Forced-proximity Stories

Delilah Andrews has spent her life surviving the wreckage her father left behind, first after her mother's death, then through years of addiction, shame, and mounting debt. She's been the anchor keeping them afloat while he's been the weight dragging them under. So when a man in a tailored suit and a cold smile shows up on their doorstep offering salvation, it's no surprise her father jumps at the chance. Every debt cleared. Every threat erased. The price? Delilah herself. James Vastola doesn't make empty offers, and he doesn't take what's not his. But once a deal is struck, he owns it-mind, body, and soul. Thrust into a world of power, control, and dark secrets, Delilah refuses to break quietly. But every deal has its cost and no one escapes untouched.

Camille Bennett and Adrian Hayes have never gotten along. For years, they've competed over everything-grades, opportunities, university events, and even the smallest arguments. If Camille is there, Adrian somehow manages to be there too. If Adrian wants something, Camille is determined to get it first. So when Adrian suggests they pretend to date for three months, Camille thinks he's lost his mind. But they both have something to gain from the arrangement. There are only seven rules. Simple ones. Rules that should be easy to follow. After all, they're only pretending. But fake dates start feeling less fake. Late-night conversations turn into secrets. Arguments become flirting. And somehow, the person Camille couldn't stand becomes the person she looks for in every room. Three months was supposed to be enough. Until they realize that some rules were never meant to be broken-and some feelings are impossible to fake. They made seven rules. They broke every single one.

Emma is seventeen years old and has three major problems: passing her final year of Bachillerato, finding out who keeps stealing the teaspoons from La Niebla, and discovering the name of the man who sits by the window every weekend and orders a cappuccino with no foam. The third one really shouldn't matter that much. But it does. While Sofi watches with far too much amusement as Emma turns the mysterious stranger into an official investigation, Marcos-her classmate, and the owner of a pair of dangerously hard-to-ignore coffee-brown eyes-begins taking up a place in her life he never asked permission to occupy either. Between coffee, bets, exams, secrets, and first kisses, Emma will discover that some answers make things far more complicated than the questions ever did. Because sometimes, it isn't about choosing between two people. It's about discovering who you are when someone walks into your life and changes the story you thought you were living. And some stories, like some cups of coffee, begin in exactly the wrong way.

Nora Chen has dedicated her life to saving historic landmarks, but she never expected her biggest threat to wear a six-thousand-dollar suit. Julian Vance is cold, calculated, and entirely accustomed to getting what he wants-including the demolition of the century-old St. Jude Library to build his company's newest high-rise. But when a heated confrontation on the library steps goes viral, the internet paints Julian as a ruthless villain, threatening a massive international business deal. Desperate to repair his public image, Julian makes Nora an offer she can't afford to refuse: play his dedicated, stabilizing girlfriend for six months to soften his reputation, and Vance Capital will hand over full ownership and restoration funding for the library. It's supposed to be a strict business transaction. No feelings. No lines crossed. But behind closed doors and beneath the flash of paparazzi cameras, the line between hatred and desire begins to blur. And Nora soon realizes that the most dangerous part of their arrangement isn't losing the library-it's losing her heart to the one man she was never supposed to trust.

Haven Stewart has always lived in the shadow of promises - ones she made, ones she broke, and ones that broke her. When she needs protection and calls in a favor from a friend, she doesn't expect to come face to face with the boy who once shattered her heart. But he's the only one that she's ever let that close. She's a bad-ass CEO and he's the guy sent to guard her. Trey Baker has always regretted one thing in life, the way things ended with Haven. He had to leave her behind nearly a decade ago and can't believe that she's the new high-profile client he's supposed to protect. Is she still the same girl he grew up with? Will they fall back in love, or will they destroy each other before that happens? As they navigate family expectations and the lingering memories of the past, Haven and Trey must decide whether love can survive the weight of broken promises. #1 in disliketolove (8.29.2026)

"Who are you?" "The person standing between you and the man you're hunting." "You don't know what you're getting yourself into." "Neither do you." She came to India to find the traitor who destroyed her family. He came to India to destroy everything her family built. She wants him dead. He needs him alive. And when their worlds collide, hatred is the only thing they can afford to feel. But what happens when the enemy becomes the one person you can't let go of? Yours by Ruin. Desi × Videsi | Mafia × Royalty | Enemies to Lovers

## THE QUIET VOLTAGE **Some sparks don't burn the house down. They just keep the lights on.** Clara didn't apply for a life that included tour buses, backstage NDAs, or a rockstar who noticed things about her nobody else bothered to. She applied for a job - one that came with a contract, a laundry schedule, and a very clear line between professional and personal that she fully intended to keep. Noah didn't plan on falling for the one person on his team who refused to treat him like something fragile or famous. He just noticed. And kept noticing. Until noticing became the closest thing to home he'd had in years. Between misread texts, stolen coffee, a found family that runs on chaos and green grapes, and one silence that nearly costs them everything, Clara and Noah learn that love isn't always loud. Sometimes it's just someone remembering how you take your coffee, three cities and one bad week later. Funny, messy, and quietly devastating in all the right places - **The Quiet Voltage** is for anyone who believes the best kind of love doesn't announce itself. It just stays.

For five years, Evangeline "Eva" Earnest lived a quiet, ordinary life in America, far away from the dark shadow of the family that adopted her. But when she's abruptly summoned back to Russia to live with the powerful Romanov family, she is thrust into the opulent, dangerous world of the Aletytis Academy of Honors-a school where the global elite and the mafia underworld collide. Eva wants nothing to do with her new life, preferring to hide in the shadows and lose herself in the underground breakdancing scene of Moscow. She certainly wants nothing to do with her adoptive brother, Valerian Romanov. He is the academy's untouchable, golden-boy heir to the Classic Russian Syndicate, surrounded by a court of admirers and dangerous secrets. He has never noticed her. She prefers it that way. But when Valerian follows her into the dark and discovers the girl behind the quiet facade, the icy boundaries between them begin to fracture. In a world where weakness is a death sentence and secrets are currency, Eva is about to learn that the most dangerous place to hide is right next to the boy who rules the night. ______________________ The Tropes: Forbidden Romance, Forced Proximity (Roommates/Adoptive Siblings), Dark Academia, Mob/Mafia Heir, Secret Identity. Read to find out what happens!!

𝑵𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒍 - " I wish you could understand , how much love I had for you but you never understood and never tried to understand , I wish you loved me as much as I did " What will happen when the person who loves her more than anything gets rejected by her not once but twice and she starts to grow feelings after that? Will she ever be able to express her feelings to him ? And even if she does that , will nuriel accept her love which has grown inside of her after breaking his hope ? - 𝐀𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐈𝐄 is 20 years old , she is in her 2nd year of graduation , has a great personality and is known to be the best in what she puts her mind into . She has anger issues and is considered as a loud mouth/outspoken/rude . She often goes with her mind not with her heart because she knows if she goes what her heart says , she'll be devastated . 𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐈 is a 25 years old , handsome man. He is currently preparing for the Income Tax Inspector exam , is a humble person , and always cares about others, especially Aadila . Has never disrespected any, women and respects Aadila a lot , has been in love with her since he was 15 years old . Always dreamt to be hers , holding her in his arms , and dreamt of making her his wife . - She never thought she would be craving to be his , but God has planned completely opposite for her .. " 𝐆𝐞𝐭.𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦.𝐦𝐲.𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.𝐀𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐚.𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐞 " Insta - @theeauthorash

Gemma I'm so ready to give up I just don't understand how he could do this to us. I rant inside my head as i continue packing our bags to get out of dodge my daughter Kasey and I just walked in on my good for nothing cheating ex boyfriend and her dad doing it with my best friend of all people I guess it's time to call my brother and hope that he will let us stay with him for awhile Xavier I'm just hopping out of the shower after finishing up with practice for the day when I look down surprised see my best friend Justin is calling I hurry to answer knowing it must be important or an emergency since he usually just text me " hey what's up J" " hey I know this is probably really shitty timing but I'm out of town and my sister and niece are in a little bit of trouble I could really use your help" " oh no are they okay" " I'm not really sure all I know is she needs someone to come get them and a place to stay for a little while till she can get back on her feet is there anyway you they can stay with you until I get back I would say you could just drop them at my place but I didn't leave a way for them to get in" " yea yea no problem I'm sure I can figure something out just send me her number so I can get ahold of her I'm getting dressed right now" "thank you your a life saver man I'll send it over now"

Bentley lives alone with his two cats, and works at a flower shop. Thats his routine, until it's disturbed. Not loudly, in fact, the disturbance is silent. Then Archer arrives, and voices the change. Everyone else is gone.

His arrogance is an armor, but his intolerance for her presence is reaching a breaking point. When she is hired to care for his grandfather, the sanctuary of his estate becomes a battlefield. He refuses to tolerate a single word from her mouth, masking his obsession with a cold, jagged silence. She is a mystery he is dying to solve, his greatest illicit desire, yet he must maintain his mask of superiority. He cannot let her see the cracks in his composure, or just how much he craves the very woman he claims to despise. What will he do when the one person he can't control is the only one he falls for. His superiority complex is suffocating, and his ego is as vast as the sprawling acres of his horse estate She carries her elegance like a weapon, using her wrath to bait him into the very arguments that keep her heart racing. She would give anything to escape his shadow, to flee from the "biggest asshole" she's ever had the misfortune to meet. Her heart recites a mantra of loathing, a steady rhythm of never him, never him. But as the lines between duty and desire begin to blur, she finds herself falling for the man behind the stone-cold command. How can she survive his presence when his every breath feels like a challenge she's losing?

Hazel Collins seemingly has her life together. Great job, new apartment, great life, though she may disagree. The bane of her existence, the worst thing ever, her own personal hell is located about seven feet from where she works. The Worst, Little Devil, and That Bitch are a severely condensed list of her names of this "personal hell". Most just call him Jake. Seems she fancies the nickname route. Hazel loves her job and would do anything to help it grow. Even traveling to beautiful, yet painfully boring, South Dakota. With nothing to do, and nowhere to go until the meeting that would change her fate, is it worth remaining in close quarters with the man of her nightmares? She thinks so. (New chapter every Tuesday)

Jade's big secret has been spilled and now her parents are sending her off to boarding school. On her first day, a mix up in the system pairs her in a dorm with an unlikely roommate and there's no escaping.

What happens when you have to marry someone who was your rival in the past? This is exactly what happens with Arunika Mishra, a 28 year old event organiser, somehow finds herself bound to marry the boy who was once her nemesis during college. Enter Atharv Rathore, a 29 year old designer, who was so passionate about his profession that he didn't see this bombshell dropping into his life. Tropes : - Found Family - Fake sunshine x sunshine - Ex Rivals x strangers x lovers - Indian immigrants in Canada - Marriage of convenience - Forced proximity ________________ *Author's note* This is our first time writing a story so please don't judge us and don't express hate in the comments, if you don't like it you can just drop it. English is not our first language and there might and will be mistakes, so we earnestly request you to not spread hatred. We will appreciate positive feedback on the story as it will help us improve. Thank you for giving our story a chance.

Jamie Connelly is perfectly content keeping people at arm's length and dogs within sniffing distance. As a full-time dog walker with a no-nonsense approach to human interaction, Jamie's world revolves around fur, fetch, and avoiding awkward small talk with clients. Life is simpler that way-predictable, peaceful, and blessedly drama-free. But everything changes with the arrival of Liam Montgomery and his hilariously flatulent French bulldog, Toulouse. From their very first chaotic walk, Toulouse bulldozes his way into Jamie's heart with snorts, slobber, and an infectious zest for life. And as for Liam? Well, he's not so bad either-with his rumpled charm, sincere curiosity, and a habit of showing up just when Jamie least expects it. What begins as a professional arrangement soon evolves into something more as Jamie finds herself laughing more, opening up more... feeling more. Between misread signals, disastrous dates, and moonlit muffin deliveries, the boundaries between work and romance start to blur. But old fears and new misunderstandings threaten to derail what might be the best thing that's ever happened to her. With the help of one stubborn little bulldog and a whole lot of canine wisdom, Jamie must decide if she's ready to stop running from connection-and start barking up the right tree. Barking Up the Right Tree is a heartwarming romantic comedy about love, second chances, and how sometimes, the right person comes with four paws and a whole lot of gas.

The long-awaited sequel to Once the Trust Is Broken. After losing one of her closest friends, allies, and the man she loved, Sarah Summers finds herself questioning her worth and her place in a world that no longer feels like her own. Grief clings to her like a shadow as she struggles to navigate a life without him. Memories of a past she barely understands haunt her, while the future grows darker and more uncertain by the day. Her people cry out for the princess of prophecy, for a leader to fight with them, and for them. Sarah however, isn't sure she's the one they're looking for. When an unavoidable war ignites once more between vampires and werewolves, Sarah must rise to protect those who still believe in her. But victory could come at an unbearable price. Bound by duty and vengeance, she faces an impossible choice: refuse and risk another war, or accept and forge a fragile alliance with the one man who might understand her darkness. As love, loyalty, and revenge intertwine, Sarah must confront the question that has followed her since the beginning: Can a heart still bleeding ever truly lead a kingdom?

Sarah Summers thought she had everything figured out. But when her fathers decided to expand their family, Sarah's sense of reality slowly began to unravel. Against her will, she was forced to move across the country, and soon, everything she thought she knew was turned upside down. At her new school, she found herself entangled in a strange friend group, one where individuality seemed nonexistent. The members acted less like people and more like parts of a single, rule-bound entity. These rules pulled Sarah further and further from who she used to be, and over time, she began to forget how unsettling it all truly was. On her very first day, she was thrust into a bizarre ritual where the group chose who she would date. She had no say, not in who, not in when, not in how long and not even in whether the relationship would ever end. She had never questioned who she was or where she came from. As far as she was concerned, she knew everything she needed to know. She belonged to a loving family, and that had always been enough. But after a chilling encounter in the woods, the past began to stir, haunting her, pulling her toward a reality she had never known existed. Suddenly, the questions she had never thought to ask became impossible to ignore. Who was she, really? And where had she truly come from?

The terraformed shell world of mercury is failing, it falls under Director SP of Hermes who inherited the generational duty to keep the shell from breaking that is the sky and roof of the people of Hermes beneath alive from the heat of the sun. Unable to solve it on her own she needs the help of a fellow director of a Venus and her childhood friend, Director UN of Aphrodite she cut ties with until now. Follow the story of two people who work together to face problems head-on and learn to love each other under the forbidden Accord.

Nyx has spent her life suppressing the Beast inside her-a curse that amplifies every emotion she refuses to feel. Pacifism isn't her nature. It's her cage. Solène was sold into marriage like a bargaining chip. She expected a cold political alliance. She didn't expect the Beast to kiss her like she was worth fighting for. Now there's a shadow organization hunting them, a professor who sees them both as more than monsters, and a curse that might be the only thing standing between them and annihilation. The quiet wolf is done hiding. Polyamorous. Paranormal. The monster is also the love interest.