Almostlovers Stories

He was her safe place. Until he became her reason to run. Mateo and Lucia grew up as neighbors, best friends, and everything in between-inseparable since childhood. Everyone thought they were unbreakable. Everyone was wrong. One misunderstanding. One lie Mateo never questioned. And Lucia goes from being loved... to being ignored, humiliated, and emotionally crushed by the boy who once protected her. So she leaves. No explanations. No goodbyes. Just scars and a new identity. Years later, Lucia returns-harder, colder, and nothing like the girl Mateo broke. She doesn't need him. She doesn't miss him. And she definitely doesn't forgive him. But Mateo finally wants the truth. The problem? Lucia no longer wants him. Because some people don't get closure. They get consequences.

Rishi and Yashvi were best friends who never named what they had. It was more than friendship, but never something they dared to call love. So they stayed where they were, close but undefined, quietly hoping destiny wouldn't force them to choose an ending they weren't ready for. But the quetion is how long can two people stay in between... before destiny forces them to become strangers? or what if their story was not meant to end.. but simply meant to change when someone new arrived?

This is a story about second chances,and what happens when you stop giving them.

In a small town, quiet boy Tom lives mostly in his own head, filling notebooks with poems and sketches no one sees. Then August appears-warm, mysterious, and unknowingly magnetic-and she becomes the center of his unspoken world. Their connection grows in fragments: shared silences in cafés, stolen moments in the rain, a sketch passed like a secret. But while Tom's feelings deepen, August's life drifts in and out of reach. Their story unfolds in almost-confessions, lingering glances, and letters never sent. As seasons pass, they navigate the fragile beauty of unrequited love-where hope lives in the spaces between words and goodbyes come without anger. Years later, fate brings them back together. What remains isn't romance, but something quieter: a mutual recognition of how they changed each other, and the peace that comes from letting go. Tender, intimate, and achingly honest, The Quiet Side of Love is a meditation on the kind of love that shapes us without ever becoming ours-and the art of carrying it forward without regret.

Everyone knew him - intelligent, admired, the face of his department. But she never looked his way. Ethan Lao had it all: top of his class, famous among engineering students, and effortlessly charming. Most girls noticed. Lila Santos didn't. Loud, passionate, and laser-focused on her accounting board exam, Lila was the kind of girl who spoke her mind, filled rooms with her energy, and had no time for college crushes. Their worlds crossed through mutual friends, campus visits, and fleeting moments - but she never even knew his name. He sent her Facebook friend requests. Twice. She didn't respond. Then came the pandemic. Life slowed down. Screens lit up. And one day, Ethan saw her again - in a Facebook story. Still vibrant. Still unaware. "Do you think she'd mind if I sent a wave?" he asked. This isn't a story about love that bloomed. It's about admiration left unread. About falling for someone... who never even saw you coming. This is "Falling Without Landing."

She fell first. She fell alone. Tanu never knew that loving someone silently could hurt more than losing them loudly. Kanha... the boy she grew up with, the boy she prayed for, the boy who smiled like sunlight- but belonged to someone else. Radha was his beginning. His middle. His almost forever. And Tanu? She was the girl who loved from the shadows, who learned that sometimes love is not a choice- it's a destiny you can't escape. This is a story of unspoken feelings, unfinished prayers, and a love that was never hers... but became a part of her anyway. Some loves are meant to happen. Some loves are meant to hurt. And some loves... can never be yours.

She was a little clumsy, a little late - He was calm, kind, and already falling. They were different... but love found its rhythm anyway.

In a city draped in rain and quiet light, she finds herself and the words she never said. Notes From Edinburgh is a tender collection of reflections from a woman who once fell for a man she knew she could never have. Or at least she thought she could have, but their connection was undefined... a dance of mixed signals, half-meant promises, and moments that lingered too long. When life pulled her toward a new path, she left, choosing to chase her dreams instead of the love that kept her waiting. In Edinburgh, among cobblestone streets and cold morning trains, she began to write. Each note became a quiet confession, a goodbye written in ink and rain. This book is for anyone who has ever loved in silence, for those who carried unspoken words in their chest, and for the brave ones who learned that letting go is also a form of love. Because sometimes, the closure we're searching for isn't found in another person, but in the words we leave behind.

- a collection of things i wish i said. letters to my almost lovers. because let's face it: we could've been cute. some of these experiences are quite heartbreaking and some are just straight up ridiculous. enjoy. ★ started: 11.27.2021 [ this is a work of creative nonfiction - based on my real life. names have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved. ]

They were once everything to each other - two hearts colliding in a way that felt inevitable, unstoppable. Too close to be just friends. Too complicated to be lovers. Pride, ego, and silence drew a line between them, a line neither of them dared to cross and time pulled them apart. Years have passed, but love, like gravity, has a way of pulling two souls back into the same orbit. A single song, a lingering glance, a memory too vivid to ignore - every little thing reminds them of what they used to be, and what they might still be if only one of them is brave enough to reach out. This is not a story of perfect love. This is a story of love that stayed unfinished... yet unforgettable.

"Until we meet again" he whispered in my ear and left before I could see the first tear from his eyes drop. And I could feel my world slowly being torn apart once more for the right person I loved at the wrong time. "Wait for me my love. When the time comes, I'll be here waiting" and he left. Out of the county and out of my life.

We sit close - not close enough to touch hearts, but just enough for elbows to brush. I watch him laugh at his screen, pretending not to notice the space between us. Pretending not to want more. But space is tricky. Sometimes, all it takes is an inch to blur the lines of friendship. And sometimes, the lines were never there to begin with. A soft, slow-burn romance about all the almosts we hold in silence. If you've ever fallen in love with your best friend and whispered it to no one... this story is for you.

Violet Callaghan thought she had one more summer to forget him. Forget the letters. Forget the kiss that changed everything. Forget the boy the town never wanted her to love in the first place. She never expected Grant Westwood- the boy with ink on his hands and a wildfire in his chest - to be back in Marigold Creek. Not after he was sent away. Not after the silence. Not after everything. They stopped talking before senior year. Two hearts broken by the same lie - each thinking the other stopped writing. Now it's the summer before college. Violet's spending it, like always, in the town where everyone thinks the pastor is her uncle... and no one knows he's really her father. But nothing stays buried in this town - not faith, not family secrets, and definitely not first love. Because the past has a habit of returning... And some promises don't fade - they burn.

They weren't supposed to fall for each other. But they did. Liya had a boyfriend. Ishan didn't ask questions. They shared coffee, confessions, and a closeness they never defined. No one cheated-until silence became betrayal. This is a story of almosts. Of love that came too late, truths that arrived too slow, and people who tried to fix themselves by breaking each other. Spanning years, cities, and unfinished conversations, Almost Isn't Enough follows two people who keep finding their way back- even when timing doesn't. Some stories don't end in heartbreak. Some don't end in love. Some just... never really end. - Written by @anshhh.writes A journey told in quiet moments, sharp pauses, and the words we never say when it matters most.

❝do you ever wonder what could have happened between us if i never left?❞ ❝all the time❞ Copyright © 2017 by mcbastard. All Rights Reserved.

I have lived most of my life in fragments, with doctor visits, soft-spoken condolences, and eyes that never meet mine for too long. I'm the girl with the oxygen tank; the one people smile at out of pity and then pass by. We were kids when the world still felt infinite before the sickness settled in my lungs before he learned how to look away. Before I stopped expecting him to stay. He was my beginning. my next-door everything. Until middle school swallowed him whole and spit out someone colder. Someone popular. Someone who stopped saying my name like it meant something. Now, years later, I still wonder what might've happened if things had been different. If he'd looked back. If I asked him to. But life isn't a series of second chances. It's breath by breath, moment by moment and not everyone gets to finish the story they started. I just hope, when I'm gone, he remembers me the way I remember him-completely, endlessly like I never had a choice.

A situationship? A phase? A mistake? Call it whatever. Aarav and Jia were the kind of "almost" that leaves scars; intense eye contact, stupid arguments, emotional whiplash, and a love neither of them had the courage to name. A Treatise on Almost Lovers is their story: messy, honest, heartbreaking... the kind of connection you move on from, but never really get over.

Mara and Liam weren't officially a couple-not yet. But everyone could see the spark between them: teasing smiles, late-night messages, and quiet moments that felt bigger than life. They were close, too close for some, too complicated for themselves... yet it was enough-until it wasn't. A careless glance. A growing distance. Unspoken feelings. And suddenly, Mara finds herself standing at the edge of heartbreak, watching the boy who felt like home slowly slip away. When Hearts Wander is a realistic, emotional story about first love, situationships, heartbreak, and the quiet ache of loving someone who might be just out of reach.

After breaking down, she ends up at her ex-boyfriend's apartment-then, somehow, in his arms. She knows it won't be easy, but right now, he's the only one she wants to lean on.