A story about Mia and Noah. Noah and Mia are different. Noah never thought one day he'd fall for his sister. She was four years older than him, but they were in the same grade. His mind tells him that she cannot be the one, but his body gives in a little more every time she stands before him. ONC 2026 participant story! 69. The stars are disappearing one by one, and only you can hear their whispers. Stars are more than just lights in the night sky. They are the promise of a great future, the warmth of good company, and the lifetime passions that guide you. But growing up means watching the sky change. When life gets hard, the stars start disappearing, one by one, until you can't see them anymore. You lose your friends, you lose your hope, and you lose track of the things you used to love. Those whispers were the last signals of the good things-a faint echo left behind to eventually guide you forward.

Jack Morgan has been a friend of my parents for years. That is until they died when I was fifteen. Jack took me under his wing and for a while, I was very appreciative of him. As I got older, his company became less friendly and more creepy. As a teenager, I recognised the signs of a more romantic attitude towards me. I'm Meredith Brooks and I'm now twenty years old. I'm pregnant with Jack's child. It's not what I wanted but without him, I have nothing. I'm stuck in this unhappy relationship for the sake of my child. But what I don't know is that a certain blonde hair, blue eyed god is coming to my rescue.

Cassie once believed in love - until it nearly destroyed her. Her ex left her with scars no one could see, and she swore she'd never let another man close enough to hurt her again. Then came Sebastian - patient, warm, and everything her heart had forgotten it could feel. With him, she began to believe in love again... until her past came crashing back. Her ex is back - charming, dangerous, and determined to ruin what she's found. And just when Cassie thinks she knows who to trust, she starts to uncover a secret Sebastian never meant for her to find. Now Cassie must face the truth: how far can love stretch before it breaks? And can she still love him - knowing what he's done?

Amelia and Derrick were high school sweethearts until the night of their graduation party when Derrick discovers their relationship has been a lie. Nothing more than a contract to unite two families and save them from bankruptcy. Losing the boy she thought was the love of her life on the night of their graduation party was heartbreaking. Losing her best friend was painful. Having to throw away her favorite bedding was nauseating. Having the boy she thought loved her follow her and torture her at every opportunity broke her. And finding out that it was all for nothing, that all the pain and loss was over money... is infuriating. One child and one marriage between a Rushford and a Williams is what it will take to set them free. Amelia isn't the heartbroken girl from high school anymore. That girl was destroyed. The girl in her place is a mosaic made from the shattered pieces of that girl and she's not going to let anyone break her ever again. An arranged marriage between former lovers turned enemies... This is a work-in-progress DRAFT. Chapters will be edited multiple times throughout the writing process. Chapters are not to be distributed/published by anyone other than the author. *Triggering content for some readers: cheating, eating disorder, suicide attempt.*

Fallon Hayes thought she was dating Colorado's golden quarterback. She didn't know Easton Avery had a wife, three kids, and an entire life waiting for him at home. After ending their relationship and discovering she's pregnant, Fallon's world begins to fall apart - until a sweet NHL player named Luca Bennett unexpectedly steps into her life and shows her what real love looks like.

Two childhood best friends. One man. One secret. Mila was Marc's first love-his high school sweetheart who vanished to chase her dreams in Vegas, leaving him broken. Emily stayed. She became his wife, the safe choice, the one who loved him when Mila disappeared. Twenty years later, Mila returns. Old feelings resurface, promises resurface-and she comes back with a secret that could destroy Marc's marriage and shatter Emily's world forever. Some loves never die.

She came home early. She shouldn't have. Noa Reevse is a therapist. She spends her days sitting across from people in the worst moments of their lives, holding their pain with both hands, and sending them home better. She is very good at it. She is also, it turns out, very good at not looking too closely at her own. Until the afternoon, she opens a door she was never supposed to open. Fifteen seconds. That's all she records. That's all she needs. And then, a week later, she puts on a burgundy dress, walks into her husband's televised political forum, and raises her hand. She has the video. She never has to play it. His silence does the work for her. "Hurricane Season" is about what happens after the worst imaginable betrayal, after the divorce papers are filed, after the woman who taught everyone else how to survive the unsurvivable has to figure out how to do it herself. For readers who need their protagonist to be the storm.

Alanna did everything in her power to gain her parents' approval: wore the right clothes, dated the right men, attended the right parties, and made enough money to get them through the doors of high society that had long been out of their reach. Instead of a thank you for all she had done, she was blamed for reacting the wrong way to finding out her husband had been cheating on her with her younger sister-and her family wanted her to accept it because it was "true love." When Alanna decided she was done vying for her parents' approval and started feeling isolated, an old classmate came to her with an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and join one of the most powerful families in town. The catch? Intimacy was off the table. Any plans for future children would be done through surrogacy or artificial insemination. Deciding this was the only way to regain her dignity, she agreed. But her growing attraction to her new husband made the no-intimacy rule all the more unwelcome.

If anyone asked Savannah Lane'What is love?' She would smile at them and say.... "love is having his arms around me... his face buried in my hair...his lips on my neck.. his deep enchanting voice... his captivating smile... his sharp yet gentle gaze... overall she will say love is HIM." Caught in the past , finding her way through the present, writing her own future. Savannah steps into New York, leaving behind everything just in a small hope of forgetting what is love, Fighting over the memories.. of HIM and the pain which they bring every time. What happens when she sees him after three years? Not only to know that everything about him was a lie but also he doesn't even remember the time with her.

For seven years of marriage, Lala was nothing more than a "Ghost Wife" in her own home. Her husband, Roy, brought home a baby and a mistress, claiming it was for the sake of the family's secret legacy. Lala was shattered, but she chose silence. Not out of weakness, but because she was busy stitching her wounds with golden thread. When the dark secret about Maya is finally revealed, Roy's house of cards collapses. Lala walks away, rebuilding her life as a successful artist in Jakarta, and finds Adrian-a man ready to give her the world. But when success is in her hands and a new love offers a perfect future, Lala's heart leads her back to an old house in Jogja. Back to the man who once broke her, yet knows every inch of her soul better than anyone. "Because sometimes, the home we miss the most is the place that once destroyed us."