The Silence of Pumpkins
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Antonina lives alone on the edge of a village, leading a simple life, growing pumpkins and baking pies from them. In her life, there is no one besides these pumpkins, to which she has become far more attached than she dares to admit. Autumn brings Tonya not only a bountiful harvest but also an unfamiliar sense of quiet joy and strange tranquility. In every touch of the pumpkins, there is something more than just satisfaction in their ripeness. For her, the pumpkins have become a conduit to a world of her hidden desires, with which she remains alone.
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THE NARCISSIST
"මේ ලෝකේ හරිම දරුණුයි. ඒ වගේ ලෝකෙක survive වෙන්න නම් අපි Powerful වෙන්න ඕනේ. අපිට Controller එක අයිති කරගන්න වෙනවා. අපි ගත්තේ නැතත් , වෙන කෙනෙක් ඒක ගන්නවා. ඊට පස්සේ අපිට වෙන්නේ ඒ කෙනා අතින් control වෙන්න." "ඒත් උඹ Control කරන්න තෝරගන්නේ Broken මිනිස්සුනේ... ඒක Fairද එතකොට? Broken මිනිස්සුන්ව පාලනේ කරාම උඹ හිතන්නේ උඹ වැඩ්ඩෙක් කියලද?" "Broken මිනිස්සුන්ගෙන් තමයි බන් අපි බේරෙන්න ඕනේ... උන් බලේට ආවම තමයි අනික් මිනිස්සුන්ට කරදර කරන්නේ. කවුරුහරි Broken මනුස්සයෙක්ගේ ගොදුරක් උනාට පස්සේ උනුත් ඇඟිලි ගැන ගැන ඉන්නේ ඒ දේ තව එකෙක්ට පාස් කරන්න. අපි උන්ගෙන් තමයි බේරෙන්න ඕනේ... උන් හොයන්නෙත් Weak නැත්තන් අපි වගේ Broken මිනිස්සු. Healthy, Strong අයව Control කරන්න අමාරු නිසා... ඒ නිසා අපි Power එක අර ගත්තේ නැත්තන් අපිට උන්ගේ ගොදුරු වෙන්න වෙනවා.." "මට තේරෙන්නෑ..."
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𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 - 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙓 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍
𝑨 𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 - ___ "𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧?" ___ 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴; 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳. ___
𝑪𝑹𝒀 𝑴𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹 (18+)
𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧. • • • 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬. 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐨, 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭. 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
Unhealthy Coping Mechanism
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡɪꜱᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ (*Completed*)
"ᴀ ᴋɪꜱꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ?" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱... "𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫..𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄." 𝗜 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐢" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭... 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬... 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞...Complete
Tides of life and destruction
In a village where death is the only appropriate word to describe it's appearance, Adelia finds herself needing herbs, hoping to get something to eat in exchange. She ends up discovering that something lies on the other side of the mountain chain. Yet, she doesn't know that her redundant poverty life is about to change.
Weak.
𝕿𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖎𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓. 𝕿𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕴𝖓 𝖆 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖇𝖎𝖉𝖉𝖊𝖓, 𝖆 𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖌𝖊𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖉. 𝕾𝖔 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖘 𝖎𝖋 𝖙𝖜𝖔 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖋𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗? ❝ 𝕴𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖙'𝖘 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖞. ❞
Autumn's Embrace
Autumn's Embrace follows Elliot Sanders, a successful marketing executive from New York City, who relocates to the quaint countryside town of Willow Creek. Burned out by the relentless pace of the corporate world and feeling unfulfilled despite his success, Elliot seeks a quieter life. He purchases a charming farmhouse, hoping the peaceful rural surroundings will help him reset. Adjusting to small-town life proves challenging for Elliot. The slow pace and tight-knit community feel foreign after years in the city. But as he gets to know Lily Harris, the local school teacher, he finds himself drawn to her warmth and kindness. Their chemistry is undeniable, but Lily remains guarded, hesitant to trust that Elliot can embrace a life so different from the one he's always known. As autumn paints Willow Creek in vibrant colors, Elliot finds himself torn between the career and lifestyle he's always pursued and the sense of belonging he's begun to feel in the countryside. His journey of self-discovery and the deepening connection with Lily force him to confront what truly matters most in life. Autumn's Embrace is a heartfelt exploration of the tension between ambition and contentment, the allure of small-town life, and the transformative power of love and community.Complete
Autumn had gone through the worst mental games throughout the year. Her friends left her, her boyfriend betrayed her, she had no one else. It felt as if her life had been destroyed. Until she realized what she was doing to herself. Until she realized, she wasn't living the dream life. Would she continue to be veiled in darkness? Or would she allow love to overtake the evil within? Sequel to Veiled by Darkness, short story. Mature content. Mentions of depression, loneliness, suicidal thoughts and attempts. Self harm included. Intimate scenes. Harsh language Read at your own risk. Cover by @AlexandraLing2000 Banner by @veesquake
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