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  • 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫  by Drssch
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    𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ💌𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ ୨୧ ❝ किसी दिलवाली ने... किसी मतवाली ने... ❞ ❀༉‧₊˚. हमें ख़त लिखा है कि हमसे पूछा है... ☾⋆⁺₊✧ 𖹭 के घर कब आओगे... ✧˖° लिखो कब आओगे... 𓂃♡𓂃 ⋆༺𓆩☾𓆪༻⋆ "𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭." He says it like a rule almost like a prayer like something carved into bone. 𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒ And she nods... even when her heart wants to ask,"And me?" ❀༉‧₊˚. This is not a love story that begins with stolen glances. It begins with family decisions. Horoscopes matched and Steel trunks packed. A wedding under the weight of olive green. ⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚ The Nineties. Landline calls that end too soon. Handwritten letters that smell like ink and longing. Army quarters where wives learn the sound of boots before they learn the rhythm of their husband's breathing. ☾𖤓 They were strangers when the sindoor was placed. Strangers when the regiment called his name louder than she ever could. Strangers... who slowly started choosing each other in the quiet after the bugle call. 𓂃𓂂𓏸♡ He belongs to the nation and She belongs to the vow. And somewhere between salutes and suppressed desires love begins to bloom... not loudly, not rebelliously but devotionally. ❦ This is a story of officers who will always choose the border over the bed. Of wives who will fold their loneliness like a neatly pressed uniform. Of couples who do not fall in love at first sight... but kneel into it, day by day like prayer. 𓇢𓆸 ୨♡୧ Some will fight their own hearts. Some will almost break. Some will whisper, ❝ Stay. ❞ even when they know he will leave at dawn. ✧༺♥༻∞ Because here desire burns. But duty wins. 𓂃☾𓂃 And yet... love does not lose. 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 It transforms. It waits and It worships. 𓆩
  • What Heaven Denied Us [天所不予] by tjcheng
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    Han Jue came to Tianzhu Sect with a forgettable name, a spiritual root assessment that clears scrutiny because he designed it to, and three sects' worth of fabricated lineage. Four months of careful performance. Mediocre. Wandering. Dull enough to discourage notice. The plan was working. Then he sat across a desk from a senior disciple who closes books with both hands and watches faces instead of pages, and the man read him a poem about a tree out of season, and looked up, and did not look away. Mosheng Peak is not what he thought he was infiltrating. The thirteen-year-old in the upper courtyard has a laugh that hurts to hear. The senior with the jade cord under his collar has lost someone he never speaks about. The orthodox cultivation world Han Jue came to dismantle has people in it. He had not planned for that. A literary danmei xianxia about hidden identity, slow-burn devotion, and the cost of finding people worth saving when you came to burn the place down.
  • Before We Became Strangers Again by coldknight001
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    They met when loneliness felt heavier than silence. And somehow, between coffee-stained notes, unfinished conversations, and nights that felt too short, Iris became the person Zayn could no longer imagine losing. But growing up changes people. Love changes people too. And sometimes, no matter how deeply two people care for each other, life still pulls them apart.
  • Chandini by Bahuma
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    Abhiram and Chandini were inseparable, childhood sweethearts whose love blossomed as naturally as the sunrise. They shared dreams, hopes, and promises, believing their bond could weather any storm. When Abhiram left for his studies, they vowed to remain devoted, sustaining their love through letters filled with longing and unshakable belief in their future together. However, fate dealt a cruel hand. Chandini, against her will, was forced into a loveless marriage, a future she could never imagine without Abhiram by her side. On the day of her wedding, her heart-too full of unspoken love for Abhiram-gave way, leaving behind only grief. Abhiram returned, expecting to find the love of his life waiting for him, only to discover that she was gone. Devastated, he chose to live his life in her memory, never marrying, and pouring his energy into helping others. Though Chandini was no longer with him, her spirit lived on in his heart, guiding him every step of the way. A timeless story of eternal love, loss, and devotion, Chandini is a poignant tale of a man whose heart beats only for the woman who will forever hold his soul captive.
  • Muskoka - A Season That Was Ours by Rasti200302
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    In Muskoka's quiet autumn, a writer and a painter meet-not to stay, but to share something unnamed. A story of brief time, lasting feeling, and the beauty of not finishing everything.
  • Fine Margins: A Library Slow-Burn by RealtinGeorge
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    They weren't strangers. Not really. A year of stolen glances at book events, a drunken almost‑moment, and then nothing. Until now. George's new job at a Dublin library was supposed to be a fresh start, but now he's colleagues with Realtín - someone he barely spoke to, but never forgot. Realtín has rules. George has regrets. And neither of them is prepared for what working side‑by‑side will stir up. Attraction becomes distraction. Distraction becomes danger. And the line between "this is a bad idea" and "I can't stay away from you" gets thinner every day. A slow‑burn, character‑driven romance about longing, timing, and the kind of connection that refuses to disappear.
  • "Love's Unwritten Chapter" by Nickibarbie14
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    "Nneoma, a talented writer, finds love in unexpected places when she meets Obinna, a charming entrepreneur. As they navigate life's ups and downs, their romance blossoms, inspiring Nneoma's writing and filling her life with joy and purpose."
  • The Shape of Almost by kittibite
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    After leaving her hometown, Iris Hale returns years later when her estranged mother falls ill. She plans to stay only long enough to help sell the family house-until she runs into Rowan Mercer, her former best friend and the boy she almost loved. Rowan never left. He stayed, took over his father's failing bookshop, and quietly carries the weight of promises he made too young. Their reunion is strained, threaded with things unsaid: the night Iris left without goodbye, the letter Rowan wrote but never sent, the belief they both carry that loving someone means eventually hurting them. As Iris settles into the town again, she and Rowan are forced together-renovating the bookshop, sharing late-night conversations, rediscovering the comfort of each other's presence. Their connection is undeniable, but both are held back by fear: Iris believes she ruins what she loves, and Rowan believes staying means being abandoned anyway. When Iris is offered a job that would take her away for good, the question becomes unavoidable-do they choose safety, or do they risk choosing each other?
  • The Only Desire by Jen__nath
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    In the enchanting city of Lucerne, where art and literature intertwine, Elena Marchand and Adrian Harlow cross paths in an unexpected encounter that changes their lives forever. Elena, a devoted art curator with a quiet passion, has spent years building a world where beauty speaks louder than words. Adrian, a celebrated yet disillusioned writer, searches for inspiration in the winding streets of a city far from home. As their connection deepens, their worlds collide in ways neither could have foreseen. With the support of Elena's closest friends-Izzy, Sophie, Mia, and Liam-their story unfolds like a masterpiece in the making. But with past fears, self-doubt, and the unpredictability of love standing in their way, will their bond withstand the tests of time? A tale of passion, art, and the transformative power of love, The Only Desire is a heartwarming romance that proves sometimes, the most beautiful stories are the ones we never expect to write.
  • Before You Forget Us by JLANGELO2120
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    When Ethan is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 34, he calls the one person he swore he'd let go: Mara, the woman he once loved and quietly abandoned. Now, with time slipping away, he asks her to help him remember what they were-before the forgetting erases them entirely. Told in fragments of memory, journal entries, and quiet rooftop dinners, this is a love story not about holding on forever... but about letting go, one heartbeat at a time.
  • Master of Cocktails Chapter Eleven (Novel) by Trytobefair
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    Singer, hiker and drifter Lucky gets kidnapped by US agents as a terrorist. When they discover their mistake, the kidnappers wonder what to do with him. They finally set him free in the US with a new identity. Lucky goes to Mexico, and rescues a Mexican witch from an ancient curse. They become lovers and go to Africa, where they help the Bongo recover from a bad civil war. This is done with a magic cocktail which turns bad people into good ones. This story has everything you ask for - romance, adventure, good writing, comedy, great characters and exciting plot. It's complete, but I'm uploading daily, chapter by chapter. Enjoy, like, follow and comment! This is original work and copyrighted.
  • Where The Moss Grows Back by azariearmstrong
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    Some people meet and it's loud. Fireworks, declarations, the whole performance. Amara and Luca meet in a library. A dropped book. A few lines of handwriting that weren't meant to be seen. Two sentences that change everything: It's really good. Don't do that thing where you close it. Amara Brooks has spent four years perfecting the art of disappearing. Since moving from Portland to a small coastal town in Oregon, she's learned that being quiet means being easy, and being easy means being loved. She hides her poems in library books. She makes herself smaller every year. She tells herself this is survival. Luca Alvarez-Klein builds things so they'll stay. Furniture, mostly. Sometimes boxes. He keeps a ketchup packet and a blue marble and a pen from the morning his father left - proof that things happened, that they mattered, that the before-version of the world was real. He came to Harlow Bay already decided to leave it. They recognize each other before they know each other's names. They are both people who learned to survive by becoming less of themselves. But together - quietly, incrementally, in the white space of library books and late-night texts and a garage that smells like something being made - they become more. Where Moss Grows Back is a story about two people who meet at exactly the right time and exactly the wrong moment. About the poetry you hide and the things you keep and the specific cost of loving someone before you've finished learning how to stay. About what it means to take up the space you actually occupy. About walls, and bright fragments, and the sky on the other side.
  • Master of Cocktails Chapter Three (novel) by Trytobefair
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    The Master of Cocktails Lucky, a Sri Lankan dreamer and drifter, is kidnapped by the Americans as an al Qaeda suspect after the 9/11 attack. After realising their mistake, they have two options - to kill him, or free him. Curtis, who's in charge of this operation, sets him free with a new identity in the U.S., on the condition that he remains incognito and tell no one of his experience. While hiking in a national park, he chances upon Sandra, tied up and brutalised by her demented husband. He frees her and they escape. But their happiness ends abruptly when Sandra is killed by a rampaging gunman. Heartbroken, Lucky becomes a recluse. Sandra appears to him in a dream one night and tells him to go to Mexico, where something exciting will happen to him. Wandering in the Mexican desert, Lucky hears a cactus talking to him. Trapped within the cactus is Corazon, a young woman cursed by Don Ramon, a sorcerer. Lucky frees her, and they confront Don Ramon. He dies soon after, and Lucky leaves for Africa. He arrives in the war-torn Republic of Bongo. Rebel general Jean-Claude Matanga takes him prisoner, but appoints him his official cocktail maker Lucky decides to make a magic cocktail which can transform power hungry people into altruistic sorts. Corazon arrives to help him. The magic cocktails turns all warlords and mining company CEOs into good men. Bill, the bullish American ambassador, quits his job and starts making a movie. Marie-Claire Matanga, Jean-Claude's niece, arrives from France with her Aston-Martin car. Kidnapped by the notorious brigand Jonas, Lucky and Corazon transform him into a midget with a cocktail. Bill's movie flops, but he becomes a successful porn film maker, and plans to become the next American president.
  • A letter with salt by ENTrivel
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    When Roselyn was a child, she wrote a letter to God and placed it inside an envelope filled with salt ( She'd learned that salt preserves things, and the trip to heaven, she thought, might be long) Years later, dying from a disease in her lungs that forces her to visit the hospital week after week, she meets a young man in the rain. He knows her name. He shouldn't.
  • A Light That Fades by Jolenehenning
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    Asher never wanted connection-until Liora walked into his gray world like sunlight. Working together pulls them closer, but some loves don't get happy endings. Some only leave echoes. A tragic grumpy x sunshine short story about yearning, loss, and the love that almost was.
  • Still Becoming  by Justice626409
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    Still Becoming is a slow-burn, emotionally intimate story about timing, pride, and the quiet ways people misjudge each other. He was loud. Unfiltered. Easily misunderstood. She was distant, brilliant, and certain she had him figured out. What begins as friction inside lecture halls and long academic days becomes something neither of them expected - a connection shaped by growth, missed chances, and the versions of ourselves we become while trying to survive. Told across years of learning, distance, and emotional restraint, Still Becoming is a story about love that doesn't arrive loudly - but stays. This is not a love story that rushes. It's one that remembers.
  • so we can make it back by EmilyBlakeBooks
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    "loving her was inevitable. terrifying. the only thing that made sense." She came back to the only place that ever felt like home - a weathered cottage on the edge of Pleasant Bay, where grief echoes in the floorboards and every tide feels like memory pulling at her ribs. He came here to disappear - a man with a voice the world knows, running from the noise of fame and the silence left by his best friend's absence. Two neighbors, both raw and unraveling, colliding in a town that sleeps through the winter. Coffee shared on porches. Smoke curling into salt air. Conversations that feel like confessions. And the question neither of them dares to say aloud: what if healing isn't solitude, but finding someone who sees you in the wreckage and stays? A story about grief, love, and the kind of intimacy that feels inevitable - soft as a song, sharp as salt air, and impossible to turn away from.
  • Cheers to the Love We Shared That Never Last by FILES28
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    Inspired by a Real Conversation This is not a made-up love story. It began with a single post on Taga Lakandula, a heartfelt exchange between two people who once loved each other, now standing on opposite sides of goodbye. One asked: "Inayat dak ba nga talaga?" (Did you really love me?) The other answered: "Aw yan." (I did.) That simple conversation stayed with me, raw, honest, and deeply relatable. Because it's a feeling so many of us know: loving someone fiercely, losing them quietly, and still finding the strength to say, "I hope you're happy." So I wrote it back into life. Not just retold, but reimagined. With rain-soaked nights, seaside weddings, and lingering glances across crowded rooms. Set in Korea, where K-dramas remind us that some loves don't last... but still change everything. This short novel, Cheers to the Love We Shared That Never Last, expands that anonymous message into a full story, told with care, music, and all the feels. To the one who shared that moment: thank you. For trusting the world with your truth. And to everyone who's ever loved and let go: you are not alone. Because if you've ever truly loved someone, you know the meaning of letting go. Not because you stopped loving them... But because you loved them enough to set them free.
  • The Moon and Him by RaeVerlyn88
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    Every night at 8 PM, she goes to the rooftop to breathe. She watches the moon. She notices the silence. She never expects him. A quiet, slow-burn romance about waiting, distance, and the moments that change us without asking. - The Moon and Him