Tenderness Stories

John is disciplined, thoughtful, and inexperienced. He's never dated anyone. Never had time. Never thought it mattered-until he met her. Jennifer is brilliant, quiet, and terrified. She's watched love fail before. She knows what happens when you let someone in and they leave. So she keeps her distance. She doesn't reply to texts. She cancels plans. She builds walls even when she doesn't want to. And John? He waits. He waits at the bench outside her office. He bakes her desserts with little doodles. He sends good morning texts that go unread. He gives her flowers every date. He sacrifices job offers and dreams because the thought of losing her feels worse than losing himself. But how long can devotion survive silence? How much can one person give before there's nothing left? A story about love that doesn't fix you. About trying your best and it still not being enough. About the quiet, devastating space between wanting someone and being able to keep them.

These poems were written for a real boy. Not a villain. Not a lesson. Someone I loved deeply-and still do. This book is divided into two parts. One is the warmth: feeling chosen, safe, loved in ways that felt unreal. The other is the quiet confusion: misunderstandings, distance, the nights where doubt crept in-about him, about myself, about us. None of this comes from hate. It comes from loving someone enough to feel everything loudly. The fear. The hope. The overthinking. The healing. This is not about losing him. It's about learning how love can feel both steady and fragile at the same time. Read it knowing this: Every poem was written with love still in my hands.

last summer, jamie and walker found each other - bikes, comics, laughter, and one kiss that changed everything. but love doesn't stop when summer ends. through autumn, winter, spring, and back again, they learn how to keep each other in the ordinary days: bike rides to school, poems scribbled in notebooks, sketchbooks swapped in secret, scarves shared in the cold. there are silences that hurt, and silences that heal. questions that scare them, and words they're finally ready to say. by the time the fields turn gold again, "boyfriend" isn't fragile anymore. it's theirs. a tender, heartstopper-soft story about first love growing steadier, about keeping what matters, and about finding home in someone else. character list jamie (17 → 18) soft, queer, tender boy. writes poems, hides them under his mattress. cautious at first, but grows braver in naming what walker means to him. one year older than walker. walker scobell (16 → 17) the "new kid," still carrying the ache of moving too often. sketches superheroes, hums unfinished songs under his breath. protective of jamie, even when he panics about being seen. braver with his heart than he realises. jamie's mum gentle, steady presence. gives walker a stocking at christmas "just in case." understands more than she says. trigger warnings; this book is soft + tender, but includes: queer questioning / coming out themes light homophobic teasing from classmates emotional conflict / avoidance teenage angst + fear of loss very brief mention of family instability (walker's moving background) (no graphic violence, no explicit content - still safe for younger teen audiences in the vein of heartstopper / ari & dante.)

Book 2 Of The Arlington Series *********************************************** Book 1.) The Farmers Milk Maid, complete Book 3.) Caleb's Dream, complete Book 4.) Amy's Dilemma, complete *********************************************** Somehow Delilah, Ezra, and the Hawksworth Stud farm fall under the care of Benjamin Arlington. Delilah doesn't like it and needless to say the fireworks fly. Will Benjamin keep her under control once and for all or will she win out? Will Benjamin tame the willful woman or will she bring Benjamin around to her way of thinking? After all he moved to town to get away from the farm. ****************Read to find out****************

Living alone at a house due to differences with his father, Evan was a serious, intimidating, cold person. He didn't let people easily in his life. He was emotionally exhausted but never let it, to be seen by others. But one day a girl knocking on his door at 11 pm in night led to him to question his life and himself. Ever left her house to realize her dreams. Her non supportive parents led her to this decision. but things happened and soon she finds herself knocking on the door of a stranger. They say opposites attract but is it possible that two people of similar closed off nature can find their true self with each other.

"Ah, without you, all landscapes really seem empty, And memories with you are happiest. Please, let's be with each other for longer than eternity. Let's let moon and sun compose legends and songs about our love"

"Where the Light Lands" is a gentle, emotionally rich contemporary love story told through alternating perspectives of Lyra and Aren - two quiet souls who find each other through fleeting glances, shared silences, and the kind of moments that don't demand attention but linger deeply. Set in cozy cafés, under soft rain, and within dog-eared pages of notebooks, it explores connection, vulnerability, memory, grief, creativity, and the slow burn of falling into something real. It's a story not about grand gestures but about the quiet art of staying.

A letter written ahead of time not destined to be read

The wonderful story of a graceful love between two. I've wanted to make an actual Gracy fanfic that didn't attribute to certain qualities I saw in other fanfics of the two: no truth or dare, no unrealistic over-excitement or annoying exaggerations, no horror movies (Stacy is used to blood and gore from "The Walking Dead" so really only the paranormal might scare her), no Stacy being scared of thunderstorms, no inexplicable rash sex, no fake insecurities that these characters don't have in real life (especially those leading towards suicidal thoughts), no dramatic deaths of relatives, no cliche resurrection scenes of lovers coming back to life,, a focus on the two main characters, no rush, no lemon/smut at least in my definition it won't be, and no unoriginality. This story will contain sexual scenes, I won't get straight to it though because I want this to properly develop and not be rushed. It'll be sweet and innocent, pure. I don't consider this smut, because so far the way it's been portrayed smut is filled with lust and not genuine love. This will be filled to the brim with passion and affection. With love and self-love, tenderness and relentless adoration. Enjoy!

Wincing at the stiffness of her shoulders and the thunder that continued to boom against the inside of her skull, Claire reached over to retrieve the folded paper. It was a note, she realized upon closer inspection, a note scribbled in very familiar cursive. Its message was concise: "You'll need these." Right. Jack. (Or: Claire wakes up after a wild night out. Jack is there, too. Part three of "and all that jazz.")

The Walking Dead Fan Fiction Based in Season 3 Set in The Prison A day in the life of Carol Peletier at the Prison and a conflict between the Dixon brothers when jealousy arises.

I have realised that the more I will regret my past the more I will daunt myself.. Seeing the happier side of life...

A girl who has quarreled with her lover, realizes that she is unable to keep her grudge because her love is too great

Cassandra Allister's marriage to the virile Tuna sea Captain Brandt Donavan only intensified their all consuming love. But their idyllic existence on Rotham's Berry plantation was shattered when Cassandra, known to many by Cassie, was called to where her Aunt lay ill. Cassie's scheming ex - boyfriend, Kevin Sawyer kidnaps her and forces Cassandra to divorce Brandt to save his life. But Brandt will have none of it. Kidnapped back into her husbands arms. Cassie becomes the object of Brandt's thwarted passion and Jealous fury. Waking up after the blow, feeling hands fondle her, was more than Cassandra could comprehend. Flailing her arms about she opens her eyes to find Brandt's cold grey eyes boring into her. " What are you doing?" Cassie squeaked out as Brandt roughly pulled her toward him. " I'm seeing if you have amnesia, my dear wife," he seethes bringing his mouth down hard onto hers.

The first story in the collection Twists in the Tale, A Musical Calling, is a poignant narrative in which clinically schizophrenic Sam Baldock says he 'hears' Beethoven calling him. For therapy, his doctor and daughter Joanne accompany Sam to the Beethoven Museum in Vienna, once the composer's apartment. Will lonely Joanne, at last, get closer ... to her strange Dad ? Raymond Nickford has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from University College of North Wales. Troubled souls, the lonely, his inspiration. Lives which could be ours when driven to extremity, yet lives which can triumph over despair, glimpsed through psychological suspense. The complete collection of stories is available on : https://www.amazon.com/Twists-Tale-Collected-psychological-suspense-ebook/dp/B0052T3XS0/

a Monster Hunter story about one of that world's Resident Goodboy

Sequel to "The Lady's Highlands" Can be read stand-alone, but some references will not be explained. Her sister now married and settled in, Lillia embarks on her journey back home after the heartbreaking discovery that her own betrothed did not take their impending marriage seriously. Though she puts on a brave face for those around her, Lillia is terribly hurt as result of the whole affair. After a few days of travel the carriage is stopped by a band of highwaymen and robbed, leaving Lillia and her three guards horseless, penniless, and stranded halfway to their destination. As luck would have it, a devilishly handsome wanderer who goes by the name Felix Piper stumbles upon them and offers to guide them home through the shortcut in the forest. Perhaps what Lillia needs to adapt to the cruel world is a bit of adventure? Too bad her parents would never approve of her involvement with a rambling man who has a warrant on his head. Lillia will soon find that in matters of the heart, she has much to learn and even more for which to fight.

Sneaking to watch tenderness through cracks and gaps. How love manifests itself, how love blooms. A collection of subtle moments. A collection of love. It doesn't always make sense. But "always is not a word". Each story comes with a song recommendation Cover: Cy Twombly