Family-problems Stories

There is a photograph. First birthday. The whole family around the long table - candles lit, cake centred, everyone leaning toward Isabella reaching for the flame, everyone laughing, everyone looking at the same thing. At the edge of the frame, barely in it, a small dark-haired girl in a white dress is looking at the candle. Not at her family. Not at her sister. Not at the camera. Just at the candle. Quiet. Still. Already, at one year old, watching the warmth from a slight distance. Nobody remembers who took the photograph. It was never framed. Never put in an album. Found years later in a box in the study, loose, slightly creased, as though it had simply been waiting. Her name is Serena Marchetti. The second twin. Born eleven minutes after her sister into a room already arranged around someone else - and she stayed that way, at the edge of things, for as long as the Marchettis of Milan would let her. This is not the story they would tell about her. This is hers.

Has half ever been enough, will it ever be enough... Their mother cheated with another man and left, yet when she dies after a horrible accident leaving Adella all alone, will they come to her rescue and show her what family truly is. Or is her disconnection from them far too great for them to care for her? #1 #missingsomeone 2025

Ryosuke Yamamoto was falsely accused of assaulting a woman and has lost everyone dear to him. His older sister Kaede and younger sister Nagisa completely rejected him, and his father gave up on him. He became the target of slander at school, lost the trust of the student body president, and was looked upon with contempt by his classmates. After a year of such days, Ryosuke's false accusation is proven. The people who had kept Ryosuke distant until now sincerely apologized and begged for his forgiveness, but Ryosuke had no intention of forgiving them at all. ***This is a rewrite/fanfic for Soafp & Ryota's story. I only added to this story, rewrote it, and expanded on the small amount of content it has, please read the original as well***

After falling in love with a younger and much less successful man, can Yiwen convince herself and her parents to accept him into their wealthy family? ***** When Yiwen Wang suddenly finds herself 30 and single, she lets her well-meaning best friend talk her into a blind date with the handsome Zi'an Li. And not only is he plucked straight out of a movie screen, his witty banter over dinner also convinces Yiwen he's exactly the type to make her toes curl. Yet, by some wicked twist of fate, he's five years younger than her and has no house, car, or stable, high-paying job. So how is she ever going to convince herself and her parents that he's the right choice? Especially when her new, attractive boss makes it very clear that he's interested in her? [[1st Place, Flower Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[1st Place, The Golden Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Alanna did everything in her power to gain her parents' approval: wore the right clothes, dated the right men, attended the right parties, and made enough money to get them through the doors of high society that had long been out of their reach. Instead of a thank you for all she had done, she was blamed for reacting the wrong way to finding out her husband had been cheating on her with her younger sister-and her family wanted her to accept it because it was "true love." When Alanna decided she was done vying for her parents' approval and started feeling isolated, an old classmate came to her with an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and join one of the most powerful families in town. The catch? Intimacy was off the table. Any plans for future children would be done through surrogacy or artificial insemination. Deciding this was the only way to regain her dignity, she agreed. But her growing attraction to her new husband made the no-intimacy rule all the more unwelcome.

"Some relationships need time to mend; blood-bound ones only need a reason to return" The Siddiqui brothers had everything the world admired-respect, power, wealth, and the image of a perfect family. But behind the polished smiles lived four brothers carrying secrets they could never reveal, a past they desperately wanted to escape. Then come their stepsister,a stepsister they never knew existed. A girl who arrived carrying nothing but responsibilities, unaware that her presence would shake the very foundation of their lives. Some truths are buried beneath hatred. Some distances are created to protect. And some families are destined to find each other only after losing everything. What happens when blood ties refuse to break, no matter how hard fate tries? Schedule: Thursday and Monday. Note: Pictures i had used in the book and cover is originally taken from pinterest, credit goes to the rightful owner.

Survive by all means necessary. Against all odds. This has been her life's only mantra for years. Keira Vandestine has been an abomination since birth and treated as such. Unacknowledged and abandoned by her family on the streets, she learnt to survive on her own in every possible way. But one can only fight for so long in slums where everything is fair for power. Dead at a young age, the universe gives her another chance at life. But all chances come with consequences. Reincarnated back at 14, Keira has to make sure this time she survives. Amongst the rich, heartless Vandestines who always chose her twin Arabella over Keira but now she knows what to expect. She'd lived on the streets of Deveria, so a gilded mansion should be easy, right ? It's hide or fight and this time she wouldn't be the one hiding.

Riley doesn't remember the last time someone asked if she was okay. Not really asked. Not in the way that meant they were going to stay for the answer. She is seventeen years old and she has already learned the most important lesson this town has to offer - that people leave. They leave with promises folded neatly in their pockets, with good intentions they fully mean at the time, with duffel bags and bus tickets and fifteen days that turn into three years without a single word. They leave, and the ones left behind learn to stop waiting by the window. They learn to stop setting an extra plate. They learn to breathe around the absence until the absence just becomes the air. Riley works the late shift. She carries drinks to tables without being asked twice. She doesn't flinch at loud voices anymore. She doesn't cry at things that used to make her cry. She has become very good at being invisible in a room full of people - and even better at being invisible to herself. This is not the life she imagined. But it is the life she has. And she has made her peace with it, quietly, the way you make peace with things you never had a choice about. She is not waiting for anyone anymore. She stopped doing that a long time ago. Until the night a familiar face walks through the door - and three brothers who left her behind must now face what their absence built. Because blood doesn't forget. And neither does Riley.

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte 'Lottie' Carmen Rose Vassiliou is the youngest of the six Vassiliou siblings. She was the first girl born into the Vassiliou family in ten generations, and due to this, she was spoiled and coddled for the first five years of her life. But then, after 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩, when she was five, suddenly her life flips upside down and her family turns against her, sending her 1750 miles away to a school for troubled kids. Her family had sent her away, hoping the school would 'fix' her, to make her a normal functioning member of society, but in reality, the school had no interest in helping troubled kids; they used the position of power they held over the troubled students to abuse them, to break them. Charlotte had long ago changed, going from an innocent, loving little girl to a fifteen-year-old girl with severe trust and anger issues. So what happens when, ten years after 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩, she is suspended and forced to return home? Will her family ignore her? Will they treat her the way the staff at the school did? Read along as Charlotte navigates the messy reunion with her family, whom she hasn't spoken to in a decade.

So this book was inspired by another book on Wattpad. I really liked it and lately I've decided to write my own So this book idea had been on my mind for a while and I decided to go for it. Join the Mikaelson family before they turned into vampires as they watch how their live unfolds into madness chaos and a while lot of bloodshed

BOOK #1 IN THE DEVALDI SERIES For ten years, Evan and Ellie were gone. Taken when they were small children, they became the faces on missing-person posters, the names whispered at family gatherings, and the heartbreak their brothers never stopped carrying. Everyone assumed the worst. Then they came home. Sixteen-year-old Evan and twelve-year-old Ellie are finally rescued and returned to the family that never gave up searching for them. Their older brothers welcome them back with open arms, determined to help them rebuild the life that was stolen from them. But coming home isn't as simple as everyone hoped. Ellie hasn't spoken in years. No one knows why. She communicates through glances, notes, and the protective hand she keeps wrapped around Evan's sleeve whenever fear creeps too close. Evan insists they're fine. They're safe now. Everything is okay. Except it isn't. Behind closed doors, the siblings hide the truth about the decade they spent missing. The nightmares, the panic, the strange rules they still follow, and the scars no one is supposed to see. Evan is determined to protect Ellie from any more pain, even if it means carrying their secrets alone. Ellie, unable to speak, struggles to find a way to tell the people who love them what really happened. As their brothers work to reconnect with the children they lost, cracks begin to form in the carefully built walls Evan and Ellie have created around themselves. The harder they try to pretend everything is normal, the more impossible it becomes to hide the damage left behind. Because being rescued was only the beginning. Coming home means learning to trust again. And sometimes the hardest part of surviving is letting yourself be saved. What the Darkness Couldn't Take is an emotional story about family, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between siblings who refuse to leave each other behind-even after ten years lost in the dark.

What if Arnav found out about Shyam's deceits by himself? The journey of a suspicious, smarter and sorted Arnav of figuring out the deceit of his brother in law.

HE LEFT FOR ABROAD JUST AFTER A DAY OF THEIR MARRIAGE, FOR 6 MONTHS....HIS BUA NEVER LEFT A CHANCE TO BRING TEARS IN HER EYES

They called her a villainess long before she became one. Aradhya Rajvanshi was born into wealth, power, and privilege. Once the beloved princess of the Rajvansh family, her life shattered when an illegitimate daughter appeared and slowly stole everything she loved. Her family. Her brothers. Her fiancé. Her place in the empire. Framed, betrayed, and abandoned by the people she trusted most, Aradhya dies with nothing but heartbreak and regret. But fate gives her a second chance. She wakes up in the past. This time, she refuses to beg for love. This time, she refuses to forgive. This time, she will become the villainess they always believed her to be. Because revenge is sweeter when served by the daughter they destroyed.

Krypton didn't just fall-it vanished into the void, taking Kara Zor-El's entire world with it. But instead of landing on Earth under a gentle sky, her escape pod shattered through a cosmic tear, crashing into the dark, storm-lashed seas of Dragonstone during the reign of King Viserys I. Found bleeding in the surf by Prince Daemon Targaryen, the silver-haired girl with starry eyes and a strange white hound was given a new name, a false lineage, and a dangerous secret. Claimed as the Rogue Prince's bastard daughter, "Kara Targaryen" spent a decade drowning her survivor's guilt in Arbor red, sparring with dragonlords, and suppressing god-like powers in a medieval world that couldn't comprehend what she was. Now, as King Viserys breathes his last and the Dance of the Dragons threatens to turn the Seven Kingdoms to ashes, the jaded bastard of Dragonstone faces a choice. She can watch her adoptive family tear itself apart-or she can step out of the shadows, unleash the sun's fire, and force a bloody realm to heal.

Make any kind of mistake in life, but never make the mistake of marrying someone's husband. I repeat, never make the mistake of marrying someone's husband, or someone's father, because you will forever remain the last option in his life. Even if he tells you he loves only you and not his first wife, don't believe him. Never, I warn you again, never marry someone's husband. Feel free to follow my story.

❝𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑.❞ ╰┈➤ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a girl who has grown up drowning learns how to breathe. ★ oc!insert ☆ ocxoc ★ pre-canon Ahiko Senju has never been one to step out of line. She has never dared play any other role than the polite, perfect little princess Konoha expects her to be. That is all she lets people see-icy perfection, a surface polished until she looked every bit the royalty people believed her to be. And yet, underneath the layers and layers of faux confidence and self-assurance, little does anyone know that even she does not know who she is. That is, until the missing pieces of her past reintroduce themselves. ˚ ༘♕ ⋆｡˚ 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗: 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟱𝗧𝗛, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗦: 𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤 Content warnings: Amnesia, death, violence, gore, mature content, cursing, trauma, dysfunctional family relationships, etc. Please read at your own discretion. 16+ cover image from pinterest #1 in narutooc

Book 2 of the Jedi's Guide to Sith series! Weekly updates upon completion of the first book in this series! 〰 [A single figure emerged, shrouded in black. His sabers were red, jagged in a broken sort of flicker. "Who are you?" Maul growled, bringing his sabers up defensively. "Your new mentor- you've done a fine job moving my pieces into place. All that's left is Ahsoka," the figure said. Maul stepped in front of her. "Leave her out of this," he growled.]〰 ⭐This is a work of fan fiction utilizing characters and settings from the Star Wars franchise, which is the property of Lucasfilm Ltd. and The Walt Disney Company. This book is a non-profit, unauthorized spin-off created solely for entertainment purposes. The author claims no ownership over original Star Wars characters, storylines, or lore. All original concepts, OC (original character) development, and unique plot deviations belong to the author of this work.⭐

When two boys unravel their feelings for one another,how will they navigate this newfound love while also trying to end their upcoming brotherhood.Will they succeed or will they drown upon their journey..Read to find out :) Slightly inspired by 'darling' written by @xplrrsolby