Avoidant Stories

"What do you do when the ghost who broke your heart learns how to breathe again?" Four years. That's how long I bled my energy dry trying to save Alex, a man who mistook emotional intimacy for a cage. When he walked out, he took my peace with him. It took a year of tears, late-night writing under @letters_after_the_ghost, and a sudden six-week sabbatical to Portugal to piece myself back together. On the wild cliffs of Sagres, surrounded by ocean air and clay workshops, I finally found her: the woman I was meant to be. Until the universe threw the ultimate monkey wrench into my healing. In a tiny fishing village thousands of miles from home, I ran right back into Alex. Except he isn't the distant, anxious boy who wrecked me. He's calm. He's reformed. And he's looking at me like I'm his second chance at destiny. Back home, Noah offers the quiet, unshakeable sanctuary I've always deserved. But with the electric pull of the past reigniting on coastal cliffs, I'm left standing on the edge of a choice: Do I step back into the past, step forward into safety, or prove that I am the only sanctuary I will ever need?

Avianna, has the kind of life everyone envies-wealth, influence, perfect grades, and almost everyone recognizes. And one of the students known around campus, she's respected, admired, and feared by many. People see her as untouchable. Perfect. Privileged. But behind the fame, Avianna feels trapped inside a life controlled by expectations, pressure, and parents who already planned her future long before she could decide for herself. Everything starts to fall apart after one reckless mistake turns into a disaster that reaches her parents. And just like that, Avianna is forced to leave the city after moving up and transferred far away from the life, friends, and school she's always known. But transferring turns out to be more complicated than she expected. Because in her new school, Avianna meets a girl who completely ruins her peace-someone loud, stubborn, unpredictable, and somehow capable of testing her patience, attitude, and eventually... even her heart. Kelzain, a former student of SNHS, is that social butterfly type-always there for everyone, always present, always giving energy like she never runs out. But when everything gets quiet... who's actually there for her? Behind the smiles and "I'm okay," she's just a girl who's been starving for real love and attention for so long, especially from the people who were supposed to give it first. She craves something real, something consistent-something that doesn't leave. And in trying so hard to feel loved and not be left out, she starts making messy choices she never thought she'd make... slowly turning into someone she swore she wouldn't become. Will an anxious and avoidant person ever figure out the love and attention they truly deserve?

BL | COMPLETE ✔️ "A bridge through love, past heartbreak, acceptance, and rebuilding trust." Jazler Hein is a dedicated top university student in Wesville University who wants a peaceful, drama-free day until graduation. But, the universe had other plans. After how many years of no contact, he crossed paths with his childhood friend and past crush - Nazzer Kane Wernan. He tried his best to avoid him. Unfortunately, they are not on the same page. Nazzer keeps pulling tricks to annoy him. And when that is not enough, Nazzer forced a deal between them. Will this deal bring them back together? Or it will widen the gap... between us.

When Eris Seriah Tan and Connan Radley Yu met... their paths met again and again like fate wants them to meet, beyond the universe. In unexpected places, in circles of friends she doesn't think that Conrad is a friend of one of her circle friends, a shared elevator ride, moments that feel to deliberate to ignore. No matter how far she runs, the universe seems intent on pulling her back.

[on-hold.] Ashian Channel Cambria never expected to fall in love with Rhys Jude Patrino. First, it was meant to be simple, no promises, no feelings attached...just fubu lang. But the longer they stay in each other's lives, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings. ‎In a connection without labels, Ashian must confront the question she's avoided the most.

Some heartbreaks don't shatter you, they unravel you thread by thread, until you're forced to rebuild the parts of yourself you once gave away. "The Version of You I Never Met" is a "Tribrid" book, part memoir, part emotional guide, part psychological blueprint for anyone who has loved someone who couldn't love them back the way they deserved. Blending raw storytelling with attachment psychology, this book explores the very anatomy loving an avoidant partner, carrying emotional weight for two, surviving emotional absence and walking away from a bond you wanted to кеер. Through a story blood-stained with devotion, confusion, imbalance, heartbreak and clarity the author dissects the hidden patterns behind avoidance, the cost of loving someone who hasn't healed, and the quiet, almost celestial strength it takes to choose yourself when choosing them costs too much. Its not a story about blame it's a story about limits, healing, and the power of understanding the truth even when it hurts. If you've ever begged for clarity or felt invisible in the arms of someone you loved, this book will feel like finally being seen. If you're learning to trust again, it will remind you that healing is possible, and that some endings are actually beginnings in disguise. For the heartbroken, the healing, the emotionally attuned, and the lovers who have always loved too much. This book is your mirror, your medicine, and your metamorphosis. It will break you, then rebuild you. It will explain him, then return you to yourself. It will hurt - then then it will heal. "He loved you, just not in the way you needed. You loved him, just not in the way he could hold."

If I was the one who let go, why am I the one still yearning for you? One campus dancer. One introverted writer. Five months of situationship. Centhrine was a manhater. She didn't believe in love and focus on her studies, carrying lots of responsibilities until that photo opportunity happened where she met Deloriel. Deloriel was a man willing to take risk for what's worth it including relationship. He was ready to pursue Centhrine. But Centhrine has avoidant attachment. They ended at a random thursday night on September. Centhrine protected him from her mess. And Deloriel didn't know it. But is it really protecting the man she loves? Or is she just afraid to feel the word "love"?

Carizza Amethyst De Lara is a hopeless romantic probinsyana girl who believes in divine timing. She believes in love but refuses to rush it, because for her, love is already written among the stars. When the right time comes, when the stars beyond the universe are waiting to collide-it will happen, at the perfect moment. But, still carrying a quiet fear of loving too deeply again after being hurt by another man she admired but liking or loving someone doesn't mean she'll end up with them-some people are just lessons and that's okay. While she enjoys spoiling herself and cherishing her loved ones, fate is silently weaving her story with Eros Vaughn Tuason. ‎

"Kenapa kau mengirimkan ku hujan ketika kau sendiri tidak tahu makna dari hujan itu." Natalie adalah gadis malang atau justru beruntung karena menikah dengan pria yang dicintainya. Adrian Widiyarta adalah pemuda yang berhasil membuat Natalie jatuh hati karena sifatnya yang observan, logis, dan dingin. Namun, perasaan itu pudar karena Natalie mendapati bahwa cintanya tidak terbalas. Takdir membuat Natalie bertemu kembali dengan Adrian dalam sebuah ikatan pernikahan. Hatinya sudah beku dan dingin seperti es. Yang ada hanyalah pernikahan kontrak yang akan ia ceraikan dalam dua belas bulan. Created: Juni 2025

Pretender Series || Salazar Cousins #5 Avoidant. She had always been like this. A girl that plays around and never been serious with her relationships. But when she fell in love, she masked that feeling instead of confessing. Gusto nila ang isa't isa pero, lagi na lang siyang umiiwas, iniiba usapan. Kasi pakiramdam niya, hindi sila bagay sa isa't isa. Why would someone so kind and gentle want a rebellious, always angry, always running person like her? She even called his belief stupid yet, he never got mad at her. It made her uncomfortable. How could someone stay despite her flaws and mistakes? How could someone find heaven beneath the flame?

A prequel to 721 Miles Away. Long before Bali became my escape... Long before Rome became my home... There was Adrian. The first man I ever trusted with my future. The first man I imagined growing old with. The first person who made forever feel close enough to touch. We spent years building dreams that felt impossible to break. Until one day, life proved that sometimes, the strongest foundations can crumble without warning. This is not the story of how I met the love of my life. This is the story of the love that changed the direction of my life. Because every journey has a beginning. And mine... began just seven miles away.

Some people come into our lives not to stay, but to teach us how to become. This is a story about two unfinished people who met before they were ready, loved each other the best way they knew how, and discovered that sometimes, love asks us to grow before it asks us to stay. After all, not all love stories are meant to be forever. Some are meant to become a part of who we are.

I always and forever will go above and beyond for you

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This is mainly for me to look back on my journey with ARFID. I'll probably post about food related victories. I don't think/know if anything might possibly trigger anything but if talk about food and issues like that trigger you, maybe don't read this. Also like I'll celebrate your food victories with you and feel free to celebrate mine. I may end up venting on here to, most likely about arfid but maybe also other mental health problems.

Charlie Linwood has always been alone. After his mother died when he was 12 years old and his father left Charlie and his 20 year old sister Ophelia into their own hands for another woman who strictly didn't want any children a year later, he was content with letting nobody past the boundaries of his own isolated bubble. Ophelia worked in two different jobs, and Charlie began to help at the age of 14 to sustain their lifestyle slightly more efficiently. Besides that, him being alone has created multiple sets of hobbies for him to busy himself with. One of them was journaling. Yet, he never wrote as any normal person would. He would write in poetry. In a way that would make his miserable life seem more imaginative in a sad, melancholic yet interesting aspect. Constructing his life into metaphors and similes to develop a point of view that isn't so boringly depressing. Lavinia Cresswell wasn't exactly a loner. She enjoyed being with people, any way to distract herself from her terrible home life. She lived with her aunt and uncle, after both her parents had passed away when she was fairly young and had no one left but them two. They were known for being disliked by all family members as they were unhealthy, abusive addicts, yet she had no choice. Lavinia had lived with their torment, yet despite having her group of friends, she seems to never be able to speak up about it. Her friends carry minor burdens, ones which Lavinia cares to prioritize because, well, they're her friends, yet despite all of that she's never felt seen by any of them at all. She's the one lingering in the back, weakly laughing to inside jokes she was never apart of, trying to tell a story but getting cut off and staying quiet to be respectful. Lavinia wasn't a loner, yet she felt so alone. A new school year, meaning new classmates. Fortunately, Charlie and Lavinia end up in the same classroom, and after years of never interacting, this year is when a spark will bloom for them both.

Two people fall deeply in love, but both are emotionally damaged in different ways. One keeps begging for reassurance, while the other keeps pulling away whenever things get serious. They become each other's comfort and destruction at the same time - like paper slowly burning from both end. But, there's a plot twist??-- based on true story🙈

Everything is false. But with a person struggling with anxiety, anything can be true. Walk into this unplotted collection of short stories updated by someone who can relate to the terrors this/these character(s) face(s) with anxiety and, most probably clinical, depression. It has a romantic twinge - in fact, it is all about romance, but with the awkward anxious factor.

He seemed like he was coming closer-until he didn't. Claire felt something in the way Ethan lingered after meetings, in the way he stayed just a little too long during their last drive. Every time she took a step toward him, he welcomed it-warmly, gently-but never moved any closer. A quiet, slow-burn story about unspoken feelings, emotional hesitation, and what it means to almost be chosen. For those who've loved someone who always stood just one step away.

this story is about loving from afar, about feeling something after a long time of feeling nothing, and about a heart that learns, once again, how painful and beautiful it is to like someone. every small thing reminds me of you, like eating a pear, and suddenly you "i know you're not here, but i just want to let this out here." -ilysm my pear- 1703