Manhattan Stories

For fifteen-year-old Alena Johansson-Jost , fall is the season of fresh starts. New notebooks, new routines, new possibilities - because, according to her, everything good happens once September begins. Though, she discovers that sophomore year has other plans. Between juggling classes, romantic disasters, and the occasional visit to the SNL studio where her Dad works, Alena's perfectly scripted life starts going ridiculously off-book. Witty, heartfelt, and quietly rebellious, Sophomore Year is a story about figuring yourself out one sketch, one friendship, and one almost-romance at a time.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲. In a city that eats the innocent alive, 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢 learned to become the predator. She doesn't have a job - she has disguises. By day, she's just a tired single mother with a daughter to raise and a past that won't stay buried. By night, she's the whisper in Manhattan's penthouses - a conwoman who seduces, steals, and leaves her sins gift-wrapped in diamonds. New York taught her how to survive: weaponise silence, smile like sin, and make danger fall in love with her. Some people run from their past. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠." Because healing was never the plan. Revenge always was.

"𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦," 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. "𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥," 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬." 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜

Summer is over, the privileged are back from their vacation homes, and the misfits are back...on the train to the Upper East Side. Tensions are higher than ever as they navigate their way through romance, heartbreak, self discovery, and the rest of high school.

Trust fund babies and the less fortunate coexisting through the turmoil of relationships, friends, drugs, and sex ... basically the normal 1990s teen antics.

This is my version of Gossip Girl. If they had a third girl with Blair and Serena, it would be completely inspired by the show. I don't own any of the characters except for Marlena and her family, with the proper endgames we should have had.

This is the original gossip girl if it took place in 2022. *MATURE AUDIENCE* Adriana Francesca Athena Cartier, the great-great grand daughter of Louis-François Cartier the founder of one of the biggest luxury brands of the century. living in the upper east side of manhattan with her parents, brother, sister, and her two best friends Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodson.

"You're just a boy with a big ego and trust issues." "You forgot heartless." ... Danielle (Danny) Meyers is the sister of Mush Meyers, a Manhattan Newsie. They've been selling papes together for years. Danny's heard of the famous King of Brooklyn before, so once the strike starts and she gets the chance to actually meet him, of course she's going to take it. She never could have guessed how that decision would change everything. ... Spot Conlon, the famous King of Brooklyn, is known for his reputation as the heartless leader. He can't get tangled up with love and feelings-- for anyone. But happens when a girl walks into his life and changes it forever? ...

Michelle Song has built her life on perfection: perfect grades, a perfect college acceptance track, and the perfectly attentive boyfriend, quin. She was convinced she had it all-until the day she discovered his perfect excuse out of town was a perfect lie, and he was still right there in Manhattan. Heartbroken and publicly humiliated, Michelle is ready to disappear. Instead, she turns to her fiercely rebellious friend, Sarah Choi believes the only way out is revenge. Their plan: make Quin regret his betrayal. Enter the older, mysteriously charming new boy in Michelle's life. Eric Hale. He doesn't go to their elite school, but he's constantly on campus to pick up his younger sister. After observing Michelle's increasingly chaotic attempts at a rebound, he steps in with an offer-a sophisticated, iron-clad plan for public revenge. Their arrangement is simple: he'll be her irresistible "fake date" to show Quin exactly what he lost, and Michelle will help him out with his sister's academic struggles in return. But as their carefully constructed relationship heats up, Michelle realizes she's playing a dangerous game. This complicated new dynamic feels more real than her "perfect" past ever did, leading her to question everything she thought she wanted. Will her fake relationship expose a true, enduring love? Or will the scrutiny of her family-and the impossible demands of her "perfect" life-shatter her second chance at happiness? Started: November 20, 2025. Ended: - © @serenefa1ry

Madeleine "Maddie" Harper never imagined her life would unfold like a slow migration. After years of rejection, restlessness, and suffocating expectations, her long-awaited acceptance to NYU finally cracks open a world she thought would never belong to her. With her best friend Nate heading to Columbia, both carry their own weights-the fear of change, the ghosts of home, and the pressure to prove that leaving was worth it. Like a narwhal breaking through the Arctic ice, Maddie emerges into the unfamiliar waters of New York City-cold, vast, and breathtaking. Narwhals are known as the "unicorns of the sea," elusive and resilient, navigating through extreme environments with quiet grace. Much like them, Maddie learns to survive in the shifting tides of adulthood, adapting to pressures she doesn't fully understand yet, following instinct when direction fails. In her new life, Maddie finds unexpected warmth in friendship-especially in Anastasia "Anne" Elizabeth-Collins, her roommate from the Upper East Side. Anne's world is one of privilege and poise, polished in all the ways Maddie's never been. They clash at first, as opposite as deep sea and sunlight, but soon discover that both are just trying to stay afloat in their own ways. Through alternating perspectives, the story explores how two young women-one learning to belong, the other learning to break free-navigate love, loss, ambition, and identity in a city that demands everything. Together, Maddie and Anne's worlds intertwine like currents beneath the surface-sometimes turbulent, sometimes still-each helping the other find strength in their differences. And like narwhals that travel in small, loyal pods through freezing seas, they remind us that survival isn't about conquering the storm. It's about finding who swims beside you when the ice begins to crack. ⭐️Updated every Saturday and Sunday ⭐️Don't forget to like, comment, share, and stay tuned for the next chapter!

A tale about culture and cost, costumes and couture, and the early aughts.

"Some connections don't begin with a look - they begin with a sentence." Olivia McCallum never expected a quiet forum for writers to become her anchor. From her small flat in Edinburgh, she lives between essays, late-night drafts, and the silence of her own thoughts. Writing has always been her way of reaching out - even when there's no one listening. Then one night, a message appears under one of her posts. "If you ever turn that into a story, I'd like to read it." The message is from Noah Sullivan - a digital editor living in New York, someone who understands the rhythm of sleepless cities and sentences written at 2 a.m. What begins as a quiet exchange of words slowly unfolds into something deeper: two people trying to find honesty, belonging, and a piece of themselves in each other's distance. A story about modern loneliness, fragile connections, and the spaces between what's said and what's meant. Between Lines - sometimes, the smallest words carry the loudest truths.

"I'll strangle you." I said showing him my hands and making a motion of squeezing an invisible neck. He laughed. "But if you straddle me, I'll just hold on more tightly." He said pretending as if he had heard wrong. "Strangle I said STRANGLE."I screamed. He was howling with laughter and had loosened his grip on my waist. Taking this as an opportunity, I pushed hard against his chest with my hands and rolled off to my left. I was on my knees one second and on my feet in another second. I stood glaring at the imbecile moron as he continued to laugh. ************************************************************************************** Carmen never asked for a matchmaker......neither did she ask for the three Stalkers who are hell bent on getting her whether she likes it or not. Which of the stalkers will get her first? Will the matchmaker achieve creating the illusion of the much wanted serendipity in her life? Will the matchmaker do more? Or will Carmen finally die out of embarrassment as the world seems to be throwing her in many embarrassing situations. Embarrassing situations involving a blond headed guy with, icy blue irises. Read and find out............ :)

How do you react when you find out your life is a lie? When the person closest to you kept something important from you, your whole life. As soon as she was old enough, Paige was earning money. Anything and everything she worked for went straight to her mother, who was barely staying afloat under heaps of medical bills and other debts. The two shared the closest bond a mother and daughter could have but when the truth finally comes to light, Paige just can't handle fearing her relationship had been a facade, so she decides to find her father herself with just a letter and a plane ticket to New York. - Shades of cool | Gossip Girl | Chuck Bass x oc - Disclaimer: I own Paige and parts of the plot only, the rest belongs to its respective owners. No copyright infringement intended.

Hey, I know there's a lot of chapters and there's gonna be a lot more but that's only because there SHORT so yea

What if you die for love, but then fate brings you back to do it all over again? Rhea Dubois is haunted by bloody, painful nightmares she calls the Verona Visions. She tries to forget them, but she can't. Julian Vance is rich, cold, and serious, but he carries a strange, deep ache in his chest that no doctor can explain. In 2025, they meet at Verona University. When their hands touch in the quiet library, 500 years of tragic love-and a final poison kiss-slams into their souls. The terrible truth is clear: They are Romeo and Juliet. But their families are still ancient enemies. The curse that killed them the first time is now hunting them down for the "Final Scene." They must find The Verona Code to break the cycle. If they fail, their second chance at love will end in a second, painful death. A Reincarnation Romance where destiny is a killer.

Alexia's world has been turned upside down. Her father was killed and she finds herself living with orphaned teenage boys, also known as Newsies. And after being attacked by one of the Newsies' sworn enemies, she is saved by a mysterious blue eyed boy. She later finds out that it is none other than Spot Conlon, the King of Brooklyn. His reputation precedes him, but she ignores all of the warnings and stories. Will she fall for him? Or is his heart to cold to love at all? Book 1 of 2. Book 1: Queen of Brooklyn Book 2: Princess of Brooklyn

In a city filled with secrets, heartbreaks, late-night confessions, and dangerous second chances, four friends fight to protect their dreams while their pasts refuse to let them go. Dana searches for healing, Najia risks everything for love and survival, Amara rebuilds the pieces of her life, and Tyler faces a threat that could destroy everything he has finally gained. In New York, love can lift you or break you, and Volume 2 proves that growing up means choosing who you are, even when the world tries to choose for you.

Mush's older sister Josephine was trapped in her all girls orphanage until one day the orphanage owner Nicolette leaves the main door open just as Josephine was passing. Why was she in the orphanage well I guess you'll have to see. But besides that her feisty attitude and proper way of speech might cause some confusion for these so called newsies. I mean what's the point of spoiling the book for you now just read it.

wrote with friends at midnight worked on with @iheartwritingsmut