Pressure Stories

Katana Gail Velasco had been an achiever since grade school. Her classmates and friends admired her for always being at the top of the class. She made sure to stay there, not just for herself, but to make her parents proud. Then came Jamie Larisha Escodero. A transfer student. Smart and confident. Suddenly, Katana wasn't the only one shining. And she hated it. She hated her. It felt like Jamie had stolen her spotlight, the one thing Katana had worked so hard to keep. But as time passed, her frustration toward Jamie only grew stronger. Every glance, every smirk, every little victory Jamie claimed sent Katana's blood boiling. What she didn't know was that, with every glare and every word of annoyance, Jamie's feelings for her only deepened. Because every time Katana got mad, Jamie didn't feel irritated- she felt something else entirely. Butterflies. "I-I think I'm in love with her..."

Haven Audrea Polina grew up asking questions the world never answered kindly. Bakit may mayaman at may mahirap? Bakit may magaling at may pangkaraniwan lang? Bakit may mga taong isinilang na parang sigurado na sa sarili--habang ang iba, pilit hinuhubog ang pagkatao para lang matawag na may silbi? She lives between four corners--of a room, of a classroom, of expectations she learned to carry too early. A girl who can do many things, yet holds nothing she can truly call her own. She exists quietly, believing that being ordinary is safer than hoping for more. Haven never wished upon stars. Not because she didn't believe in them--but because she feared the cost. She learned early that the universe has a way of taking something back. And with a family already held together by sacrifice and love, she chose gratitude over longing. Settling felt like survival. Until Gabriel Elias Martinez came into her orbit. With eyes that carried warmth instead of distance, he showed her a world beyond what she had learned to afford. Beyond fear. Beyond quiet self-denial. Through him, Haven saw color where she once only allowed herself comfort. And for the first time, she looked up-not to ask for more, but to wonder if she was allowed to keep what made her feel alive. Yet stars have their own sky. A light pulled too close can burn. A star forced out of its place can lose its glow. And love-when tangled with fear, class, timing, and self-worth--can become something fragile. So Haven does what she has always done. She steps back. She looks up. And instead of wishing, she prays--that the star she learned to love remains alight, even if her place is only to look up from afar.

Aurora Vargas, aka Abby's golden girl. She was born to be famous. Born to dance, her flawless technique makes her stand out. She's unstoppable, and has been for a little time now. She's a trippel threat. Dancing, singing and acting. She had them all and nobody was save from her. Follow her story to see how she became from undefeated to unforgettable. *** Beyond the spotlight: a legends story, book one {seasons 1-6} Beyond the spotlights shadow: rising from under, book two {seasons 6-8} Rankings #1 dance (07/04/26) #1 dancemomsfanfiction (10/04/26) #1 dance moms (10/04/26) #1 maddieziegler (10/04/26)

At twenty-eight, Logan Boone is finally ready to do what everyone expects of him: marry. An arrangement with Iris Gregory offers everything he should want-a respected family, a stable future, and a clear path forward. Then he meets her brother. Christian Gregory has no interest in making Logan comfortable. He questions his choices, challenges his convictions, and sees through his carefully maintained composure with unsettling ease. The more time they spend together, the harder Logan finds it to ignore the truth: the person who understands him best is the one person he should never want. As his engagement moves closer to becoming permanent, Logan must choose between the life he promised himself he would live and the feelings he never saw coming. Because some commitments are easy to make. They're much harder to keep.

"Some doors weren't meant to open. Some powers weren't meant to wake. Some boys weren't meant to be seen." --- In the dying industrial town of Harrington, Pennsylvania, sixteen-year-old Walter Hoffman has spent his life perfecting the art of disappearing. They call him "Dead-Channel"-the kid who doesn't blink, doesn't react, doesn't feel. What they don't know is that Walter's stillness isn't emptiness. It's compression. And something buried deep beneath the earth is about to turn the pressure up. When an abandoned mine coughs up an object that shouldn't exist, Walter's body begins to change. His skin fractures like porcelain. Light bleeds through the cracks. Objects around him destabilize, crumble, rewrite themselves at the molecular level. He is becoming something the world has no name for. And he's not alone. Desmond Cross has everything money can buy. A mansion built on a funeral home. A father who loves what he cannot understand. And a secret that would unmake reality itself-if he ever stopped holding it in. Desmond sees the threads that bind life to death. He knows who's meant to survive and who's already gone. He's spent sixteen years building walls so high no one can climb them. Until Walter looks at him and doesn't ask him to be anything. Now a classified organization called ENVOY is hunting them. Dimensional fractures are tearing open across Harrington. And something ancient is watching from the dark between worlds-something that recognizes what Walter and Desmond are becoming. Something that wants them to finish waking up. Because if they do? They won't just break the rules of physics. They'll break the rules of story itself. --- THE DEVIL'S SPINDLE Every reality has a breaking point. This one has two.

Winter used to feel warm. For Edurne, it was a season filled with family, laughter, and cherished memories. But as the years pass and life becomes consumed by expectations, loss, and loneliness, the warmth she once knew begins to fade. When an unexpected friendship enters her life, Edurne slowly begins to confront old wounds, fractured family relationships, and the question she has spent years avoiding: What does happiness mean when you've spent your whole life living for everyone else?

She's worshipped by the world but only feels safe with him. Gigi Ray is a super model, born into fame and expectations she never wanted. Desperate for something raw and real, she escapes to live her dream to study in Ashfard University. Dylan West is just a bartender, charming and playful, impossible not to trust. Falling for her was never the plan, but the more he explored her world beyond the fake smiles and PR, his heart opened up to something dangerous. |Dual POV| |One of Them is Famous| |Friends to Lovers| |He Falls First| #5 in Famous (08th of June, 2026) PLAYLIST Lucky - Britney Spears Sucker - Jonas Brothers My Mind & Me - Selena Gomez The Way I Are - Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson, D.O.E. Rose Colored Lenses - Miley Cyrus What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish Delicate - Taylor Swift Piece Of You - Shawn Mendes

It might seem as though not much time has passed since Runway was saved. Everyone did their job impeccably, but time couldn't be stopped, and fate forced us to adapt to the new rules of the game. My job at Runway was supposed to last for a while, but I stuck it out until these changes came about - they arrived suddenly, but everyone had been feeling them for some time. My name is Andy Sachs, and this story isn't about me, but about how one person wants to play the fashion world by their own rules... And that's where the problem begins.

Eletta Marie is a dreamer who refuses to give up. As the eldest daughter, she carries her family on her shoulders; balancing work and studies, pushing herself every day, all to give them a better future. Everything she does is for her family. Then there's Chase Archibald, rich, confident, and undeniably charming. Even with everything he has, there are burdens he carries quietly, things he doesn't easily let others see. Two different lives cross paths, and nothing stays the same. As Eletta continues to fight for her dreams and her family, she is faced with choices that demand more from her than she ever expected to give. Because in the end, dreams always come with a cost, and she is willing to pay for hers, no matter how much it takes. Started: April 16, 2026 Completed: ---

y/n was recovered from the ocean and was transported into the Urbanshade blacksite and y/n is over 10,000 years old and is scylla's sister but they did not know that all they knew was that y/n is over 10,000 years old and is a siren but what happens when a 10,000+ siren meets Z-13 oh and y/n's code name is A-10

Lartford Academy Series #1: Perfect Equation "Two broken variables. One perfect equation." Anastasia Riverly Quiño is a top STEM student built on expectations, discipline, and silent exhaustion. To everyone, she is the definition of success. But behind that image is someone slowly losing familiarity with herself, piece by piece, in the name of being enough. Everything shifts when Hezekiah Ashley Maravilla enters her world-quiet, observant, and infuriatingly perceptive in ways she cannot ignore. He doesn't try to fix her. He sees her as she is. And that alone is enough to unsettle everything she has carefully built. What begins as quiet friction between two different worlds slowly turns into something neither of them can define, an understanding that feels too personal to name, a curiosity they try to deny, and emotions they keep pushing away. With Hezekiah, Anastasia starts questioning not only who she is, but whether she has ever truly lived beyond expectations at all. And in the middle of pressure, achievement, and silence, they begin forming a connection that feels less like a perfect equation-and more like something dangerously real.

Falling deeply in love with her idol from the 1920s... and saving his life... Katie Hearst, a mountain climbing enthusiast, gets the shock of her life when she is sent back in time and meets the soon-to-be mountaineering legend Sandy Irvine as he goes to school at Merton College, Oxford, England. She knows his story - he perishes on Mt. Everest with other mountaineering legend George Mallory as they try to reach the summit on June 8th, 1924. She befriends him, as well as those closest to him, and lives life in the last bit of 1923 and early 1924. When she realizes that she can save his life, she decides to tell him not to go to Everest. He is determined to go, though, which makes her mission difficult. Also... she falls in love with him while trying to accomplish her mission and while she spends time with him and his friends. He falls in love with her, too, and this causes problems with his married girlfriend Marjory. How will Sandy react when he realizes that the real reason why Katie glued herself to his side was to convince him to give up on his dreams? Well, regardless, it could ultimately save his life. Based on the true story of the mountaineering legend Andrew Comyne Irvine, or Sandy, the young 21-year-old Englishman who had a dream of summiting the tallest mountain in the world, and who aimed to do so with other mountaineering legend George Mallory. Whether they reached the summit or not is a mystery to this day. Sadly, they died on the mountain. Sandy's body hasn't been found while George's was found back in 1999. This story takes place right before Sandy leaves for Everest, and he is your average 1920's Oxford student. Most the events are based off of real events that happened with Sandy, as told in his biography called "Fearless on Everest" written by his great-niece Julie Summers. Rating Warning: some language, sexual content & sensuality (no sex scenes, but it is implied)

Una ultima visita a lo que alguna vez fue tu lugar feliz...espero que lo aprecies porque nunca los volveras a ver solo te quedaran recuerdos de que epocas mas felices. Yo seguire aqui sabiendo que al menos hise algo bueno para ti....

In the year of 2036 the world of eSports revolves around a titan of the FPS genre - Killshot Blackout. Teams of 4 participate in massive tournaments to earn unfathomable payouts and the prestige of a champion title for the biggest competitive game in the world. Part I: Having turned his back to the scene, Brandon Lee finds himself drawn to KSBO one more time. His ambitions lead to a growing interest in joining the regional qualifier but first - he needs a team...

Yumiko, the daughter of a famous actor, meets James, the popular member of the boy group Cortis. They meet at an award show and fall for each other quickly. But the barriers of fame and acceptance lead them to keep their relationship hidden behind the scenes.

The expected girl, A teenage girl known for her perfection until the cracks begin to show. As friends turn away and expectations grow heavier, she struggles through a cruel world filled with pressure, disappointment, and the harsh reality of being a teenager.

(Lucky Academy Series #1) Ashleigh Silvestre has spent her entire life running a race she never agreed to. Groomed to excel, molded to be the greatest, she grew up inside an invisible prison built from pressure, expectations, and the constant fear of being a disappointment. Childhood joy was replaced with academic medals; freedom was replaced with routines and rules. Fun was a luxury she couldn't afford. Just when she thinks she's learned how to survive the weight on her shoulders, Andrei Javier barges into her carefully controlled world. Loud, unpredictable, and impossible to ignore. He saw not the flawless honor student, but the girl with fractures hiding behind carefully constructed walls. He held her together... and somehow, he also makes the cracks beneath her surface spread even wider. Because Andrei is both comfort and chaos. As their worlds collide, Ashleigh is forced to confront the terrifying truth that loving someone might require breaking apart first.

A young girl by the name of Layla Fernandez was a student at Riverside High School. She was labeled "perfect," by everyone around her and students and teachers held high expectations. She falls under pressure and academic burnout over time.

"Say I'm there for you, but I'm out of time" Aeliana is one of six girls who are slightly thrusted into fame with the creation of a second competition team for the upcoming show Dance Moms, but the pressure is on. Dance Moms/Fem OCS Season 1-5 2025 © vampys_cats

A woman slips in her home. A tragic accident, everyone agrees. Except investigative consultant Leora Dane doesn't believe in accidents. She believes in gaps-the invisible spaces between what people claim happened and what the evidence actually shows. When called to the Harper house, Leora reads something others missed: a coffee table moved deliberately, grip marks that don't match a fall, a staged scene hiding months of hidden knowledge. What appears to be a simple accident is actually the violent climax of infidelity, secret tracking, financial control, and a confrontation that spiraled into something no one intended. But proving it means pushing back against institutional pressure, institutional machinery, and a case everyone wants closed. One interrogation. One chance. No margin for error. Leora Dane reads crime scenes the way others read faces. She finds the architecture in the gaps. She sees the invisible pressure that breaks people. And she won't stop until everyone else sees it too. --- **THIS IS A COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT** - I'm seeking beta reader feedback before submitting to publishers/agents. If you love crime investigations, psychological tension, and unreliable surfaces hiding darker truths, I'd love your honest thoughts. **What I'm looking for:** - Does Leora's voice work for you? - Did the pacing keep you engaged? - Did the interrogation scene land emotionally? - Any plot holes or inconsistencies? - Your gut reaction to the ending? Comment as you read-all feedback helps! Thanks for being part of this journey. ❤️ --- **Genre:** YA Mystery/Thriller/Crime **Status:** COMPLETE (45K words) **Content Note:** Themes of domestic control, violence (not graphic), grief