20s Stories

Kennedy Bennett thought she had her future figured out. A third-grade teacher with a loving boyfriend, a loyal best friend, and a life she carefully planned, she was finally settling into the happily-ever-after she'd always imagined. While her best friend, Allie, embraced marriage and motherhood, Kennedy found comfort in the steady relationship she'd built with Liam-a man who loved her enough to start thinking about forever. But one phone call changes everything. When a devastating accident shatters the lives of those closest to her, Kennedy finds herself navigating grief alongside the people she loves most. As the months pass, friendships are tested, families are redefined, and the future none of them expected begins to take shape. Told through dual timelines spanning college friendships, first loves, and the years that followed, this story explores the bonds that hold us together, the losses that change us forever, and the unexpected ways love can find us when we're least prepared for it. Because sometimes the life you planned isn't the life you're meant to live.

How it feels navigating your early 20's as a woman. A public diary, written with the intention of being poetic about existing.

A young lady named Laney meets another woman named Jay and they come together to work towards obtaining women's right in the 20s.

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'There's a jewel', the whispers say into Mingyu's ear. A jewel the masses come in throes to find; from the dirty underbelly to the sparkling chandeliers of New York, the grimy bar-runners and corrupt policemen, all in search of the most dazzling diamond known to man. Mingyu doesn't plan on being one of them. But, like most things in his life, he can't help but take that first step when it comes to him. - Meanie/Minwon 1920s Cop/Moulin rogue fusion AU Word count: 8.8k

New York City is a wild and terrific city to all but Kay who has trouble fitting into the spontaneous lifestyle. With his sickly father thousands of miles away, his only motivation to root himself here is for the sake of returning a richer man - until he meets Fleur de Lis, the woman of his dreams and the temptation of his nightmares.

The old enough to make life changing decisions and young enough to not have a clue about the world decade. How often do you find yourself trapped between the right and wrong decision? Priorities, boundaries, change, studies, job, social skills...so many things take place in our life. This is a space where thoughts and opinions are shared and conversation/interaction with each and every one of you is deeply valued. Dm me for ideas, what would you like to see next etc. Bisous bisous

It's not story regarding any love or romance it's about life my own experiences and lessons that I have learnt till 24 years.

"When you truly love someone, even if he did something that would make you hate him, you couldnt help but love." Why should the world be so cruel? I can't do anything right now. It really hurts me to see him like that. Why do i still love him? Is he still the same person? Is he still him? This isn't me. I'm not this weak. But i still love him.

In the summer of 1928, the Overlook Hotel stands alone in the Colorado mountains-remote, immaculate, and deliberately unreachable. Open only a few months each year, the hotel has already earned a reputation among a certain class of guest: those wealthy enough, powerful enough, or famous enough to disappear for a while. As Independence Day approaches, a carefully curated group arrives for a private week-long celebration. Hollywood royalty fleeing the glare of studio scrutiny. Political figures eager to speak freely without consequence. Financiers, fixers, and discreet intermediaries whose fortunes depend on what is not recorded. They come by invitation, following rumors rather than advertisements-rumors of perfect discretion, unspoken indulgence, and a place where rules quietly dissolve. The Overlook promises what no city can in 1928: privacy. Prohibition does not apply here. Gambling exists behind closed doors. Affairs begin without witnesses. Deals are made without paper. And beneath the glamour of tuxedos, flapper dresses, champagne, and fireworks, something older and less easily named seems to watch from the long corridors and high timbered ceilings. Over the course of several days leading up to the Fourth of July, the guests indulge, negotiate, betray, and unravel-some discovering that the isolation they sought has sharpened their desires, while others find the mountain air brings buried impulses to the surface. The hotel does not judge. It does not intervene. It merely remembers. July 4th at the Overlook is a story about power, secrecy, temptation, and the thin veneer of civility that separates celebration from collapse. It explores how places-like people-can develop reputations, and how the promise of absolute freedom can be more dangerous than any explicit threat.

A college grad student that is trying to figure out life around her comes across a man that seemed to be everything she was looking for, but will he fall as hard as she did? Jaylin Doherty thought she was making the best moves in her life to get to the dream she had imagined for years. When a guy stumbles into her life everything seems to change and the path is no longer as clear.

When a kidnapping victim turned spy ends up in an accidental partnership with the local law enforcement, will history repeat itself? Or will she be able to stop those who took her from ruining her life for a third time? Evelyn Burton's meeting with Detective Jack Andrews seems simple enough, but what happens when the spark between them turns into a flame that's hard to control? Will Evelyn be able to keep those she holds dear safe? Or will all of her secrets be revealed?

🤎 'Three women. Three secrets. Three tangled lives.' 🤎 All that supermodel Amy Wonderson ever wanted was a few breathes of relief in a new home, after an early retirement from the industry, with her long-term partner and fiance. But leave the breathes, even her want to stay for a minute fades away when a not-so-secret gets exposed about her past on the internet. 🤎 Julien Sally Neverith was a normal girl with a simple part-time job in a coffee shop, a few cats in her one-room apartment and a hobby of collecting painting and hosting parties and competitions for kids in the asylum. But, her life comes to a 180⁰ turn when she realizes what actually happened to her sister almost 7years ago. 🤎 'Being jobless, orphan and a single mother at the almost 27th year of your life in the 21st century' was the position that Rosetté Maria Gomez have always despised with all her heart and might. Although tired, she had no other ways but to chose to live for her daughter - her first priority. 🤎 Fate has decided something else when Rosetté meets Amy and Julien - people with equally troublesome surroundings and situations - at the most uncanny settings - a 'Masquerade Maskers' concert in Texas. How will this one meeting at the most arbitrary place prove so much changes in the life of these three struggling young ladies with no will to continue their journey? Will they be able to find their way back to the start after coming so far into a messy life; together? 🤎 An 'ONC 2023' project with prompt #15. 🤎 Word Count- 3.6k [updating] Start date- 2nd February'23 Finish date- [*shrugs shoulders*] 🤎

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All the random poetry from my 20s.

In 1926, Gravity Falls is city filled to the brim with criminal activity. Due to an accident is Los Angeles, 17 year old (y/n) (y/l/n) is forced to move in with her only living relative; her aunt Susan. What awaits the young girl in this treacherous city?

"I don't know how she managed to do it, but with just one pan of eggs, she set the entire kitchen ablaze. I'm not surprised, to be clear. Just rather disappointed." Taken from the pages of the fictional '20s periodical The Saturday Gazette, Harp's Manor is the tale of twenty of the world's most distinguished artistic individuals as they cohabitate and collaborate in the hopes of creating the world's most magnificent piece of artwork. Whether or not they succeed in their undertaking is debatable, but the crew certainly raises just as much drama as one would expect, spinning lies, betraying and backstabbing each other, and generally creating chaos. Told from the point of view of author Rosetta Thornton, the narrative spans over a year and a half, with a new installment added weekly. TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains depictions of unhealthy relationships, use of drugs, violence, and lots and lots of alcohol. #1 in 20s - 6/10/21 #5 in prohibition - 10/10/21 #23 in complex - 8/8/21 #15 in notfanfiction - 10/10/21

We were at a function of one of our friends' friend's marriage. Now, we had no reason to be here except our 'friend' was hosting the ceremony and we knew his friend too vaguely, so we were invited. The we included, 4-5 people who have been friends since college or school, not all were each other's friend though. Weddings can be a lot more fun when you have an equally dark humored person sitting right next to you. thanks to Milan, Anika was not at all bored. and they turn amazing when they happen in Manali, and you have a weekend to roam the streets of Manali day after. but life has surprises in every pocket like the little shops on a tourist spot.

It is 1924. The streets of Manhattan are riddled with four things: Sex, booze, jazz and crime. And Sterling Connolly, dashingly clever Private Eye, has done nothing more for himself than monopolize the shadier business of the booming economy. And Eve McClure had done the same. She was a crooner for a witching hour speakeasy. And gradually becoming America's face for the ever growing succession of sexual flappers. Until she is framed for murder. And Mr Connelly is called upon with empty pockets and loose clothing.