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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. Marked by her pale skin and white hair, Gianna grows up ignored and rejected by the Metkayina, seen as an omen rather than a child. When she befriends Lo'ak Sully, the two form a bond built on shared neglect and quiet understanding. But love becomes forbidden, jealousy fractures families, and superstition turns cruel. Exile, war, and sacrifice follow. 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
  • 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. But no one can predict the future. (Well, maybe Kosmo kind of can). Rayla and Callum are navigating love, loss, and the unknown of what's to come. 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?
  • Honeymilk - A Dark Fairytale  by tinna115
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    She married him because he tasted like honeymilk... Ruru, a mischievous alien stranded on Earth, ends up marrying the tastiest man in the village, literally. Her strange ability lets her taste humans through touch, and Shian's flavor? It was addictive, sweet like honeymilk. Shian, the kind and unlucky village boy she claimed as her husband, believes she's just a clumsy city girl with strange habits. Hopelessly in love, he thinks her presence in his life feels like a fairytale he never thought he could have. But what happens when the snack she married becomes the only person she can't let go of? When her secret slips? When the villagers call her a monster? When fate tries to tear them apart? Will Shian still love her? How far will he go to protect her? _________________________ Tropes : *Alien wife x human husband * Gremlin Predator x Cute prey *Protective FL x gentle ML Update every Friday! ❤️ (Cover is made by @VeraChendra)
  • I Accidentally Bought A Prince || Taegyu by sassypou
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    Beomgyu had three problems. 1. He accidentally got obsessed with an otome game. 2. He somehow brought the cold crown prince into real life. 3. The crown prince refuses to leave. Now Beomgyu has to teach Prince Kang Taehyun how to survive modern society without: - starting fights, - calling people peasants, - or exposing the fact that he literally came out of a video game. Easy. ...Probably. ~ #1 txt 2/7/26 started: 15/05/2026 ended: not yet
  • A Perfectly Imperfect Love Story by Iris-dusk
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    Six years ago, Siddharth lost the woman he thought he'd never stop loving. Now she's back. Niya is successful, untouchable, and raising a little girl who means everything to her. She has built a life no one can shake. Until Siddharth walks into it. As old memories begin to blur with new realities, Siddharth finds himself drawn not only to the woman he once knew, but also to the child who somehow feels strangely familiar. With a past neither of them wants to revisit, a future neither of them expected, and a man who has become an irreplaceable part of Niya's world, one thing becomes painfully clear: Some stories don't end when people walk away. They wait.
  • The Night Skye Came Home by CorruptedShadowGirl
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    She comes home believing it's the same night she left-bruised, shaken, asking about butter and planning a shower-only to find a house that feels older, quieter, wrong. Her family looks at her like she might vanish if they breathe too hard. Slowly, unbearably, the truth emerges: she has been dead for five years. No one knows how she returned. There is no miracle to explain, no science to cling to-only the wreckage of a life mourned, a family reshaped by loss, and a town that learned how to move on without her. As she tries to understand a world that grieved her and closed the door, her return begins to disturb something deeper beneath the surface-an unseen thread connecting past and present, memory and meaning, drawing in forces that have been watching far longer than anyone realises. The Night Skye Came Home is a quiet, devastating mystery about love that never lets go, grief that changes shape, and what happens when the dead refuse to stay where the world put them. This story was developed with the assistance of AI as a creative tool for refinement and support. The narrative, themes, and characters remain my own.
  • I Find Your Colors by EchoInSnow
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    Ethan has never seen people the way everyone else does. Around every person, he sees colors-shifting lights that reveal emotions hidden beneath smiles, lies, and silence. Some colors burn brightly. Some fade. Some crack. Then he meets Sora. A girl whose colors don't behave the way they should. The more Ethan gets to know her, the more he realizes something is wrong. Not just with her colors-but with the strange sense of familiarity he feels whenever she looks at him. As their lives become intertwined, Ethan finds himself chasing answers he cannot explain, memories that do not belong to him, and a promise that feels older than either of them. But some stories are already moving toward their ending. And some people are worth finding again, no matter how many lifetimes it takes. A bittersweet romance about memory, loss, and the people who leave colors behind long after they're gone.
  • End of Service by laziest_thing_alive
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    After eons and eons of service, humanity has finally been extinguished, in every universe. Thus, the contract with the world had come to an end. However, as the Counter Guardian opened his eyes, expecting the hell that is his Inner soul, he is surprised when he sees endless fields of the greenest grass he's seen. One top of that there's a woman that waited. Waited for one's arrival.
  • The Last Tide of the Forgotten World by dreamingvid
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    Some weddings change lives. Theirs changed worlds. Adrija never understood the strange dreams that had followed her since childhood-dreams of an ancient temple, endless waters, and a world that shouldn't exist. But with her younger sister's destination wedding approaching in the mountains, mysteries are the last thing on her mind. Surrounded by family, laughter, and the people she loves most, everything seems perfect. Until the sky tears open. A forgotten universe. Three ancient clans. Creatures born from a war that should have ended centuries ago. And a secret hidden within Adhyut's family-one powerful enough to destroy everything. As old prophecies awaken and long-buried truths begin to surface, Adrija and Adhyut find themselves caught in a battle far bigger than themselves. A battle where loyalty will be tested, bloodlines will be questioned, and love may not be enough to save the people they cherish. Because some destinies are written long before we're born. And some worlds refuse to stay forgotten. ✦ A married-couple romance ✦ Family bonds & found family ✦ Ancient prophecies ✦ Hidden powers ✦ Fantasy creatures ✦ Mystery & adventure ✦ Heartbreaking sacrifices ✦ Bittersweet ending "When the sky opens, every secret comes with a price."
  • Midnight coffee for the dead by Velvet_Nights31
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    At a café that only appears after midnight, the dead come to say the words they never got to speak. Liz has spent years serving coffee to ghosts, listening to confessions that linger long after closing time. She knows the rules: Ghosts stay until they are ready to let go. Living people never find the café. Until Oliver walks through the door. He doesn't remember how he found the café, why he keeps returning every night, or why his presence feels dangerously wrong. But as the nights pass, Liz realizes one terrifying truth: Oliver is not dead. Not yet. And every night, he remembers a little less of her.
  • Perfect Strangers (Again) by TheAshenWolff
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    Five years ago, everything burned down. Abram fled Singapore to escape the ghost of the only girl he ever loved, swearing he'd never look back. But when his best friend gets married, he is forced to return home. He has a return flight booked in exactly twenty-eight days. It should be simple: show up, stand at the altar, and leave. Except Mira Bennett is standing right there with him. She's polished, perfect, and preparing for her own upcoming engagement to a billionaire who can give her everything Abram couldn't. Bound by duty to their best friends, they promise to play nice. They promise to act like they are completely normal. But twenty-eight days of forced proximity, quiet car rides, and lingering ghosts are about to prove that pretending is a dangerous game. You can't play a stranger to the person who knows your soul. And before his flight leaves, Abram might just burn their fragile truce to the ground to get the truth.
  • Where the rainbow ends  by jojobae
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    Yesterday I was her, today, I am him. I woke up in someone else's story. Someone else's body. Someone else's life. Someone else's unfinished love story. Now trapped inside Avarine and Kar's world, I don't remember anything about my real life.I have only one way home: make sure she and Kar end up together. It should be simple. After all, they were meant for each other. But destiny is rarely that easy. I can't know if the two loved each other so I keep on failing and failing, repeating the same year over and over again and switching between Avarine and Kar's bodies. Things get complicated when I notice that Avarine (not me) might have had a crush on Avery not Kar, who she has to be with- Where the Rainbow Ends is a coming-of-age story about love, identity, and the strange burden of holding someone else's future in your hands. Because sometimes finding your way home means getting lost in another person's heart first.
  • The One That Got Away Lost Love Series #1 by strawberriezone
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    A love that was never really lost-just never meant to be kept. She thought moving on would be easy, until she saw him again and realized some feelings don't fade... they just hide. Now she's forced to choose between holding on to the past or finally letting go of the one that got away.
  • I'm in love with my Gay best friend  by Queenprebbie
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    Ally Watson thought she had everything she needed, a cozy apartment, a stable job at a coffee shop, two chaotic best friends, and Jace Cameroon, the one person who had always been by her side since middle school. Jace is the definition of a walking contradiction. Covered in tattoos with a bad-boy appearance that scares people away, he's actually caring, loyal, and effortlessly funny around the people he loves. To everyone else, he's the mysterious guy dressed in black. To Ally, he's just everything she ever wanted in a guy, But the only problem? He's gay. Knowing she'll never be the person Jace falls in love with doesn't stop her heart from choosing him anyway. Determined to protect their friendship, Ally buries her feelings behind smiles, sarcasm, and stolen glances, convincing herself she can survive loving someone who could never love her back. But when Jace finally meets someone who makes his heart race, Ally might be forced to confront the truth she's spent years running from. Will she be able to do it?
  • Expiry Date On Us by okzizi
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    "Why are you doing this, Kiki?" Elio asked, his voice cracked and raw as he stood on the frost-covered sidewalk. "We were fine yesterday." I forced myself to look anywhere but his eyes, swallowing the massive lump of guilt in my throat. "There is no future for us, Elio. And I'm not going to drag this out until college starts. In two weeks, right before Spring Break... I'm blocking you. I'm ending it. "He didn't look angry. He just took a slow step closer, the cold March wind blowing through his dark hair. "Then I guess I have exactly fourteen days left to be near you."
  • The Weight of Almost (taegyu/beomtae) oneshots by Starrari
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    HELLO HUMANSS YES U. Welcome to this collection of one-shots where emotional stability was never part of the agreement and communication skills were clearly left in another universe. Here, people fall in love like it's instinct, ruin everything like it's a talent, and then act surprised when consequences show up. Feelings are loud, decisions are questionable, and everyone is one misunderstood sentence away from either a breakdown, a glow-up, or both at the same time. Nobody talks properly here, they just stare dramatically into space and hope telepathy exists. You will find characters who say "I'm fine" while actively being anything but fine, people who leave conversations unfinished like it's a personality trait, and situations that could be solved in five minutes if anyone had the courage to use their words. But no, we prefer silence, tension, and emotionally charged eye contact instead. This is your warning: there will be unread messages that ruin lives, almost confessions that live rent-free forever, and timing so bad it should be studied as a scientific phenomenon. Some stories will feel like laughing at chaos, others will feel like staring at your ceiling at 2AM questioning every life choice you've ever made. And yes, love exists here-but it is complicated, poorly timed, slightly delusional, and often accompanied by "why are we like this" energy. Think dark aesthetic, messy hearts, cinematic suffering, and characters who would absolutely benefit from therapy but choose suffering with style instead. So if you're still here, congrats. You've officially entered a place where everything is dramatic, nothing is simple, and everyone is emotionally suspicious. Proceed with caution, and maybe a little emotional support.
  • Red & Brown - SEASON ONE by MrYWasHere
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    ART COVER ARTIST: A good friend of mine, InkNoodle They didn't want any advertisement, but THANK YOU AGAIN INK! <3 --- It's the 13th of January, 1997- just six months before the start of the canon Chainsaw Man story. Haruo Yanagi has lived as a scrappy drifter since his childhood, simply trying to find a good sense of reliability. It wasn't until the Public Safety Bureau did he choose to make a daring, if reckless, choice to become a devil hunter. Now, at the last leg of his orientation- and to his mild surprise- he's finally being put to real field work with his potential future colleagues.
  • While We Withered by caseywasey
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    Some flowers don't bloom forever. Six best friends thought they had all the time in the world. Between late-night conversations, shared dreams, and promises that felt unbreakable, the future seemed certain. Until life began stealing pieces of it. As misunderstandings grow, silence replaces honesty, and someone among them carries a secret too heavy to share, the girls slowly drift apart without realizing how precious their time together has become. Sometimes, the deepest wounds aren't the ones you can see. And sometimes, by the time the truth is spoken... ...you're already left with what's withered. A heartbreaking story about friendship, love, loss, and the courage to smile even when your heart is breaking.
  • The Leaf by lilonewrites
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    Some stories don't begin with love. They begin with running. Running from hospital corridors that smell like endings. Running from questions no one should have to answer so young. Running from a future that suddenly feels too short. The Leaf is a quiet, slow-burning story set in the misty lanes of Shimla - where nights stretch longer than days and silence often speaks louder than people. It follows a girl who lives between moments, sketching life as if she's afraid it might disappear if she stops looking. And a boy who laughs easily, carries lightness on the surface, but hides a childhood weight he never learned how to name. They don't meet in dramatic ways. They collide. They pause. They sit in silence. Between late-night cafés, half-finished noodles, classic movies, empty roads, and sunrises that feel like borrowed miracles, two strangers begin to share something unnamed - not love, not friendship, but a fragile understanding that some connections don't need promises to be real. This is a story about: moments that don't last but stay forever conversations that happen after midnight art made to survive loneliness and the strange comfort of being seen without being explained The Leaf isn't about how long a story lasts. It's about how deeply it touches before it falls.
  • ˜"*°• The Love I Never Knew •°*"˜ by Siyahii
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    "The day Roohi's mother returns, I'll divorce you." He said it on their wedding day. She smiled and signed the papers. What neither of them knew was that the woman they were both waiting for... would never return. Between endless banters, accidental moments of intimacy, a little girl who unknowingly held broken hearts together, and secrets left behind by someone they both loved... They were about to discover that the hardest person to fall in love with... ...was the one they were never supposed to lose. A slow-burn romance filled with laughter, heartbreak, healing, family, mystery, and enough tension to make you scream at your screen.