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When we almost

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Ayla doesn't trust easily. Her heart, once wide open, now beats quietly behind the walls she's built to survive the echoes of disappointment. She's soft-spoken, thoughtful, and carefully guarded-until she meets Rowan.

Rowan hides behind wit and charm, his camera capturing moments he's too afraid to feel. But when he crosses paths with Ayla, something shifts. He doesn't just see her-he understands her, even the parts she tries to hide.

What begins as stolen glances and hesitant conversations becomes something deeper: a slow-burning love wrapped in quiet nights, half-spoken truths, and the delicate beauty of being fully seen. But love this real doesn't come easy. As their pasts resurface and vulnerability tests their strength, Ayla and Rowan must ask the hardest question of all-

Can love whispered gently still be strong enough to last?

A tender, poetic journey through healing, hope, and choosing each other-again and again.
If You Love Me, Say It Soft is a story for anyone who's ever been afraid to speak their heart... and anyone brave enough to try.All Rights Reserved

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Where Silence Lingers by acanthaa21

"If things were different..." Jeff's voice trails off. Ivy finishes it for him: "We would've been something, right?" He fell for her when she was still learning how to let people close. She fell for him when he'd already learned how to stay safe behind silence. They walk the same campus, smile the same polite smiles, and avoid the same memories they both keep replaying at night. Jeff doesn't blame her for falling late - he thinks she deserves a love without hesitation. Ivy keeps drifting toward him anyway - a little too curious, a little too attached to the version of him she once imagined. Some stories don't arrive loudly. Some slip in quietly, in the hesitation before a confession, in the space between two hearts that almost touched. A tender, aching slow-burn about timing, courage, and the love that waits in the quiet.

What If We Drown ✓ by brianamaewrites

Ashlyn hasn't spoken a word since the age of eight, and her heart's never felt more protected. But, when the confident and ever so charming Derek stumbles into her quiet little world, her emotions-and forbidden desires-have never been so loud. ***** For twenty years, silence is all Ashlyn Holland has known. Haunted by the memories of her father, and the harrowing song of the ocean that stole him from her, Ashlyn maintains a safe distance from the rest of the world. Treading carefully the sea of fear and anguish that surrounds her, Ashlyn is determined to do all she can to protect her heart from such a tragic loss striking again. In silence, she grieves. In silence, she is safe. In silence, she finds the strength to breathe. But the silence can only last so long... Derek Moreno is charming and devoted, and quick to see through every wall Ashlyn erects. With his arrival in town, defences fold and walls begin to crumble, the songs of her heart reaching new heights. Together, they crest twin tides of fate, the silence she'd once sought engulfed by his gentle touch, and the whispers of a love thought impossible. For the summer, Ashlyn welcomes the noise. The disruption. But, the ghosts of Derek's past will no longer remain silent, and their deafening power has the potential to drag them both into a current strong enough to drown them amidst their heartache. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ARCHER's VOICE x TEN TINY BREATHS meet in this journey through grief and the different stages of healing, finding love once thought impossible, and rediscovering one's voice.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 by hopewrts_

-𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐓- The moment was sparked by a kiss... Aaron is dared by his friends to kiss a beautiful girl he meets at his college gate- fate just so happens to turn it to Naina- no pretense, no deep-seated longings, just a kiss. Or so they think. But what happens when a single whim breaks motors deep inside their hearts? Will a dare turn to love that neither of them thought would happen? Or will they just be another pair in a long history of games? A story of chance encounters, heart-thumping moments, and the slow budding of something real. Dare. Kiss. Love. Can one moment, one kiss, change everything? -𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃- •Love-Hate Relationship •She fall first he fall more harder •Silent admiration •Slow-burn love •Desi romance •Rom-com •Main Lead Couple - Naina X Aaron {cheerful girl X clam boy} •Second Lead Couple - Sweta X Aryaan {Silent lovers} •Third Lead Couple - Disha X Veer {angrybird girl X hopeless romantic boy} -♡-

our troubled love ᵒˡᵈ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ by luxverse

Maybe it's fate, or just bad luck. But these two young adults continue to encounter obstacles as they try to find their way to happiness. Will they let these obstacles tear them apart, will their love last? ••• After her mother's death, sixteen year old Jia Bates becomes distant from everyone and refuses to let anyone make their way into her life, in fear of losing someone else. She lives like this for six years, until on one rainy afternoon, she befriends a stranger who becomes the only person who's able to make her happy again. With both of them coping with struggles of their own, they become each other's lifeline. But even after finding each other, life just keeps throwing them curveballs, and it's up to them to overcome them. **PREVIOUSLY "Blind Love"** (IM SORRY FOR ALL THE NAME CHANGES!!)

Library Boy by yumyumcheeks

"Darling." "Babe." Their voices echoed simultaneously. Writer just give me a gun. - Serena went to the library for silence, not a stubborn man who refuses to leave her alone. One accidental encounter turns into a series of unwanted meetings with a charming, irritating stranger who seems far too interested in her. What begins as annoyance slowly transforms into something neither of them planned. He calls it fate. She calls it a mistake. But the more she runs, the closer he gets. #comedy #romance #funny

I Never Told You But It Was Always You by AakanshaPandey4

"Sometimes you are afraid to say hello because you have said so many goodbyes"... This story is about two hearts, a boy and a girl, who were longing for everything life had to give. The girl was weighed down by dreams and a past of unsuccessful family expectations. She had to be toughened up, and all she needed was love and acceptance with a faithful partner. The boy was bold and kind. He doused her scars with love, holding her tight, and with every word, every gesture, trying to mend her heart. She had always longed to be made to feel like she belonged. He was kind, and slowly she found herself feeling like her fantasies were materializing before her eyes. She started yielding to him. Gentle, patient, and powerful, all of the things she could ever desire. The boy made her feel loved more than her wildest dreams. Always so gentle and loving, the girl began to feel like she can love someone now. Even though, she wanted to dictate the pace. No matter how much she tried to keep him away, her heart deceived her and chose him time and again.He became so important to her like her breath . With him she felt she is living a dream . He was the comfort who brought warmth into her life and the sustenance she had longed for in patience without her knowing.

His Silence, My Storm: Drowning In Hope by manahilalihere

They say love begins in silence. But what happens when the silence lasts too long? This is not a love story about happily ever afters. This is a story about almosts- About late-night conversations that stopped just short of meaning something. About eye contacts that promised more, but always ended in friendship. In Part 1, she loved him quietly. In Part 2, she starts to speak- but still, he doesn't listen the way she hoped. She tries to become his safe place. She tries to heal his fear of attachment. She tries to read his mind, hold his hand without holding it, and love him in a way that feels patient-not desperate. But the more she hopes, the more she drowns. This is the continuation of a one-sided love story that became too heavy to carry. A confession soaked in unsent messages, mixed signals, and a storm of emotions that never found a home. Sometimes, loving someone means letting go. Sometimes, silence is louder than goodbye.

Almond by byzuwa

"Some people teach you how to speak again. Others make you wish you'd stayed silent." _____ Almond A quiet love. A buried past. A story that will leave you aching. She doesn't talk much-not about the things that matter. Not about the names she still can't say aloud. Not about the night that changed everything. She just wants to breathe without breaking. To disappear into the background and not be noticed. But He notices her. Gentle where others push, patient where others pry-he doesn't ask her to open up. He just stays. And sometimes, that's louder than words. But love is never simple. And even the softest hearts have storms waiting inside them. "A soft love story wrapped in ache, healing, and unspoken words. Walk with me through the quiet chaos of two broken hearts trying to find their way. You won't regret it." -----

Ava & Liam: What it means to stay by everiris

Ava never expected her last year of high school to start with a stranger changing everything. Quiet, unpredictable, impossible to read, Liam walks into her life like a storm she didn't see coming. He hides behind sarcasm and long sleeves, drifting through school like he's just passing through. Ava tells herself not to care. But then he looks at her. And she sees it, the pain he tries to bury, the secrets he pretends don't exist, the loneliness he carries like a shadow. When they're forced to work together for a class project, Ava slowly discovers the truth he hides from everyone else: Liam doesn't let people close. Because the last time he did... it destroyed him. What begins as awkward teamwork turns into late-night conversations, shared moments, and quiet confessions neither of them meant to say out loud. They're not supposed to fall for each other. They're not even supposed to be friends. But some connections don't care about rules. As Ava gets pulled deeper into Liam's world and the complicated, fragile life he tries so hard to manage, she realizes there's more at stake than just her heart. Because Liam's past is darker than she ever imagined. And the truth waiting for him is something that might change everything. This is a story about two people learning to trust again... about staying when it's easier to run... and about finding light in the one person you never expected. A slow-burn, emotional romance about healing, secrets, and the kind of love that makes you brave.

DESIRE AFTER THE RAIN by Scarlettheart011

Two hearts that never sought love somehow found themselves in its crossfire. Desire had always been hungry not for a hand to hold, not for whispered promises, but for success that would make her name matter. Every choice she made, every risk she took, was fueled by that relentless fire burning inside her. Love was a luxury she couldn't afford. Rowan, meanwhile, lived tethered to a ghost. His heart belonged to someone who had walked out of his life but never left his memory. He wasn't looking for another; he was only surviving, counting the days in quiet solitude, haunted by what once was. And then Desire appeared a spark he didn't expect, a force he didn't know he needed. They collided, brushed against each other's edges, and for a moment, it seemed like something could bloom. But they both knew better. Desire could not pause for love, and Rowan could not unchain his past. while Rowan thought he had lost Desire to ambition, and Desire believed Rowan was lost to memory, neither realized that in their fleeting connection, they had already changed each other. Desire's fire had awakened a part of Rowan he thought was buried forever, and Rowan's quiet depth had given Desire a glimpse of something more than hunger. Did Desire ever find a reason to love, or was success always enough to fill the emptiness inside her? Did Rowan finally let go of the ghost of his past, or did it follow him quietly, like a shadow he could never shake?

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Where Silence Lingers

"If things were different..." Jeff's voice trails off. Ivy finishes it for him: "We would've been something, right?" He fell for her when she was still learning how to let people close. She fell for him when he'd already learned how to stay safe behind silence. They walk the same campus, smile the same polite smiles, and avoid the same memories they both keep replaying at night. Jeff doesn't blame her for falling late - he thinks she deserves a love without hesitation. Ivy keeps drifting toward him anyway - a little too curious, a little too attached to the version of him she once imagined. Some stories don't arrive loudly. Some slip in quietly, in the hesitation before a confession, in the space between two hearts that almost touched. A tender, aching slow-burn about timing, courage, and the love that waits in the quiet.