunk
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When Rosie's new husband ignores her, she begs the harlot next-door for lessons on seduction (1980s suburban dystopia with a spicy lesbian romance) *** It's 1982, and newlywed Rosie McGee has just moved into an idealistic suburban cul-de-sac called Windsor Lane. As a good Christian girl, this is Rosie's dream come true... or at least, it should be. However, next-door-neighbor Scarlett Everly doesn't fit in with the rest of the good Christian wives in their neighborhood (she drinks, she sleeps around, and she doesn't even attend church!). Worse, Rosie's new husband suddenly seems utterly uninterested in her. Has he already been seduced by Scarlett? Or is Rosie simply too boring? After a honeymoon more closely resembling a funeral, Rosie gathers her courage and marches right up to Scarlett's door with a plea: teach me your ways. Scarlett agrees, with one condition: Rosie must model for her next painting. When the agreement leads to unexpected attraction, Rosie begins to question her own priorities. The warmth she once felt when holding Thomas's hand is nothing compared to what she feels when Scarlett is painting her. But a good Christian girl should not think of such things. Especially not in Windsor Lane. Grand Winner for the Pride Awards 2025 Honorable Mention in ONC 2025 ONC 2025 prompt 53: On your honeymoon, you discover the most shocking truth about your spouse--one that could change everything. Also prompt 118: You're feeling trapped in your current relationship and can't shake the urge to break free.
A Distant Shore [ONC 2025] by JansOtherStories
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When international superstar, Laila, decides to ignore all warnings and fly to her next gig in a storm, she finds herself lost on a mysterious tropical island with no hope of rescue. With only her uncompromising pilot for company, both women must learn the secrets of the island in order to escape back to the modern world. Preferably without killing each other. As the mystery deepens, however, the two find common ground and learn that certain others may be trying to stop their escape. But why? A gag romance mystery for ONC, using Prompt 47: "A famous singer and their pilot crash land on a tropical island. With no-one else around, survival isn't their only challenge."