Coffee-shop Stories

Free to read! 19-year-old Jane, newly-single, moves to London to work for her friend, Kitty. But Kitty is hiding something about the café - and about Jane and Kitty's past. ***** If you looked at her Instagram, you'd think Jane had the perfect life. But a family tragedy and a big break up shatters that illusion, prompting Jane to drop out of university and move to London. She gets a room above a bookstore and a job as a barista, thanks to her childhood friend Kitty. Struggling with feelings of loneliness among the happy staff, Jane feels further ostracized when Kitty refuses to discuss Matt, who used to live in the bedroom Jane took over and who left under mysterious circumstances. As Jane struggles to find herself, and get the attention of the cute bartender, Harper, she discovers that the Brew Books café is brewing with dark secrets. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Welcome to the 16k spezial! It is a cafe... it is a place for villains and heroes.... let's see... Overhaul sponsors it... All for One decided to make it his place... AND NEZU IS WALKING IN while Stain and All for One are there.... It will never get bored here in this cafe! A/N: I do NOT permit any kind uf usage of my story for podcasts, youtube or any other kind...as well as Translations. This is a my hero accademia fanstory hope you enjoy! Please also feel free to correct my bad writing. Rights on the pictures go to the artist. I do not own my hero accademia , rights to the owner.

Takeru is a proud café cat who believes he doesn't need anyone-not even Momo. But when he leaves his comfortable life behind in search of freedom, the streets of Matsue quickly prove him wrong. Between stray cats, danger, and loneliness, Takeru will learn that being independent isn't the same as being alone. And that sometimes, the hardest thing for a king... is going back home.

Jaime Marquez is trying to do their mafia job and make their mother proud when they end up trapped in a time loop with an unrepentant criminal and a cute waitress who is more than she seems. Can Jaime turn this into an opportunity for a love story, or is this where their future ends? * Jaime Marquez, nonbinary heir to Agalas mafia royalty, is assigned by their mother to discover Gerardo Lozano's secret when he officially requests passage into her city. As Jaime begins to investigate, they stumble upon the core of his secret: he has a device that allows him to go back in time and redo the immediate past. What Gerardo doesn't know is that Jaime's father was powerful in his own right, and Jaime has the ability to retain their consciousness through it all. Their interactions become a game where Jaime tries to discover everything their mother wants to know about Gerardo, but they also end up facing the source of their own unhappiness as a result of the third being who is present--Sana the waitress, who is actually the owner of Gerardo's device and wants it back. As questions find answers and the story takes shape one time loop at a time, Jaime falls in love. But will they also find the courage to love themself?

Keiram "Kei" Gonzales is a quiet, disciplined college student and the owner of a small café tucked away from the city's chaos. Behind his calm exterior lies a boy burdened by responsibilities, exhaustion, and unspoken emotions. Life has taught him that strength means carrying everything alone-and he does, day after day. Feona "Feo" Rogers has been Kei's childhood friend, confidante, and silent protector. Born into wealth, she supports Kei's café and his dreams in every way she can, yet her presence is both a comfort and a reminder of the walls he's built around himself. Feo loves him fiercely, patiently, and without expectation-until the arrival of someone new begins to shift everything. Angel Alexa "Lexi" Zhao is a brilliant scholar, driven by ambition and scholarship pressures that leave her exhausted and isolated. When she stumbles into Kei's café one fateful morning, she finds warmth in the unlikeliest of places-a sanctuary run by a man whose calmness both intrigues and unsettles her. As Lexi's chaotic energy collides with Kei's quiet intensity, the two begin to carve a fragile, delicate bond. Slowly, a love blooms-quiet, honest, and consuming. But life is unkind to the hearts who love with restraint. Lexi wants to feel pursued; Kei respects her words. Feo watches silently, torn between loyalty and love, knowing her presence can never truly compete with the girl who makes Kei's world lighter. As the pressures of school, work, and unspoken emotions mount, choices must be made. Love, trust, and loyalty are tested, and the one thing none of them can control is fate. In a story that is both tender and heartbreaking, they discover that some loves are never meant to last-but their echoes linger, shaping hearts forever. "When the Coffee Turns Cold" is a tragic romance of quiet intensity, of stolen glances, unspoken confessions, and the love that arrives beautifully only to end too soon

She doesn't believe in dating or relationships. Then he moves into town. Quiet, mysterious, the kind no one can take their eyes off of. The kind of complication she is trying to steer clear of. Yet there's no denying the desire churning beneath the surface. And if she wants him... why shouldn't she have him? He doesn't argue when she lays down the rules: no feelings, no promises, no falling in love. The problem is... he already has. Only, there's no reality where she would step out of that line. And as it turns out, some rules are never meant to survive the truth.

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT (16+) "𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑? 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚, 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐" Oscar Piastri is elated when he gets the scholarship of his dreams at Oxford University. But if he's ever going to pay off his student loan, he needs a job, and fast. Luckily for him, there's a coffee shop around the corner that could be just the thing he's after and more.. Lando Norris is in his second year at Oxford, and he's settled into the rhythm of the city. So when his favourite coffee shop hires a new barista, the cute Australian takes him by surprise. But he soon learns that there's more to him than meets the eye..

Sadie Cavelliane's life runs on one thing: pumpkin spice latte from Lover's Lake's most beloved coffee shop, The Mellow Bean. So when the café is suddenly bought by a powerful construction company and set for renovation, Sadie does what any reasonable woman would do-she starts a protest. Enter Maximillian Lucas: calm, infuriatingly handsome, and the CEO responsible for threatening her caffeine-fueled happiness. Their clash turns into witty banter, a latte duel, and an unexpected partnership neither of them planned. But Max is hiding a secret. Four years ago, in this very coffee shop, Sadie unknowingly saved his life with nothing more than a conversation and a cup of coffee. Now that fate has brought them back together, Max must decide when to tell the truth-and Sadie must face the fear of being loved as a memory instead of a choice. A cozy, slow-burn romantic comedy about coffee, protests, healing, and choosing love in the present.

Mara thought heartbreak would be loud. Instead, it was quiet-standing in a doorway, realizing the boy she loved had already chosen someone else. Determined to swear off love, Mara pours herself into late nights at the campus coffee shop, routine, and the safety of keeping her heart closed. Then one rainy evening, a stranger walks in just before closing. He's kind. Calm. He looks at her like she's a person, not a placeholder. For ten minutes, the world feels softer. Later, she finds his face in a photo online-captured under string lights on a rooftop, smiling at something just out of frame. The hoodie. The warmth. The version of him that exists only in her head. And without meaning to, Mara fills in the blanks. But when real life brings them together again, she's forced to confront the difference between the boy in the photo and the boy standing in front of her-and the truth about why she was so desperate to believe in the version that felt safer. The Boy in the Photo is a tender, introspective contemporary romance about heartbreak, projection, and learning the difference between being chosen and choosing yourself.

Though Jaune had been expelled, he refused to let it get to him. With his family understanding of his reasons they work with him to help him achieve something small, but meaningful. A small cafe in Vale that can welcome all, huntsman and civilian alike.

🏆 Watty Award Winner (2022) This updated edition includes revised chapters and new scenes. Trans guy Collin makes a bet with his coworker that he can land a date with the hot new barista across the street. It should be easy. Except the more time he spends with her, the more the bet starts to feel like the worst idea he's ever had. ### It's 2003 in Santa Cruz, and 21-year-old Collin thought transitioning would be the hard part. But now that he's on hormones and passing with ease, he's still stuck wondering who he is and where he belongs. It doesn't help that his girlfriend of six years just dumped him. So when his coworker challenges him to prove he's still got game, Collin agrees to a stupid bet: get a date with Heather, the cute new barista who just started working at the café across the street. With some unexpected help from his roommate Sam, getting close to her might be easier than Collin expected. But what starts as a harmless distraction quickly turns into something real. And when the truth behind the bet finally comes out, Collin will have to decide whether risking his heart again is worth it... or if he's about to lose the best thing that's happened to him since the breakup. A nostalgic beach-town rom-com about bets, baristas, and what happens when pretending turns into something real. ☕ Tropes: friends-to-lovers vibes, a very bad bet, coffee shop flirting, early-2000s nostalgia, and learning who you are while falling in love. NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESAY & FRIDAY

Elias never planned to get close to anyone. Working late shifts at a small café and focusing on his scholarship was enough. Then Jasper walked in. What started as an annoying argument over a cup of hot chocolate slowly turns into something neither of them expected. But misunderstandings grow, secrets refuse to stay buried, and sometimes the person you trust the most is the one connected to the past you're trying to forget.

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(Y/N) has suspicions over who New York City's masked hero is after an oddly identical and specific coffee order reoccurs between Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

Nivaan willing to do anything just for Evara even it means kalabanin ang kanyang pamilya. "As long as I have you, I don't care about the world, you are the only thing I care about."

{ℬ𝒩ℋ𝒜/ℳℋ𝒜 𝒞ℴ𝒻𝒻ℯℯ 𝒮𝒽ℴ𝓅/ℳ𝒶𝒻𝒾𝒶 𝒜𝒰} 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕦𝕊𝕙𝕚𝕟𝔻𝕖𝕜𝕦 Izuku and Katsuki have been best friends for about as long as they can remember. They've done just about everything together since the time they could walk and now, they're both 19 years old and in college at U. A. University, working a part time job at Starbucks. Life is going pretty good for them--as well as life can go for any struggling college kid--until one night on shift when a mysterious guy walks in and orders 24 shots of espresso 15 minutes before close. After that chance encounter, Katsuki and Izuku's lives are thrown into chaos as desires emerge, secrets are revealed, and passions come to light.

Everywhere I turned, he was there. I had gotten myself a stalker. I thought that kinda thing only happened in the movies. Who would wanna waist their time stalking someone? Especially me. My name is Soleli Brune, I was born and raised in France but moved to America when i was 16. I worked a part time job at a coffee shop while i finished out high school so I could have enough money but I still ended up working a 9-5, picking up extra shifts, staying late, all just to get by while living in a fairly small apartment. But I mean hey, the American dream right?

This is going to be a series or random oneshots, starring the same two people - Mason and Alex (Alex is a girl). It's almost always going to be fluff, and I'm going to use all kinds of cliché tropes (enemies to lovers, best friends to lovers, one bed trope, etc.) I hope you like it! Any similarities to any other stories on this platform are coincidences - all ideas are my own.

"Can you stay please, just until I fall asleep?" "Of course I will Namjoon." A Kim Namjoon Fanfiction Disclaimer: Discussion of loss, depression, and unhealthy relationships.

After his crazy dad's treatment was discovered, Niall, an amazing and well known soccer player, was shipped away to live in the city with his mom. As he tries to recover and move on to a normal life, he becomes friends with Harry, Louis, Zayn, and Liam. But just when it seems everything will go good for Niall, his mom's boyfriend reveals a terrible secret, one that will end up putting Niall and the boys in danger. In order to save him from Lester's secret life, the boys first have to discover what Niall has been keeping from them about his own past, and why he move to the city in the first place.