The Tracks We Leave Behind (River Phoenix)
- Reads 779
- Votes 16
- Parts 16
Ongoing2h 35m
Last published Sun, Aug 3, 2025
When Claire Bennett is cast in the 1980s coming-of-age film 'Stand By Me' alongside four rising young actors, she expects a summer of hard work and long hours and not the kind of connection that changes everything.
Quiet, thoughtful, and wise beyond her years, Claire doesn't chase the spotlight, but she finds herself drawn to one of her co-stars: River Phoenix. He's unlike anyone she's ever met. Brilliant, restless, and carrying far more than fame on his shoulders, River sees her in a way no one else does.
Over the course of filming Stand by Me, the two form a bond that feels less like teenage infatuation and more like something ancient, something fated. They're not a couple. They're not just friends. They're something in between and far beyond: soulmates in a world that doesn't have a name for it.
But fame is not a fairytale. As the industry claims more of their lives, and the real world starts to creep in, Claire and River are forced to ask:
Is timing everything? Or can some people find their way back to each other, no matter how far they drift?
Spanning years of quiet letters, distant premieres, secret heartaches, and unspoken promises, The Things The Tracks We Leave Behind is a story about memory, first love, and the people who leave marks that time can't erase.
All Rights Reserved
#44
keanureeves
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Summertime Sadness; Joaquin Phoenix
"You're leaving?" "Do I have to say it a million times? Yes, we're leaving to Michigan." "And you were just going to leave without telling me, without saying goodbye?!" "Yeah." "Well fuck you." ~~~~~~~~~ Rosemary Autumns is your average sixteen year old, someone who's just trying to enjoy her causal summer in California. It's not so causal anymore, though, when she soon meets the eighteen year old boy that's been the one for her all along. And his name is Joaquin Phoenix....Complete
river phoenix imagines
contains smut ! started 12.27.18♡ finished cover by: @biebogilinksersComplete
The Summer of 1985
In the summer of 1985, fifteen-year-old Roxanne Jade Peterson-RJ to her best friend, Kiefer Sutherland-visits him on the set of Stand By Me, where she meets fourteen-year-old River Phoenix. What begins as a fleeting summer romance turns into an eight-year journey of love, heartbreak, and self-discovery. As River rises to fame and RJ searches for her own path, their bond is tested by distance, ambition, love, and the pressures of Hollywood. Through the highs and lows, they always find their way back to each other-until one fateful night in 1993 outside the Viper Room changes everything.Complete
The One With The Broken Dancer
One woman loses the one thing she cares about most in the world. She doesn't know how to deal with that and decides she needs a change of pace. She moves back home and stays close to her brother and his friends, who also slowly become hers. She learns that sometimes things happen that you don't expect, but you have to keep pushing through to get over them. It can be a lot easier to do, too, when you have your family and friends nearby to help. Maybe she'll even find something more, something she never really had. Something she didn't think she could have. The one where Joey's twin moves back to New York. Friends Fanfic GxG OC x Rachel Green Rachel Green x FemOC
socks ⇒ 80s/90s
♫ "everytime you lie in my place, i do want to say, it's you, you my baby, i would be too late" ♫ accomplishments: #1 in milakunis #4 in river phoenixComplete
The Choices I've Made (By the Bay #1)
Twelve years ago, he drove away with my heart in his hands. I've moved on since then. Or so I thought. Growing up in a small town, there weren't too many options when it came to friends. But, even in a sea of a million, I'd always choose Jake Jameson. I felt safe with him. Safe with my secrets, my dreams and eventually - my heart. I thought we'd have forever together. That was a long time ago. I thought I'd forgotten those piercing blue eyes and the sound of his laugh. I tried to obliterate the memory of his touch from my mind. But, one single glance, as he stands at my door, twelve years later, and I'm suddenly transported back to a simpler time when love was easy, and my heart was whole. The problem? I'm marrying his best friend.Complete
The Secret Project
"How do I know you're not the one who's taking pictures of me?" I smiled, shrugged, and laid back. "You don't. That's the part that makes it thrilling. You have to keep it a secret at all costs, to win." "The worst part is...if I were to guess you, and got it wrong, I'd lose." "'Risk and reward'...or...'All good comes to those who wait'? In the end, River, it's your choice. It always is." ©mrs_mikitahoran-2015-2016 COMPLETED "I thought that this story was different because a lot of other fanfictions I read tend to have River as an actor meeting someone while he was acting. I liked that this story had River meeting someone while at school and then having an assignment where he had to figure out who was taking pictures of him. The part with Sevine taking pictures of River was really sweet. I read this story as often as you updated, and I was interested to see what happened." -AnneComplete![I'll Stick With You For Us [River Phoenix story: BOOK 1]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/12318978-256-k707256.jpg)
I'll Stick With You For Us [River Phoenix story: BOOK 1]
It was an amazing love story; His name is River Phoenix. Her name is Grace Marin. Same age, same school. The significant two re-met in the most unlikely way: River was passed out in an alley behind a local bar. Grace saw the familiar face and thought he was left for dead, but turns out, he was drunk. River had drinking and drug issues, as much as he wanted to give that life up, the daily routine was something he couldn't get rid of. Grace was a troubled student; juggling her depression and struggling to keep up her grades, this life style was more than unexpected. Read on... (Deleted for some reason so I added it back) August 5, 2014 - September 3, 2015Complete
"You're leaving?" "Do I have to say it a million times? Yes, we're leaving to Michigan." "And you were just going to leave without telling me, without saying goodbye?!" "Yeah." "Well fuck you." ~~~~~~~~~ Rosemary Autumns is your average sixteen year old, someone who's just trying to enjoy her causal summer in California. It's not so causal anymore, though, when she soon meets the eighteen year old boy that's been the one for her all along. And his name is Joaquin Phoenix....
More detailsContent Guidelines