Familyissue Stories

|| 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

Ryan Navarro traveled eleven hundred miles to the one place he swore he wouldn't go. Gavin left to escape their father's escalating psychological abuse and never came back. No calls. No explanations. Just silence, and a new life Ryan was never invited into. Now Ryan's on his brother's doorstep, bruised, furious, and nowhere else to go, wanting to hate Gavin and needing him anyway. Reconnecting should be simple. It isn't. Because the closer they get, the more the past resurfaces, and Ryan's temper threatens to burn the only second chance he's got. And Gavin is forced to face past mistakes and fears. But as the brothers push through the distance and the old wounds, they start to uncover the truth neither of them expected. They didn't just survive the same man. They became more alike than they ever knew. And their bond grew to depths neither of them knew they both needed. Will their fathers return ruin that bond, or strengthen it? This is a transformation story so you're not going to get perfect characters. In the beginning they are distant and this story is how they both change and grow together again. If you don't like seeing rough ugly characters in the beginning, then watch them change throughout this probably isn't the story for you. *Disclaimer this story does contain emotional, psychological, and physical abuse by a father.

Cassidy Faith always felt like the invisible sister. No matter how hard she worked, her mother only had eyes for Dianne. The golden child who could do no wrong. Even when Cassidy racked up honors at school, it barely registered. Dianne got all the celebrations. Cassidy learned to keep her head down and her feelings locked away, just aiming to finish high school near the top of her class. Then Dianne heads off to her dream university, and suddenly Cassidy turns the tables. She drops the news: she's earned a scholarship to study abroad. It stuns her family. As she gets ready to leave the Philippines, she pours her hurt into painting, using it to build a shield around her heart. But once she lands overseas, things don't stay simple. The new place, the new faces, they push her out of her comfort zone. Cassidy has to decide: does she keep everyone at arm's length, or finally let people in? And somewhere in the middle of all that, there's the question of her family. Can she patch things up, or is it time to stop looking back and start living for herself?

𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗗 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻- 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 "𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀." 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽-𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁... 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆- 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁.

I Am A Sinner And She Is My Sin~ "Marry me" He said walking towards her kneeling down to reach her level. His fingers tucking her hair behind her ear. His gaze fell upon her lips as he wiped her tears from her cheeks which turned a little rosey due to her crying. His thumb now caressing her soft lips. "Marry me and I'll take you out of this place. I'll be the only one touch you, have you, make love to you. You will be my wife Or stay here and they will sell your body every night to a different man." His eyes now staring into hers. Park Y/n just went out for simple night walk but it ended up with her being in a strippers club. A stranger came forward to help her but with the condition of marriage. And that stranger happened to be none other then the Kim Taehyung. Rom-com with a twist of darkness

When a single mistake shattered his family's happiness, 5-year-old Desire's world was torn apart. Ten years later, 15-year-old Desire is still grappling with the consequences. Forced to live with the father he barely knows after his mother's accident, Desire must navigate a new reality while hiding the dark secrets that have haunted him for years. Will he be able to keep his loved ones safe, or will the weight of his past destroy everything he's left of his life? Updates every Wednesday and Sunday✨

Riya had crafted her world around her with utmost care and love. Tending each relationship to flourish and protecting them fiercely from every storm. The peace and comfort of her surroundings started becoming murky bit by bit when things started slipping out of her hand and her carefully crafted world fell in front of the man she despised.

In palaces built on power and prestige, love is often the first sacrifice. Kavya Rathore was born into privilege but never into belonging. The illegitimate daughter of India's most formidable business dynasty, she grew up inside the grandeur of Rathore Mansion as a carefully managed responsibility rather than a cherished child. Protected, educated, and strategically married, she was everything a powerful family required except loved. When her marriage becomes a gilded cage hiding cruelty and silent suffering, Kavya is forced to confront a devastating truth survival is not the same as living. Bound by reputation, haunted by scandal, and loyal to a surname that never fully claimed her, she endures in silence-until endurance begins to fracture into despair. The Daughter is a deeply emotional story of identity, power, fractured family bonds, and a woman's journey from quiet suffering to reclaiming her voice. It explores what it means to belong-not by blood, not by marriage, but by courage.

They say if you love someone, you would fight for them pero... Paano ka lalaban kung mismong pamilya ang kalaban? It's a different type of pain kapag dumating sa puntong kailangan mong mamili between ang taong mahal mo o ang pamilya mo. Kung ikaw, ikaw ang tatanongin, who will you choose? Ang mga nakasama mo simula pagkabata o ang taong makasama sa pagtanda?

╚»★❝𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙄'𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚?❞★«╝ . . . College AU | Rainbow Dash isn't perfect, no matter how much people praise her for her athletic skills, or her captivating smile that made almost every girl blush, or her natural flirtatious behavior. Rainbow had a reputation that consisted of being cocky, flirting, and talking about herself 24/7, but this was the Rainbow that the people in public knew; she suffered in silence. She's not always 100% confident in everything she does, her heart still has scars from abandonment and terrible childhood experiences, she had relationship problems in the past, she was misunderstood, she avoids thinking because it only leads her to becoming emotional, and Rainbow always pushes her emotions away. She smiled in front of everyone like she was fine, but she truly wasn't now was she? During her junior year in college, she meets the most attractive, modest and selfless girl; Applejack, who'd put her friends and family's needs over her own. She was the only one who saw through all of those smiles and her cocky behavior, she saw the real her more than anyone else did. After a little while, Rainbow and Applejack grew strong feelings for each other that meant more than friendship, but it becomes a problem for Rainbow because she dwells on her past and overthinks her fake image and one of Applejack's closest friends gaslights her. Applejack's feelings never went away and she wanted a genuine relationship with Rainbow, but Rainbow was blinded by the darkest thoughts that were never said to anyone. Despite their differences and their own personal issues, will Applejack and Rainbow Dash be able to pursue their feelings? *MLP characters mentioned in this story and the book cover DO NOT belong to me* 𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - ???

Miranda has being through a lot , but she has hard to show emotion until she meets Miles.. When Miles first meets Miranda he feel a feeling that he hasn't been feeling in a good time, happiness. It's a love story that can give a perspective of different life's and situations. Its written on pages since it's easier for me to write there🤗 I mention many important topics, and am so sorry if my grammar is bad.

Charlotte Woods doesn't live the easiest life. She's constantly at risk at home, and her father doesn't make it easy for her to exist anywhere else. Until she meets the chief of the police department-the department that her father so conveniently works at. Read through this story to go through the details of Charlotte saving herself from her father's grasp, with the help of her newfound friend...and perhaps more.

Chris and Nick have always stood at the center of everything. Matt exists on the edge of it all, careful with who he lets in. From the moment they meet, it's tension. Pride against patience. Noise against silence. They don't understand each other, and they don't try to. But when circumstances begin forcing them into each other's lives, lines start to blur. Rivalry turns into something unfamiliar. Concern replaces irritation. And suddenly, the boys who couldn't stand each other are the ones noticing when something's wrong. None of them expect their worlds to collide the way they do. And none of them are prepared for what happens when the person you swore to dislike becomes the one you can't ignore. -oceanblueeyes-

This year is Dominica and her friend going to summer camp again. They think it's just going to be the same as the years before. But is it?...

a broken boy tries to find his place in the world, even if It means battling his own family for love ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ❝ After the incident, I was empty. I didn't care about anything and Gerard took advantage. He molded me to what he wanted━a killer❞ or Ryder finds a bunch of kids and adopt them while trying to control his magic, avoid his past, and keep his family at bay ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ A TEEN WOLF FANFICTION

Didn't they forget to add something when they said "libre lang ang mangarap"? Because that's how Ysabelle Amara's life started to crumble down. A woman whose life is troubled and has a handful family. When education isn't priority at home, it's hard to aim high. Disappointment after disappoinment. Life sure hits hard. Ano nga ba ang mataas na pangarap para sa isang mahirap na tulad niya? But then, he met Yvonne Aiden, who's always down for a laugh, a master of sarcasm and chaos, whom made her realize that no matter how small her dream is, it's still a dream. Even the shallow one. He made her realize that she doesn't need to dream big just to say she is successful, because that's the standard society sets for you to be called successful. However, love is a poison to a woman whose goal-driven.

He couldn't help but think about the fact that someone killed him or did he kill himself..?,did he jump off..? ..did-did he feel what he's feeling right now, can he felt that empty darkness in his stomach that kept on growing And growing consuming every being of him leaving him with anger and numbness... or was it all an accident? Can someone really feel what he feels, to feel and understand him sincerely, not just of sympathy or some pity attempt of it when really what he needed was just to talk to someone to be understood, to be reminded that what he's feeling was valid that there is a reason for someone's action-for his action, for someone, anyone to say that he wasn't a burden So can someone really... "Khmm.." or when two people whos fighting each their own demons finds each other, will they be guided to the light, finaly stepping into the sun each other in hand or will they be consumed by darkness, finding comfort in the void?

This story isn't suitable for everyone as it includes bullying, abusive scenes and different kinds of violence. Lyren, a 16 years old teenager girl that suffers from a very particular condition maybe physical or maybe psychological. She tries to hang on life while ignoring her surroundings. But parts of her are well hidden under the shadows of her tears, parts that hurt but... The story should be told out loud, don't you think? Welcome to "Forgotten"

This was all about a ambitious woman who want to marry a rich man and wanted to escaped poverty. Because of her eagerness, she decided to work into a club as a dancer. She work there not for s*x but just to dance. Everyone think that she already lost her virginity because of she work into a club, even her family disowned her because of that. But everything change when he met him, the man who will change her life, but the question is.... will that man willing to love her despite of her work or....that man will only want her body?

Devin Hadley was ecstatic to get into one of the top University's in all of England. As Devin was settling in and she was enjoying her time at Uni, she receives devastating news from her parents about her brother. Can she overcome her grief and save her relationship with her parents before its too late?