Restraint Stories

Lavender is a meditation on emotional timing and incomplete arrivals. It explores how two people can be present, attentive, and sincere yet never meet each other at the same emotional moment. The novel examines being noticed versus being understood, planning versus acting, and how certain relationships exist not to be fulfilled, but to permanently alter the way we feel and move through the world.

After a long day of selling charcoal to its residents, fourteen year old girl Mika Kamado leaves the nearby town at sunset and goes back up to the top of Mount Kumotori. After getting home, she is greeted by her forty nine year old parents Tanjuro and Kie and five siblings, thirteen year old triplets Nezuko, Takeo and Hanako, eleven year old boy Shigeru and ten year old boy Rokuta. After finishing their dinner and cleaning up, the family of eight receives a surprise attack from the demon king, who knocks out the siblings and gives his blood to Tanjuro and Kie after killing them. The next morning, the Kamado siblings wake up to learn the exposure to demon blood had turned their parents into demons with a immunity to the sunlight. Late that evening, Mika is separated from her family when the sadistic and cold natured upper moon demon Doma ambushes them and pursues her while they battle. After forcing the upper moon demon to retreat into the night by beating him with her family's sword after half a hour of battling, she is found badly injured from the battle by the blind and animal loving Demon Slayer Corps member Gyomei Himejima, who uses his speed to quickly get her back to his home to treat her wounds after she blacks out from them. Soon afterwards, she ends up falling into a coma due to her injuries and is placed in the care of sisterly pillars Kanae and Shinobu Kocho, both of whom place the younger teen in a hospital bed. After a month and a half, Mika wakes up from her coma to see the sweet natured demon slayer Kyojuro Rengoku sitting in a chair beside the hospital bed.

This is an alternate timeline, fractured and unstable, where canon does not unfold as it should. You are an outsider to this reality. Carrying a golden light that only resonates to you. Unlike any power known before, it does not conquer-it resonates, quietly altering the Planet, the city and the choices of those stand near it. In this altered reality, only one being understands what you truly are-Sephiroth, existing between death, memory, and the Lifestream. You do not fight him. Not to fix him. You stay. The Golden Girl is a slow-burn Final Fantasy VII alternate universe that focuses on atmosphere, emotional restraint, and the cost of staying in a world that was never meant to keep you. This story is not combat-driven and does not follow the main game's progression. It explores Sephiroth through stillness rather than conflict, and love through silence rather than possession. If you are seeking action or adventure, this may not be the story you're looking for. If you are drawn to something that lingers, introspection, and quiet tragedy, then this might for you.

(Last draft) This is the beginning of Verix Valeris. Not of what he is, but of who he decides to become. Electio. Book One of a Trilogy

𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖆 𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊. 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊. BOOK TWO | Resonant Series ♱────────────♱────────────♱ Elena now has a better grasp of her ability. But a darkness inside her lies dormant until now. Her ability begins to grow. And so does the danger. ♱────────────♱────────────♱ Elena Night has become more than the shell of the girl she was when she arrived at Nevermore's gates. But beneath her growing control, something darker stirs-something she isn't ready to face. Her Resonance starts to push both her and Isaac over the edge. Curiosity and passion turns into a double-edged blade. Obsession and possession comes at a cost. Something unknown awaits in the shadows, lurking, watching, waiting to strike. Elena must learn what she can control... and what will control her. Isaac Night unlocked her potential. But some forces were never meant to be tamed.

"Bridges of Broken Glass" is a story about love, loss, and the fragile paths we walk to find happiness. It's the journey of a man torn between the memories of a first, unforgettable love and the complicated reality of a life built with another. Through heartbreak, betrayal, and the struggle to forgive, it explores how the past can haunt the present-and how choosing wisely can shape a future worth living. This isn't just a love story; it's a story about resilience, redemption, and the courage it takes to mend what's been broken.

This is not a story about what happens. It's about what almost does. At an Ivy League medical school, Isabelle Laurent is known as the Ice Queen-brilliant, distant, untouchable. No one gets close. No one stays. Alexander Whitmore was never supposed to be different. Charming, privileged, and infamous for never staying longer than a few weeks, he understands desire. What he doesn't understand, until Isabelle, is restraint. She believes he doesn't want her. He knows wanting her openly would destroy everything. So they choose the most dangerous thing instead: friendship. "The most dangerous thing about Alexander Whitmore was not his reputation, nor his charm, nor the power he would one day inherit. It was the fact that he never asked for anything from me- and somehow, without realizing it, I had begun to give him everything that mattered." Slow burn • Dual POV • Consent • Emotional intimacy

Born to want and burdened by duty, a young woman labours to keep her motherless household whole, surrendering youth for bread and schooling for her younger kin. When chance draws her into the orbit of the gentry during a season of sport, her wit and quiet strength are observed by one gentleman alone. What follows is a slow unravelling of rank, sacrifice, restraint, and longing-where affection dares not speak, and love must learn courage before it may endure.

They grew up next door, close in the uncomplicated way children are - just friends and nothing more. When Mei enters her teenage years, Jian begins to notice her differently. He's five years older, old enough to know those feelings are something he shouldn't touch. So he keeps his distance, choosing restraint. Again and again. Years go by, Mei grows older and more sure of herself. By the time she turns eighteen, the lines Jian once relied on begin to blur. And the feelings he's kept buried for so long begin to feel harder to contain. What happens when holding back is no longer enough? And what happens if waiting means losing her? A slow-burn romance about growing up together, unspoken feelings, and the moment when staying silent becomes impossible.

Elara Finch built her workshop in the narrow space between a tanner's shed and an old apothecary because no one else would make room for her. When her automaton awakens inside that workshop, the change doesn't come with sparks or spectacle, but with silence that no longer presses so hard, tools that seem to listen, and devices that respond to restraint instead of force. As Elara studies the residual effects left in the wake of her creation, she uncovers patterns that reveal this discovery is not new. Despite marks erased and records destroyed, someone reached this threshold before her, and chose to stop. Residuals of Wonder is a quiet, character-driven fantasy about unintended discovery, careful craftsmanship, and the unsettling realization that some inventions are not meant to be claimed.

When a reckless drinking game summons the attention of Hades, Isabella's world is plunged into darkness. The King of the Underworld is determined to claim her, body and soul. But Isabella, a woman of fierce independence, refuses to be his pawn. As their passions ignite, they'll discover if even a god can be tamed.

--- Silent Observations Some connections speak in whispers, some linger in the shadow of a glance. Rhiannon watches. Noor moves unaware. Between them lies a quiet tension, a pull neither can resist, yet neither can name. Desire simmers beneath restraint. Boundaries blur. Every moment, every subtle gesture, carries weight. A story of obsession, fascination, and the fragile edge between longing and control. In the spaces between words and glances, hearts betray themselves. Mutual obsession, slow awakening, and conscious surrender to desire ---

A kingdom in ruins. A princess on the run. A sword that chooses its master. When Koda falls to betrayal, Princess Avice is forced to flee into the forest with nothing but grief and unanswered questions. Her parents are murdered. Her sister vanishes without a trace. Overnight, she becomes a fugitive with a broken crown and a shattered heart. In the depths of the woods, she encounters a man as mysterious as the sword bound to him-one whispered about in old stories, yet never truly seen. Cold, guarded, and dangerous in ways she cannot understand, he becomes her only path forward. As fate pushes her through loss, battle, and impossible choices, Avice must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to reclaim her kingdom. But revenge is not the only thing calling to her. Some destinies are forged in blood. Others are sealed by the blade.

She doesn't come to him looking for love. She comes because something in her feels unfinished. Cassian doesn't promise safety or romance. He offers structure. Rules. A way of standing in the world that doesn't require shrinking or pretending. What begins as conversation turns into negotiation. What feels like control slowly becomes choice. This story is a slow descent into power, consent, and identity-where restraint matters more than touch, and silence carries more weight than confession. Nothing here happens quickly, and nothing is accidental. There are no heroes. There is no rescue. Only two people deciding how much of themselves they are willing to give-and what it will cost to take it back. This is a psychological dark romance. If you're looking for fast spice or easy comfort, this isn't it. If you're patient with tension, power dynamics, and stories that unfold deliberately, you may want to stay.

Since their parents Taryn & Maxwell died when they were both four, identical eighteen year old twin sisters Eliana & Eleanore Kensington have lived together as sword wielders in the Kensington family's at home weaponry shop in eastern Orlando, Florida. One day, they return from shopping to find their home under attack by three evil robots and are taken out of their hometown by twin robots Sideswipe & Sun Streaker.

Workers unearth ancient seated mummies in Peru, unknowingly releasing them from restrained slumber as they claim new victims to join their silent vigil underground.