Trauma Stories

Everyone remembers the Lynch fire. Everyone remembers the bodies carried out. But no one remembers the boy left standing in the middle of it all. Tadhg Lynch isn't the golden Lynch boy. He isn't the baby who got shielded from the worst, or the oldest who carved a new life with a family of his own. He's the one in between. The one who saw everything, took the blows meant for his younger brothers, and carried scars no one wanted to look too closely at. Brave. Bold. Mouthy. A joker when he can manage it. And broken enough that nothing ever really sticks. Bethany Gibson is the girl who shouldn't have lived. She was three when the water took her under, when her father gave his life to save hers. She grew up in the shadow of grief, wrapped in the protection of a brother who bled for her in ways she only half understands. Sweet, funny, too kind for her own good-Bethany knows what it is to survive, but not yet what it means to live. When Bethany collides with Tadhg at Tommen, it's fire meeting oxygen-sharp words, sharp looks, a pull neither of them can shake. He's crude, cruel with his jokes, too much for anyone to handle. She's soft where he's jagged, sunshine where he's ash. He calls her Barbie. She calls him an arsehole. And somewhere between the laughs and the fights, they start to see the cracks in each other. But fixing what's shattered isn't simple. Not when trauma festers. Not when grief never loosens its grip. Not when love means putting your hands into the fire all over again. Funny. Raw. Heartbreaking. Fixing 9 is a story about the girl who wouldn't stop caring, the boy who didn't know how to be cared for, and the brutal, beautiful mess of trying to save each other when the world already tried to burn or drown you alive.

He's the NHL star with a cold reputation--she's the spark that could melt it all. All Lilah wants to do is keep her head down, finish her online college course, chase her dreams of becoming a baker, and survive. But when a photo caught at the wrong time with the NHL's newest star, Cole Becker, goes viral, she's suddenly thrust into the limelight--exactly where she doesn't want to be. And when the person she tried so hard to escape from resurfaces because of her new popularity, Lilah has no choice to run to the safety of fame and Cole Becker as his fake-girlfriend. Because no one can lay a finger on the newest sweetheart of hockey, can they? But Cole makes her feel things she's never felt before and she wants nothing but to be loved by the boy that makes her feel beautiful and safe. Cole Becker needs an out, and fast. A stupid rumor built on absolutely nothing is threatening to destroy the reputation he's barely built. He's only a few games into his rookie NHL season and already he's been nicknamed the NHL's "Ice King;" scary, domineering, and arrogant. So when Lilah crashes her way into his world, he has no choice but to fake-date her, to both help his reputation, and to help the girl who's already got him wrapped around her finger. He wants to show her she's worthy of love. She wants to be loved by him. And when the lines between real and fake start to blur, Lilah has to let go of the secrets in her past holding her down and let herself love the goalie. But someone is lurking in the shadows, ready to steal Lilah away from the life she's tried so hard to build. Past Rankings: #1: cinderellastory #1: hockeyromance #4: loveatfirstsight #2: minnesota #2: waitress #1: slowburn #1: shygirl

Her husband left her on the road. A truck finished the job. She woke up with nothing - no name, no memory, no baby she never knew she was carrying. And the man sitting at her bedside? A complete stranger. But sometimes strangers see you clearer than the people who were supposed to love you.

he wants a pawn. for a property deal of his dead grandfather.the condition is only married heir has right to claim the property. he wants a wife that don't interrogate his life.... he decided to cage a innocent soul that not intefear in his life. he saw her at cafe and decides to take move..... "please don't hurt my mom" she begging on her knees "then Marry me" he orders. "if you want your mother alive, then marry me aarohi , or else--" he threats .. will he has feelings for her? will she Happy in this forced marriage? will they be together in future? ..

HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY "The Mafia Maid" by @roseyzoa Madeline's life has been nothing but loss, abuse, and silence since the accident that took her dad. She's learned to survive on her own-until she meets him. Sebastian keeps everyone at a distance. Haunted by a past he doesn't talk about, he doesn't let anyone in... until her. Two broken lives. One unexpected connection. She was his light. He was her home. His Lina. Her Seb.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆.

Taehyung is sixteen-wide-eyed and far too curious for his own good. Every time his father's colleague enters the room, his chest flutters, and he tells himself it's just a harmless crush. But Jungkook, twenty-seven, with calm eyes that seemed to see everything except him, noticed absolutely nothing. To Jungkook, Taehyung is just a kid. That's all. But to Taehyung, Jungkook is everything he shouldn't want. Some disasters don't come with warnings. They come with a smile, a stolen glance...and a secret that was never meant to be shared. And in the end, only one question remains.... was it really worth it? ☆Top- Jeon Jungkook ☆Bottom- Kim Taehyung #AgeGap #HeavyAngst #DarkEmotionalThemes #Slowburn #ForbiddenLove Do not report or repost.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. That was what they whispered about me. My mother was a dancer who seduced an Emperor to survive. I was the ignored princess who seduced a Prince to steal a throne. I thought I was the heroine of a romance novel. I thought if I smiled enough, schemed enough, and loved him enough, I would get my happily ever after. I was wrong. My sister was the beloved Cinderella. The Crown Prince was her Prince Charming. And I? I was just the wicked stepsister who got in the way. My reward for stealing the male lead was a hellish marriage, a cold bed, and a lonely death. Now, I have returned to the beginning. I'm done chasing fairytales. I'm done trying to be someone I'm not. This time, I won't go to the ball. I won't wear the glass slipper. I will just fade into the background and disappear. Or so I thought. "Careful, Your Highness." On the balcony where I tried to hide from the world, a hand caught me. It wasn't a Prince. It was a Knight I had never noticed before. I wanted to retire from this fairytale, but it seems the story isn't done with me yet

• Book 1 out of 4 of "The Way To Save You" series. Hiraya te Salem Ka'art'ite, the last of the nomadic Terapatxi, has chosen the shadows. A survivor of the RDA's cruelest experiments, the fifteen-year-old Hiraya knows a bitter truth: in a world at war, her mutated blood is not a gift - it is a prize to be exploited by humans and Na'vi alike. ​Her carefully guarded solitude is shattered when a stranger stumbles into her sanctuary. He doesn't come with shackles or syringes; he comes with a gentle smile and a name that carries the weight of a legend. ​"I am Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan. Son of Toruk Makto. It's nice to meet you, Hiraya." ○●○●○●○ This Avatar - Neteyam AU fanfic: • is canon-compliant (save for the author's own interpretation of incomplete souls and Spirit World rules). • is written in switching 3rd person POVs for better storytelling. • adheres to sci-fi laws and logical emotional development. • is literally made to counter Neteyam's canonical death in ATWOW. • is made by an author who loves pictures (so please do read online for the full experience ♡). ○●○●○●○ Sample passage from this book: ​"Listen to me," Neteyam said, his focus narrowing entirely on her, his brows furrowed with genuine concern. He shifted, his hand moving to cover hers where it rested, white-knuckled and trembling against her thigh. Her skin felt fever-hot against his palm, a sharp contrast to the cooling spray of the sea. ​"Focus on this," he told her, keeping his voice low and steady to cut through the sound of the surf. He needed her to stop staring at the horizon with those dead eyes. "Feel the weight of my hand. The salt on your skin. You are here, Hiraya. Right now. You're with me, and we're above the surface. Stay in the light."

❝𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬." 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ "You listening to me for once? Crazyyy." He put his phone down, full attention on me. "C'mere den, sexy. We ain't got nothing but time." He bit his lip. Oh yeah, he was sumn serious cause that lil one two gon get me and him in trouble. . . . Dominic Winters didn't believe in love. Well, that sounded a bit harsh. He just didn't really think it was worth the effort. Why settle for one person when there were so many people who wanted him? So many to romance? He wasn't trying to be a playboy but it just ended up that way. His whole philosophy was "Marriage is a scam. Divorcing is inevitable. Every man and woman alike fell to his feet. There was no discrimination with him. Black, White, They, Them, She, He. He liked them all. It was mere fun to him, like a hobby to go along with his career he was building in college as the quarterback who was on a mission to make it to the big leagues all while keeping his grades in check and hanging with his boys. That's all it ever was for him. Then.. someone new came around. Someone who changed his routine of jumping from one person to the next. Dom was cool with everyone. He said wassup to everyone but when the new sophomore gave him nothing, no reaction, no interest, he was butt hurt to say the least. It even bruised his ego a bit. Messiah Hughes transferred to this new, better college. A fresh start to a shitty past year. It took a toll on him and he needed to get away, he had to. EXTENDES SYNOPSIS INSIDE. Updates every 3-7 days.

Four brothers. One empire. A love story written in power, passion, and destiny. They lost everything in fire. Now, they will rise from the ashes. The Rajvansh brothers-heirs to an empire, rulers of their worlds-had their lives shattered in one brutal night. Their family was burned. Their legacy stolen. Their past erased. But if their enemies thought they were finished, they had made a grave mistake. The world had turned against them. Now, they would turn the world into their battlefield. Revenge. Power. Blood. The Rajvansh brothers will not stop until their enemies kneel. Until love entered their lives. They were kings, but these women? They were the queens who could bring them to their knees. Between love and revenge, power and passion, devotion and destruction-who will surrender first? A tale of love, destiny, and the fall of mighty kings... in Sajdaa.

𝓡𝓾𝓱𝓲 𝓢𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓱 𝓡𝓪𝓳𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲 𝓧 𝓡𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓪 𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓻𝓪 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭'𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂𝓰𝓾𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓼𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻-𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰. We are worlds apart. She grew up surrounded by love, wrapped in the warmth of a joint family. I grew up alone, left to fight battles life threw at me. We don't make sense together. I have nothing to offer her-no grand promises, no dreams worth sharing. Yet, she managed to steal something I didn't know I could give-my heart. I built walls around myself, hard as stone, to keep her out. But she doesn't break them; she slips through the cracks I didn't know existed. She's healing wounds she didn't cause, mending a soul I thought was beyond repair. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀, 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓼 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓹𝓾𝓼𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂, 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓸𝓷.

A sequel to Fighting Society. Jess had been living with her older sister for over a year now. It had given her time to adjust to her surroundings; to understand what the true meaning of family was, even if it was unconventional. She had become settled; loved. She had found an understanding of herself within a society which may not always understand. But of course, the hard part about that was that, circumstances always change, and people change with them. Life was always about having to learn to adapt, but that's hard. Especially with the circumstances Jess faced.

Raelynn Baker A woman who escaped the viciously blinding nights of forced prostitution. Snatched from the embrace of a comfortable life, she had to hold onto herself for survival. A true warrior who persistently fights against the dark memories of her past. Vincent Marino A man who runs the entire underground syndicate. Born and brought up in the treacherous darkness of power struggle, he rose to the top by challenging years of humiliation and brutally vanquishing every opponent in blood. Respect. He values it the most. Freedom. She longs for it from her own demons. Mirroring each other's gaze, forcing the other to back down, they lock horns when a chance encounter collides them. One is authoritative. One is headstrong. Each holding a story of their own and both trying to read each other. She has secrets that when break out would tarnish his respect and question his authority while he has rivals who when succeed would shove her back into her terrifying past. When love becomes a double edged sword, with danger lurking right around the corner, can the ignited flames of curiosity break the shackles of their past and melt the ice walls surrounding their heart? Ride along the melancholically beautiful journey of two souls in their pursuit of a home! Reading 'What is family?' will give you a better insight into the family dynamics of the Marinos, but it is optional. Disclaimer : This book contains violence and triggering content. I advise you to read it at your own discretion. Also, note that the female lead in this book is not weak or timid. If you're looking for a submissive female lead, this book is not for you.

She was crying and I held her face. Her eye lashes were wet with all the tears. "Jellybean? Listen to me," My voice gentle, holding both her hands. "Every part of me loves every piece of you." I said as I kissed her forehead. "Never forget that, okay?" She nodded, crying silently, her hands shaking and I hugged her tight. ════════════ ୨୧ ═══════════ At 33, Joshua Price keeps life simple: work, sleep, repeat. No surprises. No chaos. Just a quiet routine he's learned to rely on. But everything unravels the moment a social worker calls- He finds out he has a daughter... Seven-year-old Chloe Johnson arrives carrying more trauma than a child should ever know. Brown hair, wide eyes, and a silence that says more than words. Her mother is in prison after years of addiction and neglect, leaving Chloe with memories she can't escape and fears she can't explain. Suddenly, his stable world fractures. And Joshua, once confident in his own routine, is left navigating fatherhood with no map. As he struggles to balance work, relationships, and the heavy weight of responsibility, Joshua must confront the truth: love alone won't fix Chloe- but showing up, every single day, might ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚ "Finding Chloe" is a raw, heart-wrenching story about healing, rebuilding trust, and two broken souls figuring out how to become a family... one difficult step at a time. 🤎📚✨ Thank you for these top rankings: #1 heartwarming #1 parenting #1 Father- daughter #1 trauma #1 foundfamily

Kim Jungkook was never meant to be feared. He was meant to be the youngest-the one his six older brothers would spoil endlessly, the one who would grow up surrounded by warmth so constant that he would never have to doubt it. He was meant to be safe. Soft. Human. But at four years old, Kim Jungkook was taken.Taken-and given to a man who did not see a child, but something incomplete. Something that could be broken down, reshaped, and controlled until nothing remained except obedience. Jungkook's childhood did not disappear in a single moment. It was stripped away piece by piece, until there was nothing left to hold onto. Every instinct that made him human-every urge to cry, to resist, to reach for comfort-was treated as something that needed to be erased. By the time he turned twenty-one, his name no longer belonged to a family. It belonged to fear. In the underworld, Kim Jungkook was not spoken of as a person. He was something else-something quieter, colder, more precise. People did not say his name loudly. They whispered it, as if the sound itself might bring him closer. They called him The Shadow. Not because he hid in the dark-but because he had become something empty enough to belong to it. Somewhere far from the world that feared him, six brothers never stopped searching. And when the past finally stands in front of them-when the brother they have spent years searching for looks at them with empty eyes and no trace of recognition-the truth will not come gently. when his brothers finally reach for him, when they call his name the way they used to, when they try to bring back the boy they lost- the most terrifying question will not be what he has done. It will be whether there is anything left inside him that remembers how to come back. To fully grasp the cold, bone-chilling reality of Kim Jungkook-the boy who became The Shadow-start with his own words. Read his monologue Warning: content is not for the weak hearted

(Previously known as The Lost) Betrayal is nothing new to the Łabanowski siblings. Neither is abandonment. So when the eldest two disappear on the triplets' tenth birthday, it really shouldn't take them by surprise. Five years later: the remaining eight are all grown up and trying to move on with their lives when, suddenly, it is announced that the family will be reuniting. No one will be welcoming the brothers home with open arms, that's for sure, but when threats become reality and lives are at stake, they will be forced to put aside their differences once and for all.

❝I felt empty when you were falling down, as a gentle leaf gliding in the air, I almost felt like I would drown, as if a predator would prey on a hare.❞ WEAK HERO CLASS 1 (VARIOUS) X MALE OC Cover by me (I don't own Weak Hero Class S1 or the characters except my oc.)

Jasper Jean mariano is the mutya of section E. JayJay was never soft, never weak, and never anyone's to claim. This is her story-the strength they never saw, the silence they couldn't break, and the reason everyone who came near her fell... in their own way. Bringing back the og book 1 Diva jay! Rewriting amnse but in my pov. Lots of love to author lara. not copying. just rewriting. This is my work, my ideas but the original characters and plot belong to author lara only. I feel like there's a lot of mystery which is unsolved in book 3. So here I'm just continuing it. Though this book is from retreat scene, there were some things I wanted to add. I feel a lot of things should have been explained or atleast acknowledged. So here I AM. Y'all would never regret reading this book i swear.

Park Jimin isn't just a beautiful man built on power and legacy. He's more than that, he's the kind of danger you never see coming. They say he's untouchable, but truth is worse: he touch you and you're never the same again. And when Jimin falls for Jeon Jungkook, he doesn't simply seek his love he claims it, along with his breath, his sanity, and every piece of his soul. Jungkook didn't mean to fall for him. He didn't mean to love him but Jimin made from strategy stiched with sin and sharpened by intent, and escape? That was never in Jungkook's fate not when Jimin had already written the ending. Wanted to read the ending.. But be careful not to get entangled in it and lose yourself along the way. ⚠️ Content Warning ⚠️ #Top Jungkook🔝 #Bottom Jimin⬇️ #Child Abuse #mental illness #obsessive/possessive behaviour #Emotional manipulation #Trauma/PTSD #Dark Romance 🌟All photos used in this story belong to their respective owners.