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246 Stories

  • 𝑨𝒌𝒌𝒊𝒆 & 𝑹𝒆𝒆: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏  by reeewrites1
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    This is not a love story. It is a story about admiration - quiet, disciplined, and transformative. Set between reality and imagination, Akkie & Ree: The Silent Equation explores what happens when art does more than inspire... when it begins to reshape the admirer. Through silence, solitude, and unspoken emotions, two worlds briefly align. One carries experience. The other carries hunger. What follows is not romance - but growth. A subtle, introspective journey about craft, identity, and becoming.
  • Going Back to Love That Never Started by beexbears
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    She lives a life built on routine - steady workdays, quiet evenings, and choices that feel practical rather than passionate. When a sudden relocation leads her to a shared house in a different part of the city, she expects nothing more than convenience and adjustment. What she does not expect is to open the door and find him standing there - the boy she once loved in high school, the one she was never officially with, the one everyone assumed was hers. Back then, they were something that had no name. They walked side by side, shared silence like it was a language, and denied what the whole world could already see. When college took them in different directions, they parted without conflict, without confession, and without ever defining what they were. Now, years later, adulthood places them under the same roof. There are no classmates watching, no youth to hide behind, and no excuses left to avoid clarity. What happens when two people return to a love that never started - not to relive it, but to finally choose it? A quiet story about timing, restraint, and the kind of love that lingers patiently until it is brave enough to be named.
  • Notes That I Didn't Plan To Write  by Hyena08
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    "I wasn't looking for anything. I just started noticing." It wasn't supposed to mean anything. Just ordinary days. Ordinary lectures. Ordinary conversations in crowded classrooms. But somewhere between those small moments, Mira started noticing things she never meant to notice. A glance that lasted longer than it should have. Eyes that seemed to find her in every room. Silences that felt heavier than words. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe she was imagining it. Or maybe some stories begin in the quietest ways- in moments so small that no one else would even think to write them down. Except she did. And these are the notes she never meant to write.
  • The State of Dreaming -TSFTLT AU by cosmicallycosmic
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    Dreams. Parrot hates them. He hated seeing the totem get taken. He hated dreaming of Planet after he was taken away. But these new dreams are crushing him. A blue grass field of cornflowers. And Planet.
  • Then Sit Beside Me by Leitirary
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    She didn't feel the need to own the seat anymore. She just liked sitting beside the person who usually sat there.
  • When Brightness Found Quiet by Silent-Pages
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    In the quiet moments between classes and long walks home, two people begin to notice what they were never looking for. Yuuto is observant, reserved, and comfortable with silence. Riko is bright, admired, and quietly exhausted by expectations. Their connection doesn't begin with grand gestures - only shared glances, unspoken understanding, and the growing realization that comfort itself can be unsettling. "When Brightness Found Quiet" is a soft, slow-burn story about intimacy, restraint, and learning whether wanting something simple is allowed.
  • THE WORD  IS INN by Catherine620224
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    Rich blend of personal reflections, scripture references, and practical initiatives for community building and land conservation. It outlines a journey from import-export partnerships supporting local farmers to spiritual teachings framed by passages from Isaiah, Ezekiel, and the Gospels. The text weaves together themes of redemption, justice, and personal discipline with practical advice on healthy living and community service. It also includes specific plans for scripture study, prayer, and charitable investments in efforts like conserving prairie and indigenous lands
  • Indifferent Difference. by ailu_os
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    A young girl, untouched by the fundamentals of humanity, moves through a world she cannot fully feel, forced to navigate the fragile tension between her mother and her father.
  • Lily's Flower - Flash Fiction  by Hudycat
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    She gives him a flower. He loses it. Where did it go? A short flash fiction story - enjoy!
  • Entering was my biggest regret...(short story for my school essay) by idkman25085
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    Marilyn is out in the thrashing rain in school until she remembers the abandoned library of the school; she decided to go in. Explore. Until a strange man enters her life.
  • Clashing of Steel by ComedyGold1
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    Another generic Girls Und Panzer fanfiction. Disclaimer: This fanfic is going more action orientated rather than to the standard romance route. If you're still confused of the names and their roles, take a step back and review past chapters.
  • Ashes of the Motherland  by Nelzun51
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    A short Call of Duty: Modern Warfare OC Fanfiction
  • a hell story by aboutallandnone
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      Parts 9
    heaven? hell? who knows.
  • Valen: The Window by NaomiNightfall
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    In Valen, emotion is rationed. Calm is safety. Correction is care. Selection is honor. Citizens choose what they are permitted to feel. Deviations are recorded. Delays are noted. These stories follow the moments that don't align - a vial opened at the wrong time, a correction postponed by less than a breath. Nothing in Valen breaks loudly. It shifts quietly. And the model is always watching.
  • pages of secret love by opubobrown93
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    ...poetry is a man's interpretation of inspiration. Each beat has a lyric and each sound speaks to the soul. For who will understand how it could be the doorway to your heart....
  • The Birthdays by RajesKgky
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  • The lost art of subtlety by ElusiveMayFly
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    Strange, short poetry. If you have time for such nonsense, swing by.
  • Lyra and Will's Demise by stardust8938
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    A poem about the Golden Compass Saga. #2 in subtle / #38 in souls / #8 in Lyra / #6 in demise / #9 in tragedy / #29 in knife - 08/02/20.
  • The Blackwater by Jensen_
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    The Whispering Current. A ship of legacy passed from father to son. For Captain Sylvester Blackwood, it has meant years of fortune, routine collections, and adventure across open waters. But one voyage changes everything. As the crew nears the mainland, a horrifying truth rises with the tide: an entire village erased, swallowed whole by the sea. One by one, the tide takes everything home, family, friends. What began as a simple journey becomes a descent into something ancient... something unholy. Now Sylvester and his crew face an impossible choice: fight the darkness gathering beneath the waves, or be consumed by the tide that devours all.
  • The Perfect Cut of Meat by RuinedFox
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    The day in the life of an unorthrodox chef.