The Becoming Series
3 stories
The Good at Goodbyes by softlyayi
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The Becoming Series #1 Miciela lives her life in the quiet corners of a daydream. To her, love is a collection of scribbled notes and a face on a glowing screen. It was always safer to adore the famous Carter Yuan Morelli from a distance than to risk the sting of a real-world heartbreak. In her fantasies, nothing ever breaks, and no one ever leaves. But the walls of her sanctuary crumble when a chance encounter pulls her into Carter's private world. Up close, the pedestal she built for him begins to crack. Behind the dazzling smiles and the roar of the fans, Miciela finds a man struggling to breathe under the suffocating weight of his own fame-someone far more broken and human than her daydreams ever allowed. Caught between the idol she loved and the man she is getting to know, Miciela is forced to step out of the shadows. To save them both, she must trade her perfect scripts for a messy reality. She wasn't born with the strength to say goodbye to her fantasies; she earned it, learning that the most beautiful love stories aren't the ones we watch, but the ones we are brave enough to live.
Paper Prisons by softlyayi
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The Becoming Series #2 Indie finally won the prize she spent a lifetime chasing, only to find it was made of paper. For years, she followed the golden glow of Thad, believing he was the sun that would warm her world. When the vows were finally signed, she thought she had reached the sun. She didn't realize that the closer you get to a hollow light, the colder it feels. Now, their life is a gallery of beautiful lies. To the world, they are the nation's golden couple, a perfect pair bound by a promise. But in the quiet hours, Indie realizes she is living in a hollow script and Thad is a man bound by a different set of pages-a story from his past that he refuses to close. She shares a bed with a man whose heart is a locked room, and the key belongs to a ghost Indie cannot compete with. She is fighting a war against a memory, and her only weapon is a ring that feels like chains. She now realized that some walls aren't made of stone. Some are made of paper-thin enough to see through, but sharp enough to draw blood. She may be Thad's wife on paper, bound by vows and expectations, but she is also trapped in his emotional prison. While the world sees her as his partner, Indie understands that she is a symbol, a duty, but never his freedom. In a house filled with expensive things and cheap silence, Indie must make a choice. Will she stay and fade into the background of his tragedy, or will she find the fire to burn the paper and finally start her own story?
Wilted Constellations by softlyayi
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The Becoming Series #3 Cecelia Quinn Guevarra is a sky full of secrets. She has spent her life hiding from the ghosts of her past, certain that she was a broken thing not meant to be fixed. Then came Arden-a boy made of sunlight and patience. He didn't just want to love her; he wanted to save her. He wanted to build a world where her darkness could finally rest. Together, they built a universe of their own. For a moment, it was enough. But even the brightest light struggles to reach the deepest parts of the ocean. While Arden tried to stitch their futures together with rings and promises, Cecelia felt herself pulling away. She was a girl haunted by old ghosts, and she feared that becoming his "forever" meant losing the only parts of herself she had left. The love that was supposed to save them is now the very thing pulling them apart. Arden is reaching for a tomorrow that hasn't happened yet, while Cecelia is still trapped in a yesterday she can't forget. And the constellations that once guided them begin to wilt, and the weight of their secrets and the constant compromises begin to scratch the very essence of their connection. Some loves are written in the stars. Others are destined to fade. Now, as their sky begins to fall, Cecelia must face a heartbreaking choice. She must decide if she can let his light lead her home, or if she is destined to be a star that burns out before it ever truly shines.