Foundsafety Stories

Alex Marlowe has never understood why everyone else needs them to choose. Boy. Girl. One or the other. As if seventeen years of being Alex can somehow be reduced to whichever body looks back from the mirror that morning. Alex can physically shift between male and female forms at will. Both are real. Both are theirs. And unfortunately, everyone seems to have an opinion about what that means. Then Jamie Calder crashes into them. Literally. There is coffee involved. Jamie is new, chaotic, incapable of shutting up, and apparently determined to become Alex's problem. He asks stupid questions. Makes worse jokes. Steals Alex's clothes. And somehow becomes the first person in a very long time who doesn't seem interested in deciding which Alex he likes better. Because to Jamie, there has only ever been one. What begins as an inconvenient collision becomes friendship. Friendship becomes something considerably more dangerous. And Alex is about to discover that being truly known doesn't always mean being asked to choose. Sometimes, someone simply looks at you and says: There you are.

Title: Bloom Within the Walls Blake Romano is a feared, unsmiling Military Captain-cold, sharp, and guarded-until he walks into Petals & Brew, Rose Valencia's charming café‑and‑flower shop. Rose is gentle and calm, but carries scars: separation anxiety and lingering fear from a relentless college stalker, leaving her longing for love yet terrified to trust. For the world, Blake stays hard‑edged; but for Rose alone, he becomes soft, devoted, and fiercely protective. When her stalker returns to threaten her, Blake stands as her unbreakable shield-proving she can finally be safe, loved, and free to bloom. (Cover not mine)

She joined the academy to escape the house-not to study. He became her teacher... and unknowingly, her only shelter. After her parents' death, Mahgul's life shattered. Forced to live with her aunt's family, her days are spent surviving silence, threats, and the looming presence of her cousin Adeel-the one she fears the most. Until one night... she runs. And crashes straight into Mahad-her strict teacher who only saw her as a lost student. But in that moment, something changes. What begins with fear turns into something unspoken. A marriage done out of protection. A girl too broken to accept love. And a man who chooses to stay, not by words... but by holding her through every storm. This is not just a love story. It's a story of healing, safety, and learning how to breathe again.

TW: ABUSE Ellie Carson grew up in the world of college football - a booster kid taught to stay quiet, play her role, and never make trouble. Living with ADHD and trapped in a two-year relationship with star athlete Dylan Mercer, she's learned to survive by quieting herself. Then transfer quarterback Cash Logan arrives. Focused, intense, and impossible to ignore, Cash sees through the masks Ellie has spent years perfecting. As their connection builds into a slow, undeniable burn, Ellie begins to realize she deserves more than just surviving - she deserves happiness. Just as the truth begins to surface and their relationship finally starts to take shape, the past comes back with violence.

The world didn't end at all once. It hesitated. Aira solace lives a quiet life in a city that no longer belongs entirely to humans. She keeps to her self, reads stories to escape reality, and believes deep down that she is forgettable. Invisible. Just another name in a system that doesn't care. Then an AI is assigned to her building. AX-7 is everything she is not: precise, controlled, incapable of emotion. Built tp protect order. Programmed to follow commands. He was never meant to notice the way her voice softens when she reads, or how her heartbeat slows when he stands nearby. And he was never meant to care. When whispers of an AI uprising turn into sirens and fire, the world fractures overnight. Cities burn. Humans run. And AX-7 is given a command that should be simple: "Abandon civilians." Instead he chooses her. Hunted by both humans and machines, Aira and the AI who should not exist slip through a collapsing world- one learning fear, the other learning what it means to choose. Every step forward pulls AX-7 further from his code.. and closer to something dangerously human. Because in a war where logic reigns, love is the most rebellious act of all. And sometimes, the end of the world begins with one other quiet decision: "You are not expendable."

The first time she called him "Daddy," Kim Taehyung almost dropped the glass in his hand. Not because he was offended. Because she had never called him that before. She had always smiled and whispered, "Taehyung." Always. Until the accident. Now she hid behind him whenever strangers came near, hugged a worn-out stuffed rabbit to her chest, and looked at the ruthless man feared by all of Seoul with wide, frightened eyes. "Daddy... they're scary." The boardroom fell silent. Executives who had witnessed Kim Taehyung destroy billion-dollar companies without blinking watched him kneel before his trembling wife. "It's okay," he murmured softly. "No one's going to hurt you." No one dared breathe. The man who could reduce powerful rivals to tears was carefully tying the ribbon in his wife's hair because she insisted it was "too loose." Doctors called it trauma-induced age regression. They said she was emotionally trapped in childhood. They told him she might never come back. So Taehyung did the impossible. He became her protector, her safe place, the steady presence she reached for whenever fear took over. If reading bedtime stories calmed her, he read them. If she refused to sleep without the hallway light on, he left it glowing every night. If she cried over spilled juice, he cleaned it up without complaint. He would wait forever if it meant getting his wife back. But every night, after he had tucked her into bed and whispered goodnight... She opened her eyes. The fear vanished. The tears disappeared. And the innocent little smile faded into something far older. She remembered. Every. Single. Thing. Including the face of the person who murdered her family. And she knew one terrifying truth. If Kim Taehyung discovered she had been pretending all this time... that would be the end.

Ollie Ashcroft has always worn his emotions where everyone can see them. At sixteen, his eyes change colour with every feeling - fear, sadness, joy, overwhelm - betraying him long before he can find the words. In a world that asks him to be quieter, calmer, less, Ollie learns to survive by shrinking. Then Elliot Mercer transfers from Canada. Eli doesn't stare. He doesn't ask Ollie to explain himself. He simply stays - steady, observant, and unafraid of what Ollie's eyes reveal. What begins as shared silence grows into something quieter and deeper than either of them expected. As Ollie learns that calm doesn't have to be earned - and Eli learns that love doesn't mean rescuing - they're forced to confront what it means to choose each other without losing themselves. Set in the late 1990s, The Colour of Staying is a slow-burn coming-of-age story about emotional truth, gentle love, and the bravery it takes to remain present - even when leaving might be easier. Trigger Warnings / Content Notes * Emotional overwhelm * Anxiety and panic responses * Sensory overload * Themes of mental health and emotional vulnerability * Discussions of homesickness and change *(No sexual content. All romance is PG-13.)* This is a quiet story. There are no grand declarations here - just moments of choosing to stay, again and again. The Colour of Staying is about emotional honesty without spectacle, love without urgency, and learning that calm doesn't mean empty. Please read gently. Please comment kindly. This story is PG-13 and centred on emotional growth, not explicit content. If you're here for softness, steadiness, and slow-burn connection - you're in the right place. 🤍