Heaven in her hands
- Reads 29
- Votes 6
- Parts 8
Ongoing48m
Last published Fri, Nov 14, 2025
In the golden hush of Paris, dreams feel like they could take flight - if only the heart weren't so tangled.
Celeste arrived with a suitcase full of sketches and unspoken hopes, chasing the version of herself she thought she'd lost.
Between the hum of rain, the pull of unasked questions, and the quiet company of strangers who might be something more, she learns that sometimes the hardest part isn't getting there... it's letting yourself stay.
All Rights Reserved
#8
clumsiness
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
WHAT THE WOODS GAVE ME
She went to the woods to disappear. But deep in the quiet wilderness, she finds more than solitude. Something far more unexpected - soft mornings, slow healing, herself ... and him. A quiet story about healing, second chances, silent scars, and the kind of love that grows where no one's looking.Complete
Friends... and Forbidden Crushes
When she finds herself entangled in a fleeting yet unforgettable moment with him, their connection is buried beneath guilt and secrecy. As they drift through years of avoidance and longing, their bond remains undeniable, with stolen glances and subtle touches reigniting the passion they once shared. But just as fate seems to offer them a second chance, a cruel twist of events pulls them apart once more.Complete
Between Quiet and Gold
They grew up on the same street. Jude was the boy who always carried a camera around his neck, and Jules was the girl who painted everything she couldn't say. Their friendship started with laughter shared snacks after school, afternoons spent chasing sunsets, and long walks home where their shadows always touched before their hands ever did. At sixteen, they both discovered something unspoken. The kind of pull that made ordinary moments feel cinematic the way he'd brush paint off her cheek, or she'd fix his collar before a photograph. Neither of them called it love, but everyone around could feel it humming quietly. Then came the summer that changed everything. Jude's parents moved away suddenly a new job, a new city. They promised to write, to call, to never forget. But time happened numbers changed, addresses got lost, and life moved faster than they could hold on. Years passed. Jules poured herself into her art her canvases became her diary. Jude built a name for himself in travel photography every frame a silent search for something familiar he couldn't name. Neither of them knew that the other still looked for pieces of their old laughter in strangers. Now, ten years later, fate quietly folds the distance between them. Her art exhibition Between Quiet and Gold opens in the city where he now freelances. He doesn't plan to go at first. But one photo he took an old sketch he kept from her pulls him in. And suddenly, there he is, standing in a room filled with her colors, realizing she has been painting him all along.
Just a Nobody
Have you ever felt like a nobody? In a world where everyone uses everyone to feel seen, Solenne has made -race with invisibility. She believes connection is a transaction... until the small, ordinary intersections of her life begin to prove her wrong. Each stranger, each fleeting friendship, each fragile act of kindness starts to blur the line between use and understanding. Between ego and empathy. Between being a nobody, and becoming a somebody... not through fame or perfection, but through presence. This story is about the quiet evolution of a woman who learns that even the unseen leave a ripples. About the beauty of being known in piece. About love that starts, simply, with being noticed.Complete
Not My Fault
💔 Not My Fault - The Story of a Girl Who Forgot How to Breathe Serene doesn't speak unless spoken to. She says sorry before she says hello. She writes to someone she's never met - because that's the only place she feels safe. Home was never home. Love never looked like love. And survival meant disappearing, even in plain sight. But then, someone notices. He sees the flinches. The forced smiles. The fear in her breath. And for the first time in her life, someone doesn't look away. This isn't about a girl who falls in love. It's about a girl who finally learns she's not to blame. Not for the bruises. Not for the silence. Not for the hurt she never asked for. It's not her fault. Maybe... it was never her fault at all. A raw, soul-baring journey through abuse, healing, and the quiet kind of love that doesn't fix you - but sits beside you while you do.
The Way She Looked at Him
It started with a look. It won't end with one. She never meant to notice him - not like that. But once she did, she couldn't stop. A quiet woman begins to orbit a stranger, her fascination growing with every accidental meeting, every shared glance. To her, it feels like love - gentle, fated, inevitable. Yet the more she looks, the less she truly sees him. What begins as longing slowly bends into something else: fixation, control, the illusion of connection. The Way She Looked at Him starts as a tender, introspective love story and deepens into a study of obsession - how easily affection can become delusion, and how dangerous it is to mistake noticing for knowing.
Little Light (GxG)
In a world that moves too fast, she's learning to breathe slowly. To feel again. To let someone touch the parts of her she thought were long gone. There are no crowns here. No thrones. Just the quiet war of learning how to be held without flinching. She doesn't beg for safety. She creates it in silence. And when she kneels, it's not for weakness- it's because she trusts. But trust has a pulse. And it just might be hers. A story of shadows softened by light, of control given, not taken. Of healing whispered through touch, and love written in silence. This isn't where the pain begins. It's where it learns to rest. ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ : EMOTIONAL INTIMACY SUBSPACE SLOW-BURN HEALING TRIGGERING THEMES (VULNERABILITY, TRUST, PAST TRAUMA) 🔴 Tops: 🔴 1. Save haven 8/1/2026 1. Cozy vibes 8/1/2026 1. Soft dark 8/1/2026 1. Trustworthy 8/1/2026 1. Soft dominance 19/1/2026 1. Healing through love 19/1/2026 2. Wlw 3/1/2026
Miss, Do I Know You?
A stranger to her own existence, Kayla moves to a small town with the hope of finding comfort in a fresh start. But as she steps inside the unfamiliar classroom on the first day, standing in front of the class is a mysteriously familiar face, one that rouses memories of a time she believed had gone by. With past baggage catching up in the most intrusive ways, she stumbles upon unexpected comfort of friendship, unconditional love of found family, and a beautiful yet complicated bond between two hesitant souls. "This book was like a warm hug, and I might believe in love again." "I would give everything, especially my soul, to have the opportunity to read this book for the first time again." ────── CW: Substance abuse, harsh language, sexual content, mention of self-harm and suicide. ────── Started in January 2018. Re-published in November 2022. First draft (this version) finished in April 2023. ────── Copyright 2018 © Renee Steinberg All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced, copied, translated, or republished in any form without the author's permission, except for brief quotations or reviews with proper credit.Complete
She went to the woods to disappear. But deep in the quiet wilderness, she finds more than solitude. Something far more unexpected - soft mornings, slow healing, herself ... and him. A quiet story about healing, second chances, silent scars, and the kind of love that grows where no one's looking.
More detailsContent Guidelines