The boy in the striped sweater.
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Behind The Smile
Introduction "I didn't know you were holding so much behind that smile." Lia's world was a fragile one, built on cracks formed long ago. Her childhood was a battlefield she never signed up for, leaving her with scars no one could see. To others, she seemed ordinary-just another girl navigating life with a shy smile and quiet demeanor. But beneath that facade, she carried the weight of her loneliness and the chaos of her mind. Friends surrounded her, yet she always felt alone, yearning for someone who could truly understand her, someone she could trust with the pieces of her broken soul. On the other side of town was Troy, a boy who once thrived on attention and shallow connections. His charm was his weapon, and his reputation as a playboy made him the envy of many. But behind the smirk and the easy confidence lay a heart bruised by betrayal. A complicated past relationship had shaken his faith in love, leaving him guarded and distant. He wanted to believe in the possibility of connection, to open his heart again, but something always held him back. He needed love, not in the fleeting, superficial way he once knew, but something real-something that could mend the cracks inside him. When fate brought them together, Lia was at her lowest, her walls crumbling under the weight of her pain. For Troy, her vulnerability was both frightening and magnetic, stirring feelings he thought he had buried. In her, he saw a reflection of his own struggles, and in him, she found a flicker of hope she didn't dare believe in. Their meeting was not a coincidence-it was the beginning of a story that would test the limits of trust, resilience, and the transformative power of love. Would they be able to pull each other from the shadows, or would their broken pieces cut too deep? Their journey had only just begun, and everything was about to change.
𝐸𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐✔️
𝑖 𝑏𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑...Complete
𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘
𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲. 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫. (𝐧.) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ; 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 • 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝜗𝜚Complete
Hated Obsession
𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙭 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙢𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙃𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩, 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙨𝙝 𝙍𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮... 𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙢.. 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚
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This story is one of my first attempts at a novel. Hope you enjoy :)
Raven
Memories of summer camp rushed in my brain as I quickly recognized the boy. I think he recognized me too, because as I came in he started choking on his water, with his eyes bulging as he eyed me. "Never thought I'd see you again," ~ ~ Summer camp memories colliding with school drama... What could be more predictable? {r a n k i n g s} #4 out of 37 in not a fanfic [21.11.18] #141 out of 944 in teen Drama [22.11.18] #8 out of 1.26K in not completed [22.11.18] #14 out of 70 in not a fanfiction [22.11.18]Complete
Introduction "I didn't know you were holding so much behind that smile." Lia's world was a fragile one, built on cracks formed long ago. Her childhood was a battlefield she never signed up for, leaving her with scars no one could see. To others, she seemed ordinary-just another girl navigating life with a shy smile and quiet demeanor. But beneath that facade, she carried the weight of her loneliness and the chaos of her mind. Friends surrounded her, yet she always felt alone, yearning for someone who could truly understand her, someone she could trust with the pieces of her broken soul. On the other side of town was Troy, a boy who once thrived on attention and shallow connections. His charm was his weapon, and his reputation as a playboy made him the envy of many. But behind the smirk and the easy confidence lay a heart bruised by betrayal. A complicated past relationship had shaken his faith in love, leaving him guarded and distant. He wanted to believe in the possibility of connection, to open his heart again, but something always held him back. He needed love, not in the fleeting, superficial way he once knew, but something real-something that could mend the cracks inside him. When fate brought them together, Lia was at her lowest, her walls crumbling under the weight of her pain. For Troy, her vulnerability was both frightening and magnetic, stirring feelings he thought he had buried. In her, he saw a reflection of his own struggles, and in him, she found a flicker of hope she didn't dare believe in. Their meeting was not a coincidence-it was the beginning of a story that would test the limits of trust, resilience, and the transformative power of love. Would they be able to pull each other from the shadows, or would their broken pieces cut too deep? Their journey had only just begun, and everything was about to change.
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