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269 Stories

  • ✨ The Thread That Shouldn't Exist~some threads were never meant to be pulled by churro37
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    Lia has always lived in a world that feels slightly off, like a picture hung just a little crooked. But everything tilts for real the day her vision fractures and she begins to see the world stitched together with glowing silver threads - threads no one else can see, threads that pulse with life, memory, and fate itself. When one of those threads snaps and reality shudders around her, Lia realizes her strange new sight isn't a gift. It's a warning. And then he appears. A boy wrapped in shadow‑threads - threads that devour the light around them - steps out of nowhere claiming she shouldn't be able to see him, or the threads, or the truth woven beneath the world. He knows what she is. He knows what she can do. And he knows the danger she's just awakened. Because Lia's thread isn't silver. It isn't shadow. It's something else entirely - something that shouldn't exist. Now the threads around her are tightening, pulling her toward secrets buried in the dark, a magic older than the world, and a boy who shouldn't be tied to her at all. Every step she takes unravels another piece of the truth - about the threads, about the shadows, about herself. And every thread she touches pulls her closer to a choice that could remake reality... or tear it apart. Some threads were never meant to be pulled. Lia's is one of them.
  • Behind the Fame {Completed} by TheBrokenLe
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    She was never supposed to be seen. Raven built her life behind the scenes-where wires, lights, and precision kept the world running, and anonymity kept her safe. At eighteen, she was already exceptional. Invisible. Untouchable. Until seven boys walked onto her stage-and one of them saw her. Jeon Jungkook lives in a world defined by cameras, contracts, and expectations he never chose. Fame gave him everything-except freedom. Except truth. Except the ability to want something for himself without consequence. What begins as a moment becomes a rumor. What becomes a rumor becomes a storm. As headlines twist reality and power draws dangerous lines between them, Raven and Jungkook must navigate a world where proximity is risk, silence is survival, and love is never just personal-it's political. Behind the fame, behind the lies, behind the lights-they must decide who they are willing to become. And what they are willing to lose. Behind the Fame is a slow-burn story of identity, sacrifice, power, and love-set in the spaces no one thinks to look, where the most important battles are fought in silence.
  • Coffee Stains & Deadlines by cutie240807
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    There's something strangely intimate about sharing an apartment with people who slowly become part of your life. The late-night conversations. ...The stolen mugs. ...The exhaustion. ...The quiet acts of care no one talks about. Maya Hussan never planned on getting attached to her flatmates, especially not Ethan Park, the emotionally unreadable business student who seems allergic to human interaction. But somewhere between deadlines, coffee stains, and midnight disasters in the kitchen, irritation starts turning into something far more dangerous. And Maya isn't sure which is worse: Failing nursing school... or falling for the one person she absolutely shouldn't. ⚠️ Message to readers ⚠️ New Chapter Released every Monday until finish ❤️
  • Tides Between Rivals ☆|○ Neteyam x Ao'nung  by HScales
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    The war against the Sky People is over. But peace on Pandora is fragile, and some wounds refuse to heal cleanly. Still recovering from the gunshot that nearly killed him, Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan struggles to regain the control he once carried so effortlessly. Everyone watches him differently now. Carefully. Especially Ao'nung te Tsika'u Tonowari'itan. Proud. Arrogant. Impossible to ignore. Their rivalry only worsens when the Metkayina Clan grants sanctuary to outsiders from the feared Mangkwan Clan. Among them is Rēeva. Scarred. Quiet. Unreadable. Both Neteyam and Ao'nung find themselves drawn toward her despite her cold indifference toward them both. But while the two warriors compete for attention they are never going to receive, Rēeva seems far more interested in speaking with Rotxo instead. Which would matter less if Rotxo did not look genuinely unsettled every time she came near him. Because unlike everyone else, Rotxo knows the truth about the Mangkwan outsiders. And some people do not escape their pasts peacefully. Especially not on Pandora. Disclaimer: This is a fan-made story inspired by the world of Avatar. All recognizable characters, settings, and concepts belong to their original creators. This work is created for entertainment purposes only and does not claim ownership over any official material. Original characters and storylines, including Rēeva and aspects of the Mangkwan Clan, are fan-created interpretations.
  • 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑾 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑴 //𝑻𝑲 𝑭𝑭// by taekook_kimeon
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    🖤 Shadow Bloom 🖤 a slow-burn horror romance "You always do this when I cook," Taehyung said softly, pretending to be annoyed. "You always let me," Jungkook whispered back. Their laughter mingled like steam above a simmering pot. But the warmth did not last. --- They were meant to spend a peaceful summer. They weren't meant to fall into something that's been waiting. Taehyung doesn't fear the dark - he walks into it barefoot. Jungkook doesn't believe in ghosts - until something starts believing in him. Three families. One villa. Buried history. Blooming secrets. And a forest that doesn't forget. The garden smiles with petals. But the walls hold whispers. And somewhere between flickering candles and glances that last too long... love begins to bloom - right in the middle of the shadows. This isn't just a love story. It's a curse in disguise. And once it begins, nothing stays untouched. > "Don't look at me like that." "Why? You only glow when something's watching." --- ⚠️ Warnings: ꒰ঌ𓂃 psychological tension ꒰ঌ𓂃 soft horror aesthetics ꒰ঌ𓂃 slow-burn taekook ꒰ঌ𓂃 eerie countryside villa ꒰ঌ𓂃 hidden pasts ꒰ঌ𓂃 mirrors & whispers ꒰ঌ𓂃 unspoken attraction ꒰ঌ𓂃 creeping dread ꒰ঌ𓂃 dark romance blooming ꒰ঌ𓂃 forbidden longing ꒰ঌ𓂃 tangled families ꒰ঌ𓂃 late night walks ꒰ঌ𓂃 shadowed emotions ꒰ঌ𓂃 obsession with restraint --- ✎ Author's Note This story is a different kind of slow-burn. Not one that sets you on fire instantly... but the kind that lingers - soft, eerie, romantic - until you realize your heart's not beating the same anymore. It will not only give you butterflies. It'll give you shivers in your spine too. Thank you for stepping into Shadow Bloom - where love grows in silence, and not all flowers bloom under the sun. Now hush. Let it begin.
  • Soft Ruin by Eimi_Whisperimi
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    Nyla has lived her entire life on guard. She has nothing interesting to share about herself, only sleepless nights, overthinking and a constant feeling that something is wrong with her. After all, it must be her who's flawed. The whole world can't possibly be the problem when she's the only one who seems to be right. She makes herself small. Invisible. She keeps people at a distance before they grow tired of her and everything that goes on inside her head. Because people make her uneasy. They leave. They lie. They destroy things. Wade already knows how brutal life can be. You work until your body gives out. Fight hard enough to make a living. Bury your feelings deep enough so they don't destroy you from within. While other people seem to live lives they actually enjoy, Wade has only learned how to survive from one day to the next. Boxing is the only thing that quiets his mind for a while. They live completely different lives, but they find each other in one thing: silence. It's not love at first sight. It's sleepless nights. Bloody knuckles. Thoughts that never let them breathe properly. Two broken people who slowly start to feel a little less alone in each other's presence. Because some people save each other, while others only learn how to drown together.
  • Friends Don't Kiss Like That  by dramaqueenonfire
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    The first time someone asked me whether I liked Dylan or Cole, I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. It was a ridiculous question. Dylan was my best friend. My person. The boy next door who had been in my life for as long as I could remember. We grew up together, shared family vacations, survived awkward childhood phases, and collected enough embarrassing stories to blackmail each other for life. Cole, on the other hand, was a menace. A walking headache. A professional nuisance whose favorite hobby seemed to be making my life difficult. The answer should have been obvious. So why wasn't it? Maybe it started with the beach trip. Or the late-night bonfires. Or the way Dylan's smile suddenly made my stomach flutter when it never had before. Maybe it was the kiss cam. Maybe it was the way Cole's teasing slowly stopped feeling annoying and started feeling like something else entirely. Whatever the reason, everything changed. Now Dylan wasn't just Dylan anymore. And Cole wasn't just Cole. One made me feel safe. The other made my heart race. One knew every version of me. The other made me discover versions of myself I never knew existed. Somewhere between beach sunsets, stolen glances, family vacations, and a summer I would never forget, I found myself caught between two boys. The problem? I wasn't sure which one I was falling for. My name is Luna Hart, and this is the story of friendship, chaos, first love, and the impossible choice between the boy who has always been there... and the boy I never saw coming. Because sometimes, the hardest part isn't falling in love. It's figuring out who you fell in love with.
  • Sincerity Analysis by written_by_suzanne
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    A psychological slow-burn from the world of Sherlock Holmes about people who understand everything except their own emotions. London has become offensively mundane, and Sherlock Holmes is finding inactivity harder to bear than he would ever admit. Baker Street is mired in restlessness, irritability, and intellectual stagnation-until their apartment is disrupted by a visitor Sherlock truly didn't expect. Mycroft Holmes. The man who rules half the British Empire with the cold precision of a chess grandmaster makes a request that defies all logic: he needs advice on a personal matter. What at first seems like a minor social complication gradually reveals something far more dangerous-a situation that cannot be resolved by deduction alone. A psychological slow-burn from the world of Sherlock Holmes, full of intellectual tension, the atmosphere of Victorian London, and people who understand everything except their own emotions. New chapters are released every Monday and Thursday. Mám na profilu také českou verzi.
  • The Silence Between Sovereigns by SilentStormWrites
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    In a city that never slows down, two lives were running on entirely different rhythms. Ishika Singh Chouhan preferred silence over society. Books over conversations. Morning light over crowded rooms. She wasn't fragile. She was contained. Like a locked diary no one was allowed to read. And then there was Rudraveer Chouhan. Twenty-seven. IPS. Assistant Superintendent of Police, South Mumbai. A man who believed emotions were administrative errors. A man who enforced the law like it was scripture. A man who did not bend. He did not believe in love marriages. He did not believe in destiny. He believed in structure. And structure is exactly what brought them together. Not longing. Not attraction. Not coincidence. Family. An arranged alliance between two respected households. A decision made across polished wooden tables and measured conversations. He agreed because it was practical. She agreed because she did not protest. There was no dramatic first meeting. Just a quiet room. Two steady gazes. No smiles. He assessed. She observed. He saw composure. She saw discipline. Neither saw weakness. This was not a story where a cold man melts. Nor a story where a silent girl waits to be saved. This was something else. Two people who do not depend. Two people who do not beg for affection. Two people who understand control. But control is easiest alone. And marriage... is not a solitary system.
  • Marriage Without Clear Feelings by Myshoko1
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    Mio didn't choose her husband - life did. What started as a quiet, emotionless marriage soon spiraled into a psychological battle between silence, sorrow, and the aching hope for connection. Stanley, her mysterious husband, wasn't cruel... but he wasn't gentle either. Their home was a place of calm gestures and buried tension - until one night changed everything. This is not a love story. It's a quiet storm - of trust, loss, and the slow unraveling of two people learning to exist beside each other... and maybe, to feel. If you enjoy emotional, slow-burn psychological drama with raw, real characters... read it now on my Wattpad: 📖 shaqra04
  • Inseparably Yours  by LeanneLeonard
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    Tropes : 22 X 26 Enemies X Lovers College Romance One Room ''They were never meant to be ...... yet he claimed her as his.'' Characters : Riya Singh - A Year-old literature student who believes love should feel like poetry - but Arjun Kumar ruins every verse. Bold, passionate, and fiercely independent, she never lets anyone have the last word, especially him. Her world is made of words and emotions, while his is made of logic and control - and that's why they can't stand each other. Arjun Kumar - A 26-year-old engineering student with a calm voice and a short temper. He's brilliant, disciplined, and dangerously confident - the kind of man who never lets his guard down. To everyone else, he's untouchable. To Riya, he's insufferable. But beneath his cold exterior lies something darker - a reason he keeps people away. They've been rivals since the first week of college - her laughter against his silence, her warmth against his walls. Until a college trip goes wrong, and a booking mix-up forces them into the same room for the night. One room. Two enemies. And a storm outside that mirrors the one brewing between them. He swore she was just a distraction. She swore she'd never fall for him. But when the night ends - neither of them will be the same again. I like to thank @twinklenessa for this amazing poster and her kindfull heart
  • Petal In His Grip ||    •𝙑𝙆𝙊𝙊𝙆• by always_taekook
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    What screamed submission louder- His lowered gaze or the way he flinched under Taehyung's stare? . . . . What will happen when the Tiny rebel named- Jeon jungkook will come face to face with The greatest son of The Kim's?? _____ English is NOT my first language, so please be kind. This work is purely fictional and created for storytelling purposes only. This is purely my work-and not stolen or anything. *I will mention the sensitive/mature contents in the chapter. _____ 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐊
  • No Small Things by Ms_CharlieB
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    She's the one who moved on. He's the one who never did. Four years after their breakup, Eva and Will collide at a wedding-and the tension is anything but polite. One night turns into something dangerous: jealousy, unfinished feelings, and too many almosts. Then life makes it worse. They're forced to work together. On the same high-stakes project. In the same room. Every. Single. Day. Eva knows better than to trust him again. Will knows he already messed this up once. But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to pretend this is just business.
  • Between Glass Walls by AuraWriteCo
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    Cassandra Laurent never expected her mother's new marriage to change her entire life. Forced to move into the luxurious Beaumont villa in Valemont City, she suddenly finds herself surrounded by elite parties, impossible expectations, and people who hide behind perfect appearances. Including Anthony Beaumont. Quiet. Controlled. Untouchable. A rising football star with a cold reputation and eyes that always seem to say more than his words ever do. At first, they are nothing more than strangers forced into the same house. Separate lives. Separate worlds. But somewhere between late-night encounters, silent tension, jealous glances, and moments that last too long, something dangerous begins growing between them. Something forbidden. Something neither of them wants to admit. As emotions turn into obsession and secrets become harder to hide, Cassandra and Anthony are pulled deeper into a connection that could destroy everything around them - their family, their futures, and themselves. Because in a city built on luxury and reputation, one wrong feeling can ruin everything. And some people are impossible to stay away from.
  • The Men Who Lived For Me by InkandShadows15
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    **BOOK TWO** Evelyn Hart set them free. She watched the house fall. She carried their ashes home. She grieved, healed, and built a life that belonged only to her. She did everything right. So why does the universe keep putting the same three men in her path? A reckless stranger on a bicycle. A police officer with familiar kindness. An architect whose eyes soften when he looks at her. They don't remember Eldermoor. They don't remember dying. But something in them remembers her. Some loves don't end. They wait.
  • The Harry Potter Collection - Oneshots by caspien33
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    A collection of oneshots in the Harry Potter universe.
  • a bad attempt at stargazing by fluffwuffs33
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    Sanji can't sleep. Again. After making his captain ANOTHER midnight snack, he sits outside with a cigarette. The wide expanse of stars were beautiful, but he couldn't appreciate them for what they were worth without some sleep. Too bad, he supposes... Then this dumbass swordsman comes along and solves his problem. What's a gentlecook like him to do? ~~~ Featuring some raw, unfiltered, painfully dense, slowburn zosan. Served with an appetizer of what I've delusionally convinced myself to be humor, and a side of chaotic Strawhat Shenanigans. (Updated weekly!)
  • Crossing Parallels by Jessiewulin
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    A composed and emotionally guarded investor, Yeh has always kept love at a safe distance-until she meets Lin, a magnetic content creator whose world of storytelling, instinct, and quiet intensity begins to unravel her carefully controlled life. What starts as a professional collaboration on a GL series turns into a slow-burning emotional entanglement, where every glance, every hesitation, carries unspoken meaning. Caught between her own restraint and the ambiguous closeness between Lin and her long-time partner Jing, Yeh chooses to step back-just as Lin begins to step closer. As fiction starts to mirror reality, both women are forced to confront a question they can no longer avoid: when two people feel the same way but refuse to say it, is love ever enough to bring them together?
  • Never Meant to Exist by MoonsFebruary
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    Freen is a Fate Weaver - a celestial being who binds people together with red threads, creating what humans call "destined love." She doesn't believe in love. She's seen enough to understand it patterns, repetition, predictable outcomes. To her, it was never something special. Just part of the work. A name. A thread. A connection. Nothing more. Until one assignment comes wrong. There should have been two names. There is only one. Becky Armstrong. A stranger who shouldn't matter. A connection that shouldn't exist. A thread that became gold. And for the first time in Freen's existence... she is no longer certain where fate ends, and something dangerously real begins.
  • Just Business by kobliha1994
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    Ella Lankasch came to Seoul with a plan to start over. Instead, she's now trying to survive at Retanigo, one of the biggest companies in Seoul, where she: * battles daily corporate chaos, * secretly brings her daughter to work, * and tries not to murder the company president with stress. Kang Min-ho has spent his entire life perfectly in control. The company. People. Emotions. Then he meets Ella. A chaotic Czech woman with a dangerously honest mouth, blue-green eyes, absolutely no respect for his peace of mind, and a daughter who starts using his own business tricks against him. And while dangerous tension slowly grows between them, Retanigo begins turning into a battlefield full of secrets, manipulation, and emotions that were never supposed to exist. Because in the corporate world, feelings are not weakness. They're a threat. A slowburn office romance with strong k-drama vibes. Full of humor, rain, emotionally damaged people, chaos, family scars, and one very brave yellow car named Lentylka.