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  • The Color They Feared ♡ Lo'ak X Oc  by HScales
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    Born beneath the same tide, Tsireya was cherished by the sea, while her twin sister, Gianna, was feared by it. With her pale skin and white hair, Gianna was ignored and rejected by the Metkayina as a child, seen as an omen rather than a person. When she befriends Lo'ak Sully, the two form a bond based on mutual neglect and a quiet understanding. But love becomes forbidden, jealousy fractures families and superstition turns cruel. Exile, war and sacrifice follow. 25/80 edited version. Disclaimer I do not own Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, or any of the canon characters featured in this story. All canon characters belong to James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment. Gianna (Gia) is my original character. This story is written for creative and entertainment purposes. Number 1 in #nextgeneration Number 1 in #avatar Number 1 in #loakxoc Number 1 in #hopeafterloss Number 1 in #avatarfanfiction Number 1 in #avatarthewayofwater Number 1 in #tragedy Number 1 in #loak
  • Obsession (Yanderes x Male Reader) by frankowu
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    You attracted the attention of some strange individuals... Good luck. (MOST CHAPTERS WILL BE ONESHOTS, SOME MAY GET SEQUELS. FEEL FREE TO REQUEST.) Cover is Kisara from Engage Kiss.
  • Sweet Nothings by writtenbyavi_
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    BOOK ONE OF THE SWEET AND SOUR SERIES Vanya Sharma hated marriages. Growing up seeing troubled and failed marriages carved a bitter spot in her heart, especially when one of them belonged to her parents. While escaping the shadows of her past, she found solace in her studies and books. Now at 25, Vanya stands at a crossroads when her mother asks her to settle down. For someone who has lost faith in love over the past few decades, marriage for Vanya was a needle lost in a stack of hay and so was allowing her mother to choose her a life partner. Taking matters into her own hands, Vanya decided a contract marriage would be the best thing to escape from the inevitable chaos. Enters Mahir Oberoi, 30 the CEO of an advertising agency. With beliefs as strong as a mountain and desires as dark as night, Mahir was always ready for whatever life meant to throw at him. But not this time. He wasn't ready for the sudden threat to his position, the prospect of marriage or the five-foot-two brunette that came slamming into him along with it. With the only thing common between the two being their passion for work, Vanya and Mahir found themselves at odds. But, as the saying goes, reality is fleeting. Amidst the sudden wedding and passionate bickering, Vanya and Mahir soon realised, that the beliefs they had all this time were wrong and the reality of it all was all too sweet since the beginning. Tied together into a marriage of convenience, read as how they turn their bitter everything into sweet nothings. ◦°•✩•°◦
  • The Dragon Prince: Secrets In The Stars by TheFrozenShip
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    Recommended for 15+ (Make you're own call if you think you have the maturity of roughly a 15-year-old or older... you're good) Anyway... Six years have passed since Aaravos fell... Six years of planning, failing, hoping and waiting for what's to come, and just... trying to move on. But no one can predict the future. (Well, maybe Kosmo kind of can). Meanwhile, Rayla and Callum are navigating love, loss, and the unknown. Old enemies awaken, new dangers emerge, and every choice could destroy the world they've fought so hard to protect. Their home. Can they survive what's coming... together? ...Or will everything fall to pieces? The cover art, is edited and designed (Put together...) By me using photoshop, but the base image is created by Hanna Hofer, and the logo obviously belongs to the creators of the show!
  • Over And Over Again  by EmioweraGabriella
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    Time. We never truly understand how precious it is until we're running out of it. A silent wish. A random miracle. And suddenly, time bends. For thirty-one lifetimes, Elías is trapped in a time loop, reliving tragedy and desperately trying to outrun fate. But some endings refuse to be rewritten-even by a Time Walker. In every lifetime, he finds Abigail again. She is never quite the same, yet always carries the same quiet fire that draws him back. Some Abigails are gentle. Some are fearless. Some are broken. And the thirty-first Abby... is unlike any of the others. Maybe she's the one who can finally break the cycle. Or maybe she'll be the reason it ends forever. Follow Elías and Abigail as they fall in love over and over again across thirty-one lifetimes, discovering that while time can repeat itself, love never unfolds the same way twice because some love are not new,some return. The medieval Knight who keeps finding the same woman across lifetimes.
  • Bitter Words by ifrinemeyma02
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    "Love you say! Let me hear about it." Elizaquit escapes her abusive marriage and flees to Korea, believing she has finally left her ruthless husband, Anchorena, behind. Instead, she finds herself caught in a new nightmare, facing people who exploit her vulnerability and threaten to shatter what little hope she has left. Refusing to give up, she eventually lands a job as a sculpture tutor for the son of the influential Jeon family-a young man who despises her from the moment they meet. But when one drunken night leads to an act that changes both of their lives forever, the fragile balance between them is destroyed, forcing them to confront the consequences of a single irreversible moment.
  • A Flower that Never Forgets  by kueyii
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    Every child grows up hearing stories of beautiful mermaids. But the story of the sirens is one no one dares to tell. Leif is the only siren born with the face of a human. Shunned by his own kind, he finds comfort among the fish and other creatures of the sea-until a chance encounter with a lonely human girl changes everything. Though they cannot understand each other's words, an unlikely friendship grows through simple gifts, shared laughter ,and unwavering trust. But this time... will the sea finally accept what it once rejected, or are some hearts simply fated to part? After all, some friendships are destined to bloom... but some flowers never forget.
  • Kintsugi by LuminaNyxoria
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    She hides her fractures. He believes in repair. Claire has mastered the art of holding herself together-of surviving without asking to be seen. Theo understands broken things: how they split, how they ache, and how patience, not force, is what makes them beautiful again. When their lives intersect, love grows quietly in the spaces they never name. It is warm, careful, and frightening in its sincerity. But the past does not stay buried. Old wounds resurface, and healing begins to feel heavier than breaking. Là où l'on se brise, on apprend aussi à réparer. (Where we break, we also learn how to mend.)
  • Those Who Remember by SilverLyrastone
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    By the time Trista Erwood realised the peace she had been searching for was never going to be found at the bottom of a bottle, she was already old. This final session will be her memoir. A goodbye to the last of her old things. This will be cautionary tale about monsters, and how they are not born, but made, piece by wretched piece. But what are monsters, if not human? And what is more inherent to human nature than the desire to be heard? That is why she can never regret Elijah Keane, his glass heart and slaughterhouse eyes, and everything he became. For all his radiance, his wit, his kindness, and later, his cruelty, one thing must be remembered: he tried. So, if nothing else, pity him. Understand why she allowed him the greatest mercy of them all. Forgetting.
  • Blushes And Butterflies by Sentimental_Turon
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    A collection of short stories with various themes of high school or college romance, unrequited love, and friendship. It's also a mix of English and Filipino oneshots.
  • Finally Graduation by BooksbyLwordpress
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    SLOW/PAUSED "To all the memories". Join a close-knit group of friends as their all near their high school graduation. Bittersweet moments are reminisced, and new experiences are curated. Both prom and graduation day manage to bring some unexpected surprises. Could a past romance be given a second chance? Could a gift of an infinity bracelet from a past love mean more? accomplishments: Aug. 29th/24 #1 in end of high school and becoming an adult, #2 in high school prom and #3 in high school graduation and #23 in close friends Sept. 9th/24 #1 in end of high school and becoming an adult, #2 in high school prom and graduation and #44 in close friends October 12, 2024 #2 in end of high school, #4 in high school prom and becoming an adult and #8 in high school graduation October 27th, 2024 #3 in becoming an adult, #4 in end of high school, #7 in high school graduation and #9 in graduation day March 19th, 2025 #3 in graduation day and end of high school and #9 in becoming an adult May 29th, 2025 #3 in graduation day, #7 in bittersweet moments and #9 in high school prom, end of high school and becoming an adult June 18th, 2025 #1 in becoming and adult and end of high school, #2 in bittersweet moments and graduation days, #3 in high school graduation and #4 in high school prom June 30th, 2025 #4 in graduation day, #6 in becoming an adult, #7 in high school prom and #9 in end of high school July 12th, 2025 #1 in becoming an adult, #5 in end of high school, #7 in graduation day, and #8 in bittersweet moments August 3rd/2025 #1 in becoming an adult, #5 in end of high school, #6 in high school graduation and #8 in high school prom August 14/25 #5 in high school graduation, #8 in end of high school and high school prom and #10 in becoming an adult May 13th, 2026 #1 in end of high school, #7 in becoming an adult and graduation day, #8 in high school prom August 22nd, 2026 #4 out of 19 stories in high school graduation and #6 out 16 stories in high school prom
  • Summer Reverie by bellemoire
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    Some summers feel like a dream. Some people feel like home. Yet even the warmest seasons must come to an end. After a painful past leaves her questioning everything she once believed in, Alessia María Celeste Del Castillo returns to her family's ancestral beach house, hoping to find the peace she's been longing for. Instead, she meets Kael Aian Bonifacio-a quiet, guarded boy who carries wounds of his own. As the days slip by beneath golden sunsets and endless waves, two broken hearts begin to heal in each other's company. But some stories aren't meant to last forever, and some dreams are far more real than they seem. Because sometimes, the hardest goodbye begins the moment you wake up.
  • THE THINGS HE NEVER SAID by WhispersOfLostLove
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    Some people tell you they love you. Others spend years showing you.
  • THE LOVE WE LEFT BEHIND by theloveweleftbehind
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    The Love We Left Behind, Before We Became Strangers, and Somewhere Between Hello and Goodbye.
  • Mint for Komachi by yukihonovel
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    It's almost ten years since Komachi Hanaie died. Ise has spent a decade not saying her name. At sixteen she was the most beautiful girl in the school, and the most alone. She answered a compliment about her name by explaining what it used to mean. She told him they would never celebrate each other's birthdays. She was cold, exact, and entirely without fear - and she asked him for one thing. To be the witness. Ten years later he still has not gone to her grave. A quiet novel about beauty carried as an inheritance, about a mother who does not come home, and about the distance between wanting someone and loving them. 10 of 42 chapters posted. Updating. Originally written in Japanese.
  • The Shape of soul by sadhanawrites
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    Sadhana Fushiguro has never been the kind of sorcerer people expect to save the world. One year older than Megumi, she drifts through Tokyo Jujutsu High with an easy smile, and Ten weapon technique, and a habit of caring far more deeply than she lets on and chaotic teasing, While the events of Jujutsu Kaisen unfold around her, Sadhana finds herself caught between missions, friendships, losses, and the quiet moments that make survival feel worth it. But even small choices can change the future. As bonds deepen and canon begins to shift, Sadhana must decide how much of herself she is willing to give to protect the people she loves, including the strongest sorcerer who slowly becomes impossible to ignore. Canon-divergent JJK with action, humor, traumedy[comety+traume],emotional slice-of-life moments, found family, and a slow-burn Gojo/Sadhana romance.
  • The One Who Stayed by t4snimarchivess
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    Mehreen Zafra has always believed she knows what love feels like. It feels like Ruhan, the boy she grew up loving, the boy who makes her heart race, and the boy she keeps choosing even when loving him begins to cost her peace. Then there's Sahir Zaydan. Her childhood friend. Her safest place. The one person who has seen every version of her and stayed through all of them. He never asks her to choose him. He never tells her that Ruhan is wrong for her. He simply stays. But what happens when you spend so long choosing the person who makes your heart race that you fail to notice the person who never lets it break? Some choices don't feel like mistakes until years later. And some people aren't meant to stay forever. They're meant to leave you with a lesson you'll carry for the rest of your life. "The One Who Stayed" - a story about love, choices, timing, and realizing someone's worth when it's already too late.
  • Eternal Ember: A Forbidden Alignment Across Worlds by The_Spiral_Pulse
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    To the world, they were only sequences: 1227 and 0323-precise, untouchable, designed to never deviate. But systems were never meant to be observed the way Astra Solari observed them. Astra never expected to find an anomaly that answered back. Not until a ghost inside Helix Dynamics began responding to her presence-fragments of a sequence once labeled 0323, now archived as 0914: Solin Eriksson, preserved within corrupted memory layers that should have been erased. And then there was 1227-Caelum Aurelius Vane of Aurion Industries. A controlled architecture of logic and silence, built to remain stable under every variable. Until Astra became the one variable he couldn't solve. What begins as interference becomes pattern. What begins as resistance becomes recognition. The system does not correct their connection-it learns it, adapts to it, and mirrors it back in ways neither sequence was designed to survive. Every interaction leaves residue. Every silence gains weight. And somewhere beneath the architectures of Aurion and Helix, reality begins reorganizing itself around two variables it can no longer isolate. Because some anomalies don't break systems. They rewrite them.
  • Meizaru Koi No Shokei. by Sophia432376
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    Meizaru Koi No Shokei is a mystery shoujo that takes place in the 2000's, specifically 2009. Nemu Watari doesn't have many friends by the time she starts highschool, but when she meets the Zuko family...her whole world crashes down on her.
  • While you're still here by MizzBonniii
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    Two college students, both stuck in their own ways, until their paths cross and give them a whole new reason to live. Lucian has spent countless years with nothing to look forward to...until he meets Natalie. Natalie lives disconnected from her own life, until Lucian helps her find her way back into it. But they both have secrets. Will she accept him and the world he lives in and will he have the strength to leave if she does.