Messyrelationship Stories

When I was little, before my mom died, she used to play with my hair and whisper, "In my twenties, your father and I were in a toxic relationship. I hated him... and I loved him. Those kinds of relationships? They either end in falling in love... or falling into the fire." I asked, curious, "And what happened to you, Mama?" She laughed softly, then said, "Well, sweetheart... considering you don't have a father, I think the answer's obvious." I didn't inherit her soft brown hair or her gentle soul. No. I inherited her tragic love story. She burned. And sometimes... I wonder. Am I next?

Excerpt of a short story about a happy go lucky girl stuck in an unloving relationship resulting in her slowly losing her true self.

Mike had never once dated a girl in his whole life. Middle school had passed by and yet he was single. But when his parents have a major fight and he's forced to leave his home along with his mother to a new place, new school, new life, things change.

I remember the night I gathered his broken heart with my bare hands, trying to put it together. I eventually did, assembling those little pieces like a puzzle, leaving some behind and allowing the sharp ends to stick into my veins. It felt like poison without an antidote, aching and burning inside me. That was our kind of love: unusual yet delightful. cover by @cravekiss

Loving Mark was never supposed to be easy. What started as annoyance quickly turned into something deeper-something forbidden. Clara knew from the beginning that their love had to stay hidden, that secrecy would be the price of wanting him. But the deeper she falls, the more unbearable it becomes. How do you love someone who won't even say the words out loud? Mark has always been careful, always in control. Until Clara. She shakes the ground beneath him, makes him want things he shouldn't, makes him reckless in ways that could ruin them both. He wants to keep her, protect her, but the only way to do that is to keep their love in the dark. And in doing so, he might just lose her. A relationship built on stolen moments and whispered promises-how long before it all comes crashing down? A story about passion, restraint, and the unbearable weight of love left unspoken.