Realisticficton Stories

If you forget who you were, do you get to choose who you become? Rachel has found herself thrown head-first into this situation..

Jayden understands what it means to party. And party he did. He partied hard. That was before she came along. Her. She was everything he wasn't. Dedicated. Purposeful. She knew what she wanted. And now he did too. He wanted her. The question is at what cost? Updated Every Monday

What happens when a depressed kid finds a hope? What happens when that hope is just like him? And what happens when that hope is gone? TW: Suicide (This is my first story, so I'm excited for any feedback that can be provided!)

She sits at crowded tables, drinks countless glasses of wine, and convinces herself that he loves her. That's what this city is for, isn't it? Reinvention? ***** Sixteenth Street is only supposed to be a job for her to afford the bills in the new city she now calls home. What she doesn't expect is to fall head over heels for a man with enough experience - both in the restaurant and in life - to make her forget the real reason she moved to this new city in the first place. Intoxicated by the world of fine dining and men who taste like her new favorite poison, she finds herself lost and in waiting - for him, for the guests, and, most importantly, for herself. ***** OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 -- prompts 28 & 29

"I never intend to lose myself" Many people envy the youngest in the family, thinking parents go easy on them and spoil them. But that's not how the youngest sees it. Andy works tirelessly to avoid being compared to her sister, who is two years older. She's seen each of her siblings leave one by one, creating new lives without her and leaving her behind. The loneliness she feels is profound, but she keeps all her emotions bottled up because she knows they aren't seen as valid by others. In her family's eyes, she's just the baby, and a child like her has no right to feel that way. While everyone else sees her as lucky, Andy struggles with the pressure to measure up and the pain of being left out. She's forced to grow up in the shadows of her siblings, with their achievements and lives constantly held up as standards she has to meet. Every day, she works hard not just for herself, but to break free from the comparisons and to prove that her feelings and experiences are just as real and important. Despite the perception that she has it easy, Andy's journey is filled with silent battles and unspoken hardships.

)))TRIGGER WARNING))) It all starts with goodbyes I never got to say. One summer, my world shifts - a sudden move, a tearful sleepover, and the crushing weight of leaving behind everything I knew. I thought the hardest part would be saying goodbye to my best friends. But that was only the beginning. New school. New people. Panic. Grief. First, we lose Grandpa. Then, Nanny. Then... I start to lose myself. As I struggle to hold on to old friendships, new ones begin to fray. Even my twin sister, Molly, starts drifting into a world I don't belong in - boys, secrets, and sleepovers I'm not invited to. I'm not even sure who I am anymore. Maybe I like girls. Maybe I'm just broken. This is a story about grief, growing up, and finding your voice when you feel invisible. Because even when everything changes - maybe you don't have to.

Some people disappear loudly. They scream, fight, leave, and make sure the world notices their absence. Vanika didn't. She stayed. She breathed. She smiled when expected to. She learned when to lower her eyes and when to pretend she was fine. This is not a story about a girl who wanted to die. It is about a girl who wanted to live, but slowly realized that no one around her wanted her alive. Families don't always abandon children by leaving them behind. Sometimes they abandon them by keeping them close, feeding them, educating them, and still making them feel unwanted every single day. Vanika was loved on paper. Fed with money. Maintained with silence. And when life finally asked her for more than her body could give, when illness crept in quietly and motherhood arrived briefly and left brutally, she did not cry loud enough for the world to notice. Because she had already learned something far more dangerous than pain. She learned how to disappear while still being present. This book does not promise comfort. It does not promise justice. It does not promise that love will fix everything. It promises truth. The kind that makes you pause mid-page. The kind that makes you rethink how easily we judge, ignore, or wound the quiet ones. If you are looking for a beautiful love story, you may want to stop here. But if you are willing to witness what happens before someone disappears completely - turn the page. Vanika is waiting.

A teenager who moves to a new school, finally getting used to things, becomes friends with a chess dweeb, a fashionista, a honest friend (who won't share secrets) and a wild boy, who falls in love with her. Hianna doesn't know how to handle this, feeling regretful. She says slipping in the shadows would be way easier than rejecting her friend to his face. How will this story end?

Cecilia Moore and Rowan Sinclair meet by chance over the last chocolate éclair. It's brief, forgettable, and meant to stay that way. Instead, they become friends. Slowly. Quietly. Through shared routines, unfinished conversations, and time that keeps folding them back into each other's lives. What they build feels safe because it remains undefined no expectations, no promises, no risk of loss. Rowan grows attached first, though he never says it. Cecilia senses the shift but refuses to name it, afraid that once spoken, it will demand more than she's willing to give. As the line between friendship and love blurs, they're forced to confront what happens when emotional intimacy arrives before readiness and whether some connections are doomed not because they fail, but because they are understood too late. © skiilore

📖 Beyond 720 She was just a number to the world-until he saw the pain behind her silence. Aarya Sharma is a 18-year-old NEET aspirant with a ticking clock, a mountain of expectations, and no one who truly listens. Every day is a silent war between her books and her breaking heart. Until one night, a bleeding hand and a hospital visit bring her face-to-face with Dr. Aahan Mehra. He's everything she's not-bubbly, brilliant, a golden boy who wears sunshine like second skin. But behind his smile hides a story no textbook ever taught. He doesn't fall for her. He recognizes her. Because he's been there too. And sometimes, healing begins with a single person who stays. A story about pressure, purpose, and the quiet kind of love that doesn't ask for anything-just reminds you to breathe.

Eleven-year-old Nala has been trapped in the foster care system since she was four. Her mother died of a drug overdose when Nala was just two, and two years later her father was arrested for a heinous crime. Since then, Nala has been passed from home to home, fostered, returned, and discarded like a broken toy no one wanted to keep. That is until she meets the Ambrose family.

Apa jadinya kalau tatapan tajam bisa bikin orang berubah? Joko Wiryawan, guru SD yang terkenal dengan "tatapan maut"-nya, nggak pernah mukul murid. Tapi sekali dia menatap... murid bisa langsung merasa berdosa tiga generasi ke belakang. Dari tatapan itu, lahir gerakan "Tatapan Sosial" - aksi diam yang bikin pelanggar aturan malu sendiri. Tapi saat gerakan itu viral dan diambil alih pemerintah, segalanya jadi kacau. Orang jujur dibunuh. Anak SD balas dendam pakai pisau dapur. Dan orang-orang yang cuma mau terlihat baik, malah membunuh kebaikan itu sendiri. Sebuah kisah lucu, getir, dan reflektif tentang moral, media sosial, dan bahaya jadi manusia paling benar di internet. > Karena terkadang... yang paling perlu diselamatkan bukan dunia, tapi diri sendiri dulu.

"Look at yourself!" "But I'm disgusting." 17 year old Serena looses all hope of living after getting into a critical accident that cost her a leg. But Adam says otherwise...

Wren's life takes an unexpected turn when she joins a roller derby team led by the elusive Corinne Fontaine. ***** Moving to Connecticut had never been in former figure skater Wren Wu's plans, yet there she is. She's there for her brother's sake, against her will, and is feeling like her whole world is slipping out of her hands. When she's offered an opportunity to try out for the university roller derby team, captained by the infuriatingly beautiful Corinne Fontaine, everything inside her tells her it's a bad idea, but she's never been one to make good decisions anyway. [[5X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] [[THE AMBYS 2023 TOP PICK IN ROMANCE]] © 2020 caterina george // all rights reserved

[_•මාගේ ප්රියතම පාපය•_] ✒︎මගේ ජීවිතේට කවමදාවත් සැනසීමක් උරුම නැද්ද කේෂ්.!මන් මැරිලා යන්නද ඔයාලා හැමෝටම ඕන..?එහෙමනම් තවත් මාව රිද්දන්නෙ නැතුව ඔය අත් වලින්ම මාව මරලා දාන්න..මන් තරහ නෑ..මේ වෙලාවෙ හැටියට ඒක මට ලොකු සැනසීමක්..✒︎ 🌹සෙල්ලක්කාර බඹරෙකු හුදෙක් *ප්රේමයෙන්* ම පමණක් පිරවූ පුංචි රෝස මලගේ කතාව...🌹 #DarkRomance# #Yizhan_(ff) "A reckless rich playboy. A troubled university student. Their worlds collide in a dangerous, forbidden love."

About My Short Stories This is an ongoing collection of short stories-each one inspired by the people who've left a mark on my life. Family, friends, coworkers, and even passing acquaintances all have their own stories, and here you'll find them captured in snapshots. Some are funny, some bittersweet, some unforgettable-but all of them are real moments seen through my eyes. A celebration of the characters we meet along the way, and the ways they shape who we become.

Some love stories don't begin with Conversations. They begin with glances, pauses and moments that means everything to one heart and nothing-yet to the other. "Across the Counter" is a slow-burn romance about two strangers living seperate lives connected only by time, place, and quite feelings that grow without permission. Set ordinary spaces, this story unfolds gently-with humor, ache, and moments that linger longer than words. If you're looking for fast love, this may not be for you. But if you believe that love can grow slowly, silently and deeply- welcome 🤍 - R.Inaara

A woman who appears calm on the beach secretly battles a storm of inner emotions she cannot express.

A sixteen-year-old boy is forced to become a parent to his little brother when their father walks away and their mother disappears into the depths of depression.

Everyone lives a life worth telling... even the quiet ones. A Normal Life is a collection of gentle, random, and painfully real moments-tiny victories, silent heartbreaks, awkward insecurities, simple joys, and the kind of thoughts we only admit to ourselves. Each chapter follows a different character living in the same world, crossing paths in small ways, growing in big ways, and trying-like all of us-to feel okay. No grand plot. Just life. Soft, messy, beautiful.