Emotionalbaggage Stories

Basketball was in her blood, but LaMelo Ball made her want to set the whole damn court on fire. Theresa Young doesn't play games. She runs things quietly from the sidelines, calling shots behind the camera while the league watches her brother light up the court. Her situationship with Jalen Johnson? Chill. Uncomplicated. Safe. But when Charlotte's finest shows up with that cocky grin and too much swagger for one man, everything changes. LaMelo Ball is all attitude and bad timing. He gets under her skin-then under her guard. What starts as petty jabs and passive glances turns into something hotter, heavier, harder to ignore. Now Jalen's noticing. LaMelo's circling. And Theresa's stuck between the boy who never claimed her and the one who might just ruin her carefully built peace. The pressure's building. The season's heating up. And some fouls don't get called until it's too late. DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. While it includes real-life figures and settings, not everything will align with how things are in real life. Some details have been changed, imagined, or exaggerated for the sake of the story. Please remember this is purely fictional and should be enjoyed as such!

Tunde Kalejaye is a polished Lagos lawyer with a royal surname, a Rolex, and a deadline to find a partner before his parents arrange one for him. Kola is a streetwise agbero with tattoos, quick comebacks, and zero regard for hierarchy. They meet on a danfo in Obalende. One is trying to hold his world together. The other is about to crack it open.

Suguru Geto has spent years haunted by dreams he can never fully remember-until one night, a voice cuts through the haze like a blade: "Find me again in another life." He doesn't know who the voice belongs to, but the pain feels real. The love, even more so. And no matter how many times he tells himself it's just a dream... it never feels like one. Cover credits: @w8ingf0r on X https://x.com/w8ingf0r/status/1795884606497178054?s=19

CBI agent Teresa Lisbon is tough, sharp, and unshakable - until she's suddenly facing deportation. A clerical error and expired visa mean she could be forced to leave the country... unless she finds a quick fix. Enter Patrick Jane - her arrogant, charming, and annoyingly observant consultant at the California Bureau of Investigation. The solution? A fake marriage. The catch? They have to convince immigration it's real by passing a brutal couples test. As they practice being madly in love, the lines between fake and real begin to blur. She knows it's a lie. He claims it's all a game. But some feelings can't be faked. And when secrets, trust, and past heartbreaks surface - will they still choose each other when the test is over?

Serena Sherran, a dedicated doctor, lost her husband, Leo Martin, to a mysterious case after the birth of their son, leaving her to raise him alone. When her son is diagnosed with the same heart condition as Leo, Serena makes a life altering decision to leave behind the UK, and all the memories it holds, and move to China in search of a medical breakthrough. Five years later, a man named Jay Carson appears in her life bearing an uncanny resemblance to her late husband, adding an unexpected twist to her journey.

Sam Howard and her roommate Kiara Spage share almost everything. But when Kiara's past comes creeping back, can she handle it ? Will she be able to do so on her own, or will she need the support of her newfound roommate ?

Ryan and Patrick find solace in each other as both still process their own grief over loosing someone...

Once upon a time, a madman tried to murder Emma Stapleton on a perfectly normal school day. And, the unlikeliest of classmates came to her rescue: her nemesis. Ten years later, her nemesis is dead, her school sweetheart divorced her, and she's no closer to catching that madman. Emma's goal to set things right hasn't panned out as planned. Now, she just wants to leave her position as Investigator for the Metropolitan Police Services and forget everything. But, life has other plans. When her haunting past comes barreling into her present, the one bright spot in her life is that Emma might finally put the past to bed once and for all, even if its face turns out to be shockingly, and impossibly, familiar.

They're not just playing for the win - they're playing with each other's last nerve. Katherin Min is the rising star of tennis - disciplined, deadly, and done with drama. Landon Reyes is the two-time champion with a smirk that has gone viral more times than she can count. They have history - and not the good kind. A disastrous summer tennis camp. A feud gone viral. And an awkward championship photo last season. So when Kat's mixed doubles partner gets injured just before the French Open, and Landon is flown in as her last-minute substitute, it feels less like fate... and more like sabotage. The press wants chaos. The fans want romance. And Kat? She just wants to survive the tournament without strangling Landon with her sweatband. Enemies. Teammates. Trouble. Game on.

Gojo finds himself a bit jealous of the bakery worker putting a move on his boyfriend. His own personal baggage keeps him from approaching it productively with Nanami.

--- She wasn't waiting to be chosen. She was building a legacy-one the world would remember by her name, not his. VIRASAT RANDHAWA is self-made, fiercely independent, and emotionally untouchable. The CEO of her own empire, she has no space for distractions-especially not from powerful men who think love means control. But ADHIRAJ SINGH SHERGILL was born alone into a world of danger and dominance. Built from silence, sharpened by power-he's never had to beg for anything. And now, what he wants... is her. What begins as fascination turns into obsession. What she sees as resistance, he calls fate. She refuses to belong to anyone. He refuses to give up. But the heart doesn't follow rules. And destiny doesn't ask for permission. Two names. Two empires. One love that rewrote them both.

She came in loud. He stayed silent. But neither of them left untouched. Shavelle's just looking for fries, ranch, and a break from the chaos. Travesty's just trying to work the grill and keep his past where it belongs-buried. But when bold meets quiet across a late-night diner counter, the tension simmers slow and deep. He doesn't flirt. She doesn't back down. And when they finally give in, it's not just heat they uncover-it's healing, heartbreak, and everything they didn't know they were hungry for. A Velvet Travesty is a slow burn full of grown heat, soft unraveling, and the kind of love that doesn't raise its voice-but still leaves you breathless.

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Shen Qinlan and Li Chenghan had broken up. Yet he still orbits her life like he always has: still cooking her meals, still steaming her favorite tea, still holding her spare key as if they'd never untangled their lives. To be fair, Qinlan never told him to leave. Because deep down, a part of her hoped it could quietly go on like this. But even if neither of them chooses to move on, life eventually will. After all, even the sweetest tea loses its flavor when steeped too long. Beautiful cover art by the very talented @blueber_ray

Mere has been in love with his best friend Nia for as long as he can remember. She's everything - bright, beautiful, impossible to let go of. But to her, he's just Mere - the one she runs to when the world gets too loud, not the one she dreams about. When Nia starts dating someone new, Mere tells himself he's fine. That loving her from a distance is enough. That he'd only break her heart if she ever looked at him the way he looks at her. But love like his doesn't stay hidden forever. And when a letter he never meant her to read makes its way into her hands, everything shifts. This isn't a fairytale. It's the story of a boy who loved quietly, a girl who didn't see it until it hurt, and the messy, beautiful, painful space between friendship and something more.

He left without a word. Now she's back-with blood on her knuckles and revenge in her eyes. After six years together, Rhea's world shatters when her boyfriend, Zayn, vanishes without a trace. No goodbye. No explanation. Just heartbreak and silence. But she doesn't fall apart-she trains, she bleeds, and she turns herself into someone unrecognizable: a fighter, a weapon, a girl with nothing to lose. When Rhea steps into the underground fight ring for the first time, she's not expecting to see him-Zayn, with her name tattooed across his knuckles and no idea who she really is now. What he doesn't know? She's about to destroy everything he thought he knew. But Zayn has secrets too. Dangerous ones. And Rhea's about to learn that in this world of fists and lies, love and revenge might be the deadliest fight of all.

Jon gets sick. Lois and Jordan don't understand why. Clark is ignorant to his son's growing mental distress.

The remorse swirls up inside him again, threatening to drown him, but Sakura doesn't leave his side. She murmurs softly in his ear, mostly nonsensical repetitions of "It's okay. You'll be okay."