Grief Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

The first thing she noticed was the silence. Not the kind that comes at night, but a heavy, watery silence that pressed against her ears. When she finds her own body at the end of the hallway, she realizes she is still there, but her family isn't looking. As she drifts through the rooms of her house, she discovers the cracks in her family's love and a chilling truth: she didn't die when she died. She was already gone.

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]

Everyone at school knows Andrew Jennings. Missing an arm. Openly gay. But when he meets star athlete Ryan Sullivan in therapy, can friendship lead to more? ***** When Andrew 'Jacky' Jennings ends up in therapy after an English assignment gone wrong, he doesn't expect to find his high school's star athlete, Ryan Sullivan, sitting in the same waiting room. After all, he and Ryan couldn't be more different: football captain, future valedictorian, and all-around nice guy, Ryan is the school's golden boy, while Andrew is known for his permanent snarl, being openly gay, and losing his left arm (along with his father and sister) in a car accident. But when Andrew learns they actually have a lot in common, he's surprised to see past the enigma that is Ryan Sullivan and his seemingly perfect life. And as the two boys begin to connect over their shared grief, depression, and teenage angst, they might just discover a little pocket of happiness for themselves -- if they're willing to fight for it. [Word count: 100,000-150,000 words] Cover designed by Lily Taylor Please read the 'Introduction' for a full list of content/trigger warnings

After losing the only person she ever had, seventeen-year-old Siara is left completely alone. With social services pressuring her into foster care, she has no choice but to contact the man her mother never told her about. Her father. A billionaire with a perfect life, a powerful name, and absolutely no clue that he has a daughter. Now forced into each other's lives, both must face buried truths, painful misunderstandings, and the possibility of becoming a family after seventeen years too late.

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

Bianca Ricci's life has been hell. Having been taken away from the rest of her family when she was two, and reuniting with her father and brothers at 16, she's been through a lot. 15 years of abuse has turned her into something no one can recognize, and the secrets being hidden in the family are bound to surface. Bianca knows she'll never be her family's little girl. She knows that at some point along the way, she lost herself. She'll never be who she once was. She'll always be lost in the aftermath. ✧*⁺˚*☆ "Why can't you just trust me?!" "Because trust is dangerous!" I respond icily, "Trust ruined my family. It has never gotten me anywhere..." The silence is deafening, "And I'm not gonna let it ruin my life again." . . . Updates every Sunday

"Please," he said, desperation laced in his voice. "Just...just one peck. Anywhere. On my lips, cheeks, ear. Anywhere you want." ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○● Oliver: A reclusive guy with an avid love for books and living indoors. He wants to read the next interesting manuscript that comes his way, daydream all day in his house, but most of all...he longs for love. However, he despises his best friend's brother and wants nothing more than to relocate him to the nearest remote island... Jude: A legendary trackstar and sportsman in his school. He's your typical nonchalant jerk, popular with the ladies and as straight as an arrow. Regardless, he struggles with his own inner demons that have plagued him for a long time. Meeting Oliver only amplifies this, and whenever he sees him he desires to, more than anything, bring his stuck-up attitude down a notch. However, both find each other at odds and in a weird situation after a dare is completed. Amidst angst and a jumble of conflicted emotions, will they figure out a way to circumvent this ball of confusion in their lives as sparks fly between them?

The story of a naive Khushi and a kind hearted Arnav together at the wrong place at the wrong time.

What if after Sirius' death Harry stopped meekly following Dumbledore's order's? What if Harry had some special people visiting him in his dreams and helping him train ? All questions that shall be answered if you read this story I don't own Harry Potter just the plot Got the idea of dream visits from Fake a smile credits to her , I don't own the cover either. Also don't judge by the number of pages , there's a lot of words on every page

After saving the Goblin Village from Ifrit, Rimuru is forced to fulfill Shizue Izawa's final wish, and her death shatters him so completely that his grief unleashes a terrifying power and a vow to change the world itself for the sake of the woman he loved.

For two years, everything seemed perfect. A shared home. The same uniform. The same future. Tim and Lucy. What connected them was more than love-it was trust and the belief that shared goals are strong enough to withstand any challenge. Until one decision changes everything. When Lucy becomes unintentionally pregnant, she makes a choice that feels unavoidable to her. Her career is just beginning, her future within reach-and she is not ready to give it up. For Tim, however, the unborn life is already real. Hope. A future. Something he cannot let go of. What follows is an argument. A battle between love and conviction. Between the right to decide over one's own body and the desire for a shared future. Even though they still love each other, it is no longer enough. The separation comes without many words, but with final consequences. New cities. New relationships. New roles. And yet something remains unresolved. Guilt. Loss. Unfinished feelings. Months later, it is the next step in their careers that forces them back together-at Mid-Wilshire. Professional. Controlled. Distant. But when a joint undercover assignment forces them into close proximity, those boundaries begin to falter. Old wounds reopen. Feelings that never disappeared demand their place once more. They know they are going too far. They know they are breaking promises they made to others. They know that sometimes love is not enough to forgive. And yet they find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into something they once believed they had lost. Because what if you can't escape love? What if some decisions destroy everything-except what you feel for each other?

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 an outcast and a prized daughter of two rivaling clans can put aside their grievances to try and make it out alive. - #1 - atwow #1 - avatarthewayofwater #1 - avatar2 #1 - afaa #1 - metkayina #1 - grief #1 - loaksully 13/6 #1 - Varang 5/20 #1 - omatikaya 13/6 #1 - avatar3 16/6 - Started:12/19/25 Finished: Published:12/20/25 [Lo'ak x Fem!OC] -AFAA Storyline -bleedinqheart 2025 -Cover credits: @𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐒𝐖𝐑𝐋𝐃 -Cross published on ao3

Once inseparable. Now impossible. A friendship destroyed by grief. A lie powerful enough to build enemies. A truth buried deeper than both of them are ready for. They say love and hate are separated by a thin line. They forgot to mention what happens when you grow up standing on it.

We all know Adam died in Season One, but is that really the end of the story? What if Lute and Adam were in love and were separated by the great divide? What if Sera has a soft spot for Adam? What if Emily falls into the great pits? Read more to find out! DISCLAIMER: Contains very out of character moments due to the *plot* DISCLAIMER II: Some bits of this story are canon to Season 2, and some are NOT. I came up with this story before Season 2 came out, and I released it before Season 2 got released, too! I tried to weave a bit of Season 2's plot into the story so nothing would be out of whack, so if the story doesn't feel fully canon, that's why.

Arden Landry wakes up in an alley believing he is fifteen years old, only to discover he is twenty-four and missing nine years of his life. His older brother, Ayven, has spent six years blaming Arden for the choices that brought dangerous people to their family's door. But the Arden who comes home bleeding and terrified remembers none of it. He only remembers loving Ayven, trusting him, and looking up to him. As a police investigation unfolds and secrets from Arden's missing years resurface, the brothers are forced into an impossible question: how do you forgive someone who does not remember becoming the person who hurt you? Before I Became Him is an emotional brotherhood drama about grief, memory, blame, protection, and finding a way forward when the past belongs to a stranger wearing your face.

Can a bond survive when even the mirror no longer reflects the truth? Three years ago, the Sky Hashira vanished without a trace. Now, Sakura Shinazugawa has been recovered from the depths of a demon-worshipping cult. Kitsune-like features mark her body as something neither fully human nor fully demon, and her memories have shattered into fragments. All except one. Her brother, Sanemi, is the only name she still remembers. Forced to confront the sister he once mourned, Sanemi finds her staring back at him like a stranger wearing familiar eyes. While the Demon Slayer Corps searches for answers behind her transformation, an unsettling truth begins to emerge. One that ties Sakura's existence to something far more dangerous than anyone expected. And as the line between duty and family begins to fracture, Sanemi must decide how far he is willing to go to save the sister he thought he had lost forever. Art by Totya-Yuka

Six years ago, Avery Jane William died. The truth died with her. Now, Nickie Hope William lives behind power, wealth, and carefully constructed walls. As the CEO of a global empire, she has everything people dream of-success, influence, and a future most can only imagine. Yet beneath the polished image lies something fractured. A past she cannot remember. A loss she cannot escape. And questions no one seems willing to answer. When a stranger abducts her and demands information about her sister's death, Nickie is thrust into a dangerous world of buried secrets, hidden identities, and forgotten memories. The more she searches for answers, the more she realizes that Avery's death was never a closed chapter. Someone has spent years hiding the truth. Someone is watching. And someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried. Because some secrets are more dangerous than lies. And some betrayals leave cracks that even time cannot mend. ✦ Mystery ✦ Psychological Thriller ✦ Slow Burn ✦ Family Secrets ✦ Hidden Identities ✦ Grief & Healing

Maya remembers the rain. She remembers waking up. But she doesn't remember what happened in between. As small pieces begin appearing where they shouldn't and unanswered questions refuse to stay buried, Maya finds herself searching for something she cannot name- the truth. But some memories return for a reason. And some answers change everything. A psychological mystery about memory, identity, grief, and choosing who you become after.