Belonged Stories

A cracked round watermelon. A bruised oval watermelon. Thrown out of the supermarket for not being good enough to sell. After escaping the bin, they cross paths with a spotted, plump banana. Read their adventurous tale of finding themselves - and falling in love.

Klara has spent her life following a path laid out for her. Now that the path has ended, she has no idea where to go, until she discovers a world she may have been searching for all along. "The person in the mirror didn't feel like her. But at the same time... it was as though multiple versions of her existed. And this one wanted to become real."

Eleven-year-old Christopher Fletcher lives in the beautiful town of Maple Valley, Washington, but behind the peaceful neighborhoods and towering forests, his life feels painfully lonely. With parents who rarely have time for him and no siblings to turn to, Christopher has grown used to facing each day on his own. More than anything, he dreams of having someone who cares enough to listen, play, and simply be there. But when his lonely life begins to change, Christopher finds himself on a journey he never expected-one that may finally give him the chance to escape the life he has always known.

𓂃 ࣪˖ Some places change you. Others give you somewhere to stay while you figure out who you are. ♡ Sixteen-year-old Liv Winter never wanted to come to Falkenried. An old boarding school hidden behind iron gates. Four houses. Too many rules. Strange traditions. And a room she has to share with two girls who seem determined to pull her into a life she never asked for. Liv has her own reasons for keeping people at a distance. Reasons she doesn't talk about. And starting over won't make them disappear. But Falkenried has a way of making it difficult to stay invisible. There are midnight adventures, ridiculous house rivalries, friendships she never planned on, a girl who seems to turn everything into chaos - and people who notice when Liv says she's fine a little too quickly. The longer she stays, the harder one question becomes to ignore: What if the place she never wanted to be is the first place where she doesn't have to pretend? ౨ৎ A YA story about mental health, friendship, found family, healing - and finding a place at the table when you're convinced you don't belong there. ⋆｡°✩ Welcome to Falkenried. ✩°｡⋆

Won an award. Poems get better with time lapsed since my abstinence. Your mind is a burning room, a drowning storm, and a torturing fairy-tale all at once. Now, descend through its layers and discover what waits in the one place even the flames can't reach. Sad Sundays is my weekly space to share melancholic poetry, words that help me navigate the stillness, the weight, and the quiet storms of recovery. Each Sunday, I post a new piece that I've written, using poetry to process my journey through detox and rehab, to face the difficult parts of healing, and to find meaning in the silence. Every poem is written by hand with help from the Rhymezone platform. This series is as much for me as it is for anyone who finds comfort in knowing they're not alone on their gray days. I will eventually try to tie most of my work together into a larger piece, but first and foremost, this will function as a collection of my writings while I am going through detox. There may be an underlying story, but perhaps not. Find out weekly, and join me for a Sad Sunday moment. New Upload every Sunday at 18:00 (6 PM) German time - CET/CEST (UTC+1/UTC+2).

A character-driven fantasy about survival, trust, and belonging, set in a world of rival species and shifting power structures. The story follows a wounded, reclusive Vulpid named Pallida, who finds herself taken in by a Canid pack after a violent loss. She doesn't speak much and doesn't trust easily, but over time, she becomes an unlikely protector and a quietly essential part of the community she never expected to belong to. It's about survival, trust, found family, and what it really means to carry loyalty - not to systems, but to people.

Eighteen years of harmony. One discovery that changes everything. Jen Templeton has always known who she is - daughter, sister, favourite person, the heart of her family. But when a search leads her to Sarah Miller and a brother she never knew existed, the world she's built begins to shift beneath her feet. As two families move toward each other, love and fear collide: Robert's protectiveness turns to panic, Sarah's guilt meets Carol's grace, and Steve quietly holds them all together. From fever nights and childhood promises to the moment that breaks and remakes them, The Templeton Harmony is a story of identity, belonging, and the courage to love without losing yourself. Because sometimes, harmony isn't about staying the same - it's about learning how to change together.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩. 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵? 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄

Why does everything in their lives always take some getting use to? In a world of impossible choices, every yassing one of them has an equally impossible cost. As unusually ferocious blizzards hem them in, the community are cared for by those who are anything but heroes. Soon, though, two new impossible choices await them. Survival, it seems, is costly. And like the ice encasing the Bastion, that prophecy is determined to find its way in.

Draco has never been capable of love. Or has he? That's what he questions the day Y/N Potter walks into his life. A mute girl who was incapable of speaking. Can she really change the snake in him? Find out in The Snake Potter, where Draco will have to decide who he's loyal to- his parents who never gave him a chance, or the sister of his enemy.

In the fall of 2004, eighteen-year-old Rosie Benson leaves her family in Florida to build a new life in the small town of Mount Joy, Kentucky. Determined to become a pediatric doctor, Rosie must learn to balance college, Type 1 diabetes, new responsibilities, and the challenge of creating a home far from everything familiar. Then she meets Karen Divine. Karen is a locomotive machinist with grease on her hands, dreams of operating the trains she repairs, and a guarded heart she rarely allows anyone to see. What begins as an unexpected friendship slowly grows through late-night conversations, shared meals, difficult truths, and the quiet kindness of two women discovering that love should never require either of them to become smaller. With an orange-and-white cat ruling Rosie's apartment, a devoted community watching over them, and new opportunities drawing both women closer to their dreams, Rosie and Karen must decide whether old wounds will control their future-or whether they are finally ready to choose each other. Set beneath fairy lights and beside steel rails, *Engine of My Heart: Fairy Lights on Steel Rails* is a warm, emotional sapphic romance about ambitious dreams, healing, found family, and a friendship becoming something neither woman can deny. Sometimes the person destined to change your life arrives long before you understand why. This story is complete. New chapters every Thursday and Sunday.

Eighteen-year-old David Willoughby has never given much thought to what he wants out of life. Raised by his grandparents on a remote homestead in the Alaskan wilderness, he has always been more concerned with what needs to be done-tending the animals, helping around the homestead, and making himself useful wherever he can. But when a fishing trip to a nearby lake goes horribly wrong, David awakens to a life that isn't his own. Stranded among a tribe of therians, he finds himself in the place of someone they already know-and someone whose reputation has left behind more than a few fractured relationships. With little more than the survival skills his grandparents taught him, David must learn to navigate an unfamiliar world while repairing bonds he never broke and living with the consequences of a past he never lived. Yet the farther he travels from the life he once knew, the harder it becomes to ignore the question that has followed him all along: What does he truly want for himself?

It's a story about someone whom life took them into a place that they felt they never belonged

A poem for the guarded and wounded. 💖

They meet when their life is still uncertain-two college students wondering how the world spins. They are both chasing their dreams. She was ambitious, smart, strong, determined and could stand alone on her feet. He was carefree, chill, and adventurous. He was her first home, her light in the darkness-her comfort-her first love. Through the study sessions, shared laughter, and promises whispered into thin air, they built a love that felt it could outlast everything. But life... doesn't really honor young promises. Years passed and the paths they promised to walk together are slowly drifting away from each other. Ambition grew heavier, choices became harder, and love-once effortless...turned into something they could no longer carry the same way. What they had didn't end in a single moment, but in a series of quiet goodbyes they both didn't know how to stop. Now, she has become everything she's been dreaming of. A lawyer-respected, independent, and strong. She built her life on her own terms. She fought life with everything she has-even when she lost a lot of things along the way. Yet, on certain nights-when the world is quiet, she finds herself sitting alone on her terrace, drinking her wine and smoking cigarettes while staring at the glistening stars. Not with regrets-but with remembrance. Because no matter how far she's come, a part of her still lingers in those college days... in the boy who once held her hand and made the future feel certain. Her first love didn't last forever. But somehow, it never really left. Like the Letters she's yearning for.

The dead are always walked home. The living aren't always so fortunate. Bren has spent his entire life believing he knew where he belonged. In the forest village of Hearthwood, life is simple. Children learn their family patterns, musicians carve flutes, traders arrive each month, and the dead are carried home by those who loved them. But after walking a man to his ancestral mound, Bren uncovers a truth that unravels everything he believed about himself. Far away in the walled city of Aethryss, Verakh has spent his life earning a place no one expected him to hold. Once a refugee with nothing, he has become one of the city's most respected political figures. Yet beneath honour and prestige lies a past he has spent years trying to bury. Belonging is not always inherited. And not every river leads home. Anam: The River of Names By Jared DeBarra - TheZenPenguin

Formerly titled; The Quest of Truth and life Two sisters get thrown into their favorite video game and have to travel with the heroes to save the world, rewrite the course of events, and discover long buried secrets. Why were they sent here? Why are they and their guardian the only ones who can stop the destruction of this world? several OCs, LOTSA fluff, Cloti, Zerith, and slight AU

A Neuvillette x reader story where a traveling women named Arywn uses her unique healing power to help everyone in need. She has no home, she longs for a place she truly belongs and ends up in Fontaine where she meets the hydro dragon Neuvillette. She falls for the beauty and atmosphere of Fontaine and with a certain dragon. Disclaimer I do not own Genshin Impact all credit goes to its original creator Hoyoverse Also no pictures belong to me Except for Arwyn and her story

'The Magic of Michael Jackson' 'A What if Story of the King of Pop in the present time' Do you ever wonder, what if MJ is still alive to this day? What if he was still here making music? Can you imagine that? He was and still the greatest performer who ever lived. Michael paved the way for all the other artist of today. From his extraordinary dancing skill and vocals that no one can ever imitate. Now let's imagine and ask.. What if the King came back to era where social media and internet is around? *I'm already a fan of MJ. This is purely an imagination of mine, because I badly missed MJ and my MJ phased reoccur once again after watching the official trailer of the upcoming movie. *I will use AI to help me write this FF

Short Story Synopsis In a distant corner of the galaxy lies the luminous world of Aurelia, where violet skies and glowing forests are home to a quiet young outsider named Elior. Different in both appearance and spirit from those around him, he has never felt he belonged. One night he leaves everything behind and travels to a small blue planet called Earth, seeking a place where he might simply be himself. There, in a quiet field, he discovers something extraordinary: a tiny fairy child nestled inside a flower that should never have bloomed in the human world. What begins as a chance encounter becomes a life neither of them expected. As Elior cares for the fragile, remarkable girl, the two form a bond deeper than either has known, building a hidden life together on the edges of a world that is not meant to see them. But secrets rarely remain hidden forever. When forces from both Earth and beyond begin to close in, Elior must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the only person who has ever truly needed him-and to claim a place where he finally belongs. This short story explores found family, belonging, and the quiet courage of choosing one's own home.