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  •  Love Wasn't Enough  by Gunj40
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    Alexander didn't cheat. He just gave someone else his attention, his laughter, and the smiles that used to belong to his wife. And she watched him drift, not to another woman's bed, but to her presence. Her laugh. The way she made him feel seen in a room full of people. Everything he found in someone else - Zara had been giving him all along. Eight years of marriage. One little boy who loved them both. And Zara standing in the middle of it all - wondering when she became the woman he stopped choosing. She warned him. Three times. The first - he dismissed her. The second - he called her jealous. The third - he called her insecure. So she stopped warning him altogether. And stopped waiting. Love wasn't enough... and now it might be too late.
  • Strangers Now by HyunlixShipper4Eva
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    We used to mean everything. Now we walk past each other like we're strangers. This is the story of how I learned to live with a heartbreak that never said goodbye. *Events are inspired by what happened to me in real life
  • ᴡᴇ ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴜs ~ sᴜsɪᴋ by xiteez
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    Jinsik doesn't know when it changed-just that Sumin stopped noticing. The warmth between them dimmed, replaced by silence too familiar to name. Jinsik pulls away, and Sumin pretends not to feel it. But even pretending has its limits. And even silence can hurt.
  • Loving You Scares Me  by Chetana_Panda
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    Nina Dawson has spent years learning how to stay quiet, how to hide the parts of herself that hurt too much to explain. Love was never supposed to find her... not like this, not so suddenly, not so intensely. Ethan Carson wasn't supposed to fall either. Not after everything he's seen, not after promising himself he'd never become the man he grew up fearing. But one night, under city lights and unspoken truths, he does. And now, they stand at the edge of something neither of them knows how to hold... Him, afraid of losing her... and her, afraid of being seen at all. Because sometimes, the scariest thing isn't falling in love- it's believing you deserve it.
  • When Ego Walked In by hewhowrites27
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    A quiet reflection on love, effort, and letting go..
  • Distance, Silence by beautifulsoul_2025
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    There wasn't a storm. No raised voices. Just a pause. A delay that grew arms and wrapped itself around my chest. He said, "Get free." I did. I cleared the clock for him - and waited. Not with anger, not with expectation - just that quiet, invisible hope we never speak aloud. Minutes became hours. Silence, the kind that stretches time. And yet, when he finally wrote back, it wasn't an apology. It was a mirror - reflecting how he thought I felt, as if my heart was a riddle he didn't want to solve. I had to tell him - I'm not mad at the gaps between your replies. I only ached when you invited me into your time, then forgot I was already standing at the door. But still, I forgave him before he even understood. Because that's what love sometimes looks like - not grand confessions, but soft shoulders and tired fingers that type "I'm sorry" without waiting for one in return. Then something changed. Not loudly. Not with fireworks. But like when winter finally begins to exhale, and you realise the ground had been thawing all along. He started showing up. In the quiet ways. With late-night check-ins. With "Ishaaa." With "I understand." With "Tell me." With "Sleep. Please." He didn't promise forever. He didn't open all his windows. But he cracked the door. And maybe, just maybe, that was enough - for now. Because this isn't a story about falling in love. This is a story about trying. About message delays, missed moments, and the poetry of persistence. It's about a girl who refused to let silence be the final word. And a boy learning, slowly, that silence is not safety - it's just a page waiting to be written on.
  • Read, Breathe, Heal by SheWhoHeals
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    A soft place for the strong girls who stayed too long, loved too hard, and forgot themselves in the process. This is your reminder: you were never too much. They were just never enough.
  • The Space Between Us by Monkeyjossie
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    Some distances are measured not in miles, but in unspoken words. For Sarah and Chloe, the space between them grew wider with every unvalidated feeling, every "you'll be fine," until the quiet of separate apartments became a comfort.
  • Instructions by PlumaFirme_
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    Some people don't disappear - they manage access. This piece traces how distance becomes habit, and how loneliness follows instructions exactly as given.
  • Tied Together, Yet Apart by Iramkhan112
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    Abhimanyu and Roohi step into marriage surrounded by celebrations, traditions, and smiling faces-but behind the wedding rituals lies a silence neither of them knows how to break. Their marriage is arranged by families, bound by expectations, and accepted without protest, even though both carry emotions they never spoke aloud. Roohi once loved Abhimanyu in silence, believing her feelings would never be returned. Abhimanyu, burdened by responsibility and family pressure, agrees to a marriage he never imagined for himself. As husband and wife, they share the same space but remain emotionally distant, struggling with unanswered questions, regret, and hidden pain. Between awkward conversations, stolen glances, and long silences, they must learn to face the truth they avoided for years. Can love grow where it was never allowed to begin? Or will the weight of unspoken words keep them forever apart? Tied Together is a slow-burning emotional romance about arranged marriage, silent love, and two hearts learning that sometimes, love begins only after the vows are taken.
  • Learning to Hurt Quietly by GeethaSree2007
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    They didn't stop loving each other all at once Elena and Julian learned something more dangerous instead-how to live without asking, without arguing, without needing answers. Their love didn't end with slammed doors or broken glass. It ended with politeness. With restraint. With silence practiced so well it felt like peace This is a story about the quiet kind of heartbreak. The kind that preserves the house, pays the bills, smiles in public-and empties everything that matters.
  • Five Centimetres per Second by SameerSamike
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    "Five Centimetres per Second" is a poignant prose poem that explores the gradual accumulation of sadness in life, focusing on the lingering memories of a past relationship. Drawing inspiration from the Japanese concept of the falling speed of cherry blossoms, this piece delves into the bittersweet nature of nostalgia and the inevitable emotional distancing that occurs over time. Through lyrical prose, it captures the struggle between holding onto precious memories and the desire to move forward, resonating with anyone who has experienced the gentle yet persistent pull of past love. 18 June 2022
  • The Ball Was Never Mine  by LSHaley65
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    Some people don't leave because they stop loving someone. They leave because they realize they've already been left. The Ball Was Never Mine is a quiet, aching story about neglect, resentment, and the moment a relationship finally tips past saving. Set over the course of a single argument, it explores what happens when love becomes conditional, effort becomes invisible, and walking away feels like the only honest choice left.
  • What You Can Do in One Go
(タイパフレンド) by HoraHoraNezumi
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    What You Can Do in One Go (タイパフレンド) Synopsis: In a world where efficiency rules even human relationships, Nana and Rei meet every Monday for 90 minutes at a family restaurant. They are not lovers. Not really friends. They simply exchange trending topics, social media gossip, and music recommendations-nothing too deep, nothing too heavy. But when unexplained absences and silent tensions begin to stretch their "timed friendship" beyond its limits, both must confront a painful question: Can emotions really be controlled like a streaming playlist-or will they overflow and destroy what little connection they have left? This is a realistic, bittersweet tale about young people trying to survive modern loneliness with shortcuts that no longer work.
  • Seen  by Jiten14B
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    On one side, it's just a moment... on the other, it's everything.
  • Under the Moon by RblsRvr
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    The Rule was simple: No names. No pasts. No futures. Every night for twenty-eight nights, two strangers meet on a solitary hill under the light of a changing moon. One brings a pizza box and a heart that doesn't know how to stop reaching. The other brings a single apple and a soul that has turned into a fortress. They allow themselves only one paragraph of conversation per night. A single exchange of truths before the silence returns. As the moon waxes and wanes, the distance between them becomes a battlefield. He is the tide, forever chasing a shore that recedes. She is the moon, beautiful only because she is a hundred thousand miles away. In the silver light of a dying sun, they are the only two people in the universe. But when the moon finally vanishes, will there be anything left but the grass? A study of attachment, isolation, and the dangerous poetry of being known.
  • The Distance Between Us by Lost4Wordsonline
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    A poignant reflection on the growing distance between two souls, filled with regret for the fading memories and words left unspoken.
  • The Heart Between Sorrow (One Shot) by HighEndEverest
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    The Heart Between Sorrow follows Ophelia, a girl struggling with grief after losing her mother and her cat. She becomes emotionally distant and withdrawn, unable to connect with the world around her. Azucena, who has quietly admired Ophelia for years, watches from afar, silently offering support. As the two lives intersect, love and pain intertwine, and Ophelia faces the challenge of opening up to the possibility of love while grappling with her own emotional turmoil. The story explores the complexity of relationships, grief, and the struggle to find healing amid overwhelming sorrow.
  • BOUNDED BY FATE, DIVIDED BY SILENCE  by Aria_khanna
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    hey readers I don't know is there anyone who likes such type of stories or not but here my imagination that I think I need to share with someone someone who don't know me and know only characters of this story thank you so much for visiting you all find the introduction and tropes in the starting of this book please read it if you like if don't like such kind of story don't worry you can skip .