Move-on Stories

Mari thought that coming home to a ghost town was bad. It turns out it's worse having to attend her estranged father's wedding and letting her childhood best friend break down the walls she carefully built. ***** Mari Chasey's life is suspended. She returns to her hometown in a cold November day following her mother's death, after years of studying abroad in Europe. Pinewood is sleepy in the bitter cold, the deserted shoreline stretching further than she can reach, but that's okay. Mari is good with temporary things and at not lingering. She's not planning to stay for long, just enough to sort out her mother's affairs without poking at open wounds. Then her father returns. Jack Chasey, former renowned superstar, absent for most of her childhood, is getting married to a woman Mari hardly knows. He gets to begin again, build something new, while Mari grapples with a fractured life and all the scattered pieces of herself. Her mother was supposed to live forever; Jack was mercurial and always at arm's length. But now he's here to stay. Enter Kinney St. James. Once Mari's closest friend, then another person that passed by like a comet, she still knows Mari and all the shards of her. Even the sharper ones. In the stillness of winter, Mari reconnects with the quiet life Jack always wanted for her, the softer parts of her that only Kinney can tap into, and what it truly means to be her mother's daughter. ***** Open Novella Contest -- prompts 24, 29, 46, & 77 © 2026 caterina george // all rights reserved

This is not a love story-just a story telling of me, and my unheld love. A collection of thoughts, memories, and quiet heartbreaks, this diary traces the journey of a love I was never able to hold. Within these pages are pieces of my heart: the joy, the ache, the letting go, and everything in between. I wrote this not to be healed, but to be heard. If you've ever loved deeply and lost quietly, maybe you'll find a part of yourself here too.

Ysabella Serene Herrera, a woman who once had everything figured out-love, plans, and dreams. But when life takes a turn she never expected, she finds herself in the city trying to start over. Between chasing deadlines, keeping her heart guarded, and providing for her family back home, Ysabella learns that moving on is not always about forgetting, but about finding herself again. Selfless yet strong, she carries everyone before herself, even when her heart aches in silence. In the middle of her quiet mornings and busy nights, she meets someone who reminds her that healing doesn't always come from time-it sometimes comes from the right person, at the right moment. But in a city that never sleeps, will she finally find serenity in the chaos?

He loved her quietly. She loved him too late. And somewhere between heartbreak and healing, the sky turned pink. This is not a perfect love story. It's the story of a boy who fell too deeply, a girl who realized too slowly, and a sky that witnessed everything they never said out loud. He saw her for the first time in a crowded cafeteria - red shirt, pink‑white bracelet, wavy hair, and eyes that felt like home. She didn't know it then, but that single moment rewrote his entire life. He waited for her. He watched her choose someone else. He broke silently while she smiled for another man. And when she finally understood what he meant to her... he had already learned how to breathe without her. But love doesn't disappear. It lingers in the places where memories refuse to die - in hallways, in old messages, in the way the sky blushes at sunset. When the sky turned pink, she came back. Not to stay. Not to fix anything. But to confess the truth she had buried for too long. "I loved you too... I just realized it after you healed." This book is about the kind of love that doesn't get a happy ending - the kind that teaches you, breaks you, and shapes you. It's about regret, timing, unspoken feelings, and the painful beauty of letting go. You, Me and the Pink Sky is a journey through: • one‑sided love • jealousy and heartbreak • healing after emotional drowning • the girl who arrived too late • the boy who learned to stand again • and the sky that held their story when they couldn't hold each other Not every love story is meant to be lived. Some are meant to be written. This one is mine. and every part of this story I have written from the bottom of my heart and if you don't like it please tell me but don't comment bad

This is a real life inspired self-growth journey about a woman who has spent most of her life in survival mode surrounded by toxic relationships, constant criticism, emotional chaos, and people who make her feel small. Motherhood becomes the mirror. She starts seeing the world not just through her own pain but , through her son's eyes. And she realizes: If she doesn't break the cycle, he'll grow up inside it. The story follows her slow, painful, brave transformation as she: • Stops chasing love from people who hurt her • Learns that peace feels unfamiliar... but safe • Begins setting boundaries, even when it costs her relationships • Chooses stability over chaos • Builds a softer, healthier life for her child By the end, she isn't "perfect" or "fully healed" but she's aware, stronger, and intentional. And that changes everything.

This is the journal I write in when life feels quiet on the outside but loud on the inside. The place where love gets messy, calm gets interrupted, and I learn who I am in the moments between the two. These entries aren't polished. They're raw, unfiltered, and written from the space between wanting peace and chasing fire. If you've ever loved someone you shouldn't, waited for someone who didn't show up, or felt yourself slipping in and out of chaos - this is for you.

If you were to be asked the question of 'what is love?', what would you say? Would you say 'it's like the sun that warms you up every time the cold tries to steal you away," or would it be the classic, "because you are everything I see in every thing,"? While hoping for something dramatic like a 'fairy-tale ending' is already so cliche and out of date, some people still feel like it has always been the perfect way to dream of a perfect love. There's no shame in that. But if you ask Isobel what she thinks about love, she'll tell you the same thing every time: a waste of time and the same old boring question. Because for her, love is easy nowadays. Easily said, easily conveyed... but what she didn't know was that it would become one of her unexpected plot twists before college finally came to an end. Would she manage? We don't know for sure. Would her perspective on love change? Maybe? Or maybe she'd come out even worse after the final semester... - fromsien 2026

Story Description: Y/N has spent years pouring her heart into an unrequited love, chasing after someone who never saw her the way she longed to be seen. After a final, heartbreaking confession to Heeseung, she decides to stop waiting for him and starts focusing on herself. What begins as an attempt to heal transforms into a journey of self-discovery as she rekindles her love for art and learns to prioritize her happiness. But just as Y/N begins to rebuild her life, Heeseung confesses he misses her, leaving her torn between the love she thought she wanted and the new life she's building. With the encouragement of a new friend, Noah, who sees her potential and supports her dreams, Y/N begins to realize that true love starts with loving herself. As she navigates second chances, self-worth, and the possibilities of a new romance, Y/N must decide: will she return to the familiar, or will she embrace the unknown and write a new story for herself? A heartfelt tale of healing, growth, and choosing yourself, "Chasing Dreams" is a story of rediscovering who you are beyond heartbreak.

Scorched earth. Scraped knuckles. And the sinking truth that you can never go back. Adam Carpenter knows all too well what it means to live in the past. Dragged into the heart of a covert paramilitary organization hidden beneath layers of red tape, everything he ever knew changes. Surrounded by soldiers, scientists, and prehistoric animals, Adam learns that living in the past isn't just a metaphor. And he must decide if he'll continue living in it... or face it head-on.

She lived quietly-in sketches, half-baked dreams, and a room that felt safer than the world outside. An introvert who learned early how to hide her emotions, she mastered the art of appearing strong while never truly being seen. Love wasn't something she understood-until she lost it. When he left, on a day meant for devotion and endings, her world shattered in silence. No dramatic goodbyes. Just absence. Just waiting. Just the slow realization that some goodbyes don't come with closure. What followed were months of pretending, of forcing strength, of learning how to choose herself after everything she loved slipped away-dreams, people, versions of who she thought she'd be. But loss has a strange way of revealing truth. This is not a story about heartbreak alone. It's about rediscovery. About the quiet miracle of finding yourself after losing everything else. When He Left, I Found Myself - "the end of him was the beginning of her ".

It seem like an endless cycle for us, maybe it's time to stop going in the wrong direction~~ I wrote this cause I listened to Hailee song "Wrong direction" so this is based on it. And I noticed not many stories for Rosé in these two ships and maybe a bit more. Its a unpopular ship but it just seem so fitting. Don't attack me please lol and I'm not the best at writing so apologies in advance. Also this is pure fiction.

modern AU ... will byers is childhood friends with Mike Wheeler and is now going to college, which is far away from his hometown and away from his crush. or will byers goes to college away from his crush and goes to college and somehow ends up meeting someone that mike never mentioned since growing up. .... ⚠️ slurs ⚠️ dirty jokes ⚠️ fluff and smut

"A personal memoir-essay style of Ayanna" is a piece of writing where Ayanna shares her own life experiences, thoughts, and feelings about her relationship and personal growth. Written in first person, it combines storytelling with reflection, showing not just what happened but also how it affected her and what she learned.

သျှားထက်လွန်းမောင်+လွင်ငြိမ်းမြတ်နောင် သျှားထက်လွန်းမောင် ရန်ကုန်ကနေမန္တလေးထိလာပြီးနှလုံးသားထဲကိုလာမွှေသွားတဲ့ငမွှေထိုးလေး လွင်ငြိမ်းမြတ်နောင် မွှေတာမဟုတ်ပါဘူးဗျာ ချစ်မိသွားတာပါ တကယ်ပါယုံပါဗျာ နှလုံးခုန်ရင်တောင် ဒုတ် ဒုတ်လို့မခုန်တော့ဘူး မန္တလေးသား မန္တလေးသားနဲ့ခုန်နေတာ

When Essa sees their villainous future, they use the prophecy as a ploy to defeat their three brothers and force each one into a better work-life balance. Their first so-called battle restarts an old tradition for family dinner, leading Essa to bond with their brothers, all while struggling to balance their guilt and their alter-ego, Muse, whose name comes with a reputation of its own. **** Written for the Open Novella Contest 2024 (ONC), using prompt 87. Cover by @Nicoismysenpai !!

LIORA The quiet journey of a girl through leaving, longing, and learning to belong.

Losing the love of your life is hard but navigating life afterwards is harder. Laura, mother of two and widow, tries to move on with her life after the death of her husband. The trials and tribulations she must face, the mountains she must climb, just to bring some happiness and love back into her life. Will there be someone waiting for her just around the corner?

Eight years ago, she was warmth, laughter, and open arms. Today, she is quiet. Distant. Almost unrecognisable. When fate brings them face to face again, he doesn't understand what broke her- or why she looks through him like he never existed. This is not a love story about endings. It's about becoming someone new after being undone. A slow burn. A healing journey. A story about letting go.

for those who have forgotten their lights. for those standing alone in a crowd. for the stars that are often lonely. Status: Ongoing [ © 2019 / WriterBells ]

Henna Barrie believed words could save people. She chose literature not as a subject, but as survival. College introduced her to Professor Grekward, a respected marriage psychology professor. Love grew silently, dangerously, never crossing visible lines. Henna wrote everything she could not say. Her silence became a book. Before leaving college, she gave the manuscript to Grekward and asked him to read it in the library. When he read the final page - 'Goodbye' - Henna was already gone. Bella, Grekward's wife, discovered the truth quietly. She left without anger. Grekward was left alone with regret. Henna left, loved again, and lost again. When her boyfriend married someone else, she returned - not for love, but closure. Henna became a writer. Her books healed others, just as writing healed her. Grekward read her success in silence and finally understood. Success had not erased the past. It healed it.