Grumpysunshine Stories

One impulsive night. One unforgettable mistake. And a ring that will change everything... When Ava Morgan's life unravels-her career in ruins, her confidence shattered-she does the unthinkable: a one-night stand with a stranger whose name she can't remember. The only clue? A gold ring left behind on her nightstand. Two years later, Ava lands a job as a personal assistant to the city's most formidable CEO, the cold and enigmatic Julian Blackwell. They clash instantly-his scowl sharp as his tailored suits, her warmth a stubborn flame he can't extinguish. But when Julian meets Ava's young son, a boy with his own eyes, his carefully built world shatters. Now, Ava and Julian must navigate co-parenting a child born from a night neither can forget, while resisting a slow-burning attraction that threatens to consume them both. As secrets unravel and their hearts tangle, they're forced to confront a terrifying question: Can love grow from a past built on mistakes and forgotten memories? Or will the ring that binds them tear them apart? ⸻

Alexandra Santiago believed her life was perfectly mapped out: a quiet existence in her small-town hacienda, a simple future with the boyfriend she thought she loved. But when her world crumbles, the only escape is a perilous leap into the cutthroat heart of Manila's elite: as executive assistant to Sebastian De Villa. ​A ruthless CEO, cold as steel, forged in the fires of an untouchable dynasty. He commands an empire from his towering skyscraper, a universe away from her sugarcane fields. ​As corporate enemies threaten his legacy, Alex finds herself drawn into Sebastian's dangerous world, seeing glimpses of the man hidden beneath the ice. But their undeniable, forbidden attraction could either shatter both their worlds or forge an empire neither of them ever anticipated. ​Some empires are built on power. Others are forged in fire, one defiant glance at a time.

Andrea's life spirals out of control when the EBI sends her undercover to investigate a young mysterious CEO with money, secrets, and a reputation for making problems disappear. Her job is simple: get close, blend in, and find proof... but nothing about him is simple. And the deeper Andrea goes into his world, the harder it becomes to tell if she's in control... or already trapped in his game.

Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma fanfiction. Three cricketers. Three women who have nothing to do with cricket. One unforgettable story where worlds collide, hearts tangle, and love sneaks in when no one's looking. When interior designer Anaya Kapoor is hired to redesign Shubman Gill's new home, she expects mood boards and deadlines-not the slow, irresistible pull toward the man who keeps dismantling the walls she built long before she touched his. Café-chain owner Mehek Singh has no patience for celebrities, especially chaotic ones. But Ishan Kishan-with his golden-retriever smile and habit of "accidentally" dropping by her outlets-slowly softens the guarded girl who swears she's immune to charm. Fashion photographer Vaani Tandon despises athletes, and Abhishek Sharma is at the top of that list. Forced to work together on a high-profile magazine cover, they clash, banter, and burn until the line between enemies and something much more dangerous begins to blur. Bound by friendship, fate, and a series of accidental adventures, these six discover that love doesn't care about careers, schedules, or perfectly drawn plans. Sometimes, it just takes three boys, three girls, and a whole lot of chaos to rewrite your story.

"All you wanted was a soda and some peace. Instead? You found a bleeding stranger in an alley... And made the worst-or best-decision of your life." you always lived in the shadow of your pro-hero father. UA is the goal. Fame, heroism, legacy-that's the plan. Until one evening changes everything. One man. Blue eyes. Secrets. He doesn't want help. He doesn't want heroes. He doesn't want you. Too bad. You already saved his life. And now? You're part of his story... whether you like it or not.

When Ahn Yeoreum's life hits rock bottom, she leaves her home hoping for a change of scenery and a new purpose. And the happy-go-lucky idol, Lee Donghyuck, who was sat opposite her on the train, just so happened to be the change she needed. "How do you feel about running away again?" "I'm too pretty to run." • Idol au • text au

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 | 18+ ♡ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 ♡ ❝ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛᴡᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ʜᴇᴀʟꜱ, ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴛꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ.❞ 🛺 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈-𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ᥫ᭡ --- ❝ Three couples. One tangled fate. ❞ Lies become contracts. Distance burns into desire. And promises? They don't always stay unbroken. --- 🌸 Sanya × Arnav She owns a café. He runs an empire. They promised: no love, no drama. But rules fall apart when silence starts echoing her name in his chest. 💬 "No love, no drama, right?" 💬 "Then why do I look for you in every silence?" --- 🔥 Kaira × Zaviyar She brought a contract. He brought a deal. Now they share a house-and a battlefield. 💬 "You think you scare me?" 💬 "No. But you make it very hard to focus." --- 🌙 Rooh × Suyash He wanted silence. She arrived with stories. And somehow, she's the only one who sees the scars he never speaks about. 💬 "Why are you still here?" 💬 "Because for once, I don't want to run." --- 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆. --- 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Book Cafe Owner X CEO Marriage of convenience CEO × Secretary Business rivals alliance Chaotic banter & nicknames Multi-couple romance He has a pet, she's terrified → forced bonding Enemies to lovers slow burn Reverse grumpy X sunshine ✦ 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐲 ✦

BOOK ONE OF THE SWEET AND SOUR SERIES Vanya Sharma hated marriages. Growing up seeing troubled and failed marriages carved a bitter spot in her heart, especially when one of them belonged to her parents. While escaping the shadows of her past, she found solace in her studies and books. Now at 25, Vanya stands at a crossroads when her mother asks her to settle down. For someone who has lost faith in love over the past few decades, marriage for Vanya was a needle lost in a stack of hay and so was allowing her mother to choose her a life partner. Taking matters into her own hands, Vanya decided a contract marriage would be the best thing to escape from the inevitable chaos. Enters Mahir Oberoi, 30 the CEO of an advertising agency. With beliefs as strong as a mountain and desires as dark as night, Mahir was always ready for whatever life meant to throw at him. But not this time. He wasn't ready for the sudden threat to his position, the prospect of marriage or the five-foot-two brunette that came slamming into him along with it. With the only thing common between the two being their passion for work, Vanya and Mahir found themselves at odds. But, as the saying goes, reality is fleeting. Amidst the sudden wedding and passionate bickering, Vanya and Mahir soon realised, that the beliefs they had all this time were wrong and the reality of it all was all too sweet since the beginning. Tied together into a marriage of convenience, read as how they turn their bitter everything into sweet nothings. ◦°•✩•°◦

"𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐞... 𝐣𝐨 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐥𝐞... 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞..." Love doesn't come easy. It bends hearts against reason, drags souls into shadows, and makes every choice feel like a gamble. Ishq Risk is the story of six lives bound together by fate,where college laughter meets crime, where romance collides with law, and where old Bollywood dreams haunt the present like echoes of another lifetime. 𝘼𝙠𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧: She is the storm in black...calm yet fierce, a law student who trusts rules more than people. He is her opposite, a golden soul of literature, seeing poetry in her silence. "𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐮𝐣𝐢... 𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐪 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐢..." Together, they test whether sunshine can melt shadow, or if shadows swallow light. 𝘼𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩: She hides her fears behind sharp wit, a journalism freshman chasing truth. He is her mirror opposite..Akriti's twin, icy but magnetic, a criminology student who flirts with danger as easily as with her. "𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐬𝐢 𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞 𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞..." Their banter burns into a chemistry neither can outrun, a spark lighting both hearts and mischief.

Alexander Dubrain isn't in this job to make friends. As a courier for Douglas & Co. Express, his priority is simple: deliver the mail, keep his head down, and ride fast. He's spent years proving himself in a world that often underestimates him for being deaf, and he has no patience for distractions-especially not from Nathaniel Tanner, the overly friendly recent hire who won't stop trying to get close. But five days on the trail has a way of breaking down walls, and as they confront the dangers of the untamed mining trails, Alex is forced to confront a truth more unsettling than any outlaw: sometimes, letting people in doesn't make you weaker. It makes you stronger. As they navigate rugged terrain, restless workers, and a mining town with a surprising secret of its own, Alex will have to decide if he's willing to let go of old fears and accept the quiet kindness that's been there all along.

He didn't ask for her heart. He studied it... then took it like it already belonged to him😈😈.... Ziya Foyce doesn't chase men. She paints, she hides, and she protects her peace like it's sacred. In a town full of loud cousins, nosy neighbors, and old drama that refuses to die, she minds her business and lets the world spin without her. Then Nahlej Cordeaux steps in. He isn't ordinary. He's pressure in human form-a hood philosopher with a past carved into his skin and a stare that makes you forget every promise you made to yourself. From the moment he sees Ziya, it's done. He doesn't flirt; he studies. He circles. He claims. And once he locks in, he doesn't let go. Ziya promised herself she'd never fall for a man who could break her. Nahlej promised that if he touched her once, she'd never leave. What starts as a glance turns into a pull she can't shake. Between sharp-tongued best friends, family chaos, and chemistry that refuses to quiet down, their story unfolds reckless, obsessive, and addictive. He isn't the villain. He's just unhinged enough to make love feel dangerous in all the right ways. This isn't a fairytale. It's grown, messy, Southern hood love. The kind that lingers. The kind that claims. The kind you don't forget. 🔥 Only If You Stay is a Southern Black romance about a love that doesn't ask-it takes.

"She fixes reputations. He ruins her sanity" *Synopsis: Sierra Lancaster. A cold-hearted PR agent who is the embodiment of professionalism. Talented, poised and reserved. What scandals will happen in her life when she lands as a client the one person she chose to avoid for life. He brings out the side of her no one has seen and gets on her nerves like no one else ever has, not even herself and she hates him for it. Holden Rey. A star football Player with a reputation ruined beyond repair but he couldn't care less. Wild, flirty and mischievous. What ways will he find to make hell the life of the person he can't help but tease. She counters his every word like no one does, she is on his mind like no one is, he can't help but be drawn to her and he loves every second of it. What sparks will fly when these two people are in each other's proximity? She can't wait to get away from him and he doesn't want to get away from her.

In the prestigious Hillcrest Academy, two students, Reeve Callahan and Emery Parker, are as different as night and day. Reeve is the brooding, popular kid with a reputation for being sarcastic, while Emery is the fiercely intelligent, fiercely independent bookworm with a sharp tongue and a dislike for everything that embodies the typical "popular kid" attitude. Their relationship starts with fierce rivalry, fueled by a shared history of hatred and misunderstandings. From pranks to insults, their animosity runs deep-but somewhere in the chaos, sparks begin to fly. As they are forced into a series of events that tie them together, from group projects to unexpected shared moments, the lines between hate and love blur. Every confrontation brings them closer, their hate-motivated encounters slowly transforming into a potent attraction neither can ignore. Will they fight it to the end, or will their tangled hearts finally give in to the undeniable chemistry? *Trigger Warning: Panic Attack Physical Abuse Death of a parent*

Determined and quick thinking, Amelia Conti is okay on her own. She's also an expert in outdoor sports. So when her boss offers her the winter hike of a lifetime, she says yes even before she knows who she'll be guiding. Or how much it will pay. If she'd taken the time to research the man who bought the last-minute premium tour, a demanding CEO named Damien Serrano, she might have reconsidered her answer. Well, maybe not. It is an absurd amount of money. He's grumpy to her sunshine, Christmas-lover to her Christmas dread, and the kind of man used to getting what he wants. Arrogance might work in a boardroom, but on the side of a mountain in the middle of winter, it's a hazard. If Damien can't learn to relinquish some control, they might not make it to the end of the hike alive. But everything comes to a head when an unexpected weather event pushes them even closer together. Water meets fire and something has to give. The question is, who will bend first? ~ * ~ * ~ This is one of the novellas I'm writing for ONC 2023. You can find the rest on my profile! This story is based primarily on prompt 13. "You were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and now you are running for your life!"

♡♡♡ ........ In a dense forest , a girl was hiding behind a tree, panting heavily and as she heard those footsteps she muffled her mouth to not let him hear her voice , while her tears were threatening to flow. Suddenly the noise of those footsteps faded and as she peaked a little and found nothing . She stood up and was about to run until she heard a whisper in her ear, " Caught you, Sweetheart". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aryan Singh Rajput ~ A 31 years old ruthless mafia Leader and CEO of Rajput Enterprises. A sweet person only for his family and nightmare for the ones who hurt them . For him love, marriage all these things are just nothing but a source of pain for a person. With a 6'1 height, light brown complexion, amber orbs and a muscular body which makes him appear like a Greek God . Misti Verma ~ A 26 years old professor in IIT Bombay. She is a sweet, caring , kind yet bold girl. She always considers herself unlucky when it comes to love because of her past. She only loves her elder brother and her bestfriends. With a brown complexion, 5'1 height, beautiful black orbs and a perfect figure makes her look like an angel. ----------------------------------------------------------------- What will happen when destiny ties them in the Holy bond of marriage? What will happen when an angel finds the Devil? Will he be her healer? Will she get the love she is yearning for? .................................................................... ♡Tropes ♡ ~Forced marriage ~ CEO X Professor ~ He fell first and harder ~ Traumatic past ~ obsessed MML ~slow burn ~ Mafia romance Let's be the audience of this game made by Destiny. Atleast read few chapters and then come to conclusions guys and then it's up to you that you wanna read this or not. ♡♡♡♡ Happy reading ♡♡♡♡

Kavya Sharma is a 27-year-old interior designer-warm, gentle, and full of soft emotions she's never learned to hide. Her world is made of laughter, late-night dreams, and a family that loves loudly. But under her sunshine lies a quiet fear-of raised voices, of sharp tones, of people who mistake kindness for weakness. Vivaan Mehra is a 33-year-old real estate tycoon-reserved, sharp, and emotionally burnt out. Since losing his father at twenty, he's been carrying the weight of his family and company with iron control. He doesn't believe in love, emotions, or softness. He certainly doesn't believe someone like Kavya could survive in his perfectly ordered world. When a high-profile design project brings the two together, sparks fly-but not the kind either expected. She finds him cold and intimidating. He finds her sunshine... a little too bright. But Vivaan's mother, Ragini Mehra, sees what neither of them can-and begins quietly planning their arranged marriage. What starts as a reluctant professional meeting becomes an emotional journey of slow-burn love, deep vulnerability, and quiet healing. Can a girl who flinches at loud voices fall for a man who's never learned how to be gentle? Can a heart buried under years of silence learn to beat for someone who speaks in colors? This is a story of two opposites, of chai and silence, of soft hands and sharp words- Of falling in love after marriage, and learning to stay even when it hurts. Tropes Grumpy/sunshine Agegap Arrange marriage Cold Anger issue

They were never meant to fall in love...just fall into arguments, over barking dogs and ruined flowerbeds, over fences too tall and glances held too long. Emer Jabir was the thunderstorm that rattled Amara Fernis's quiet world; she was the thorned rose he could never quite avoid. But somewhere between late-night silences and not-quite-kisses under starlit skies, enemies became neighbors, and neighbors became something more. This is the story of a love that bloomed slowly...like ivy over brick...persistent, defiant, and impossible to ignore. Across the fence, their hearts learned how to speak.

"How's life as a rich boy's girlfriend?" His voice carried a bitter edge. Her brown eyes flicked to him, hands stilling on the dough she'd been kneading. He never asked questions. Ever. "It's fine," she said, forcing conviction that fell flat. He snorted, a rare spark of emotion beyond the fierce love he showed his daughter. "What's funny?" "You deserve someone who makes you feel like you've been by a fucking lightning bolt. Don't settle for 'fine.'"

Casey Kirkpatrick may not know everything but she knows three things for certain: One: The skeletal system is by far the coolest part of the human body. Two: Life as an orthopedic physician assistant is freaking amazing. And three: Dr. Gabriel DeLuca is out to ruin everything she's ever worked for. After five years as an orthopedic PA, Casey Kirkpatrick is utterly dismayed when her surgeon decides to retire. Not only is Dr Xiao leaving Ferndale General, but he's turned over their quaint little practice to a flashy New Yorker who knows nothing about small-town life. Doctor Gabriel DeLuca might have the body of a gladiator and the face of a god but Casey isn't fooled. From their first meeting she realizes that Gabe could care less about what other people think, herself included. All he seems to care about is wrecking her routine, stealing her patients, and driving her to the breaking point. She can only hope to convince the hospital administrators of their mistake before it's too late. Gabriel DeLuca is ready for a change. Straight out of a prestigious fellowship and determined to make a name for himself, Gabe moves to the small town of Ferndale, NY with the hope of making a fresh start. The last thing he expected was inheriting an outspoken physician assistant with a fiery personality and unforgettable good looks to match. When Gabe isn't busy trying to adapt to the absurdities of small town life he seems to be constantly butting heads with his new PA. On top of that, he can't seem to run fast enough to escape his past. Can these two sworn enemies form a professional alliance or will both of their lives fracture into a million pieces? Cover photo by Karolina Grabowska