Grief Stories

Bianca Ricci's life has been hell. Having been taken away from the rest of her family when she was two, and reuniting with her father and brothers at 16, she's been through a lot. 15 years of abuse has turned her into something no one can recognize, and the secrets being hidden in the family are bound to surface. Bianca knows she'll never be her family's little girl. She knows that at some point along the way, she lost herself. She'll never be who she once was. She'll always be lost in the aftermath. ✧*⁺˚*☆ "Why can't you just trust me?!" "Because trust is dangerous!" I respond icily, "Trust ruined my family. It has never gotten me anywhere..." The silence is deafening, "And I'm not gonna let it ruin my life again." . . . Updates every Sunday

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]

Gabriella showed up for him when it mattered most, believing she knew exactly where her life was going, until everything unraveled in a single moment she couldn't unsee. Walking away wasn't something she had planned, but it became the only choice she could live with. With nowhere else to turn, she leaves behind everything familiar and starts over in a quiet town that doesn't quite feel like home, trying to hold on to the part of herself that still feels like her. She tells herself it was the right decision, that some things can't be undone and are better left behind. But distance doesn't always bring clarity, and no matter how far she goes, the past has a way of following. Because some choices don't stay in the past, and some stories don't end just because you walk away. Updates weekly ✦

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

Everyone at school knows Andrew Jennings. Missing an arm. Openly gay. But when he meets star athlete Ryan Sullivan in therapy, can friendship lead to more? ***** When Andrew 'Jacky' Jennings ends up in therapy after an English assignment gone wrong, he doesn't expect to find his high school's star athlete, Ryan Sullivan, sitting in the same waiting room. After all, he and Ryan couldn't be more different: football captain, future valedictorian, and all-around nice guy, Ryan is the school's golden boy, while Andrew is known for his permanent snarl, being openly gay, and losing his left arm (along with his father and sister) in a car accident. But when Andrew learns they actually have a lot in common, he's surprised to see past the enigma that is Ryan Sullivan and his seemingly perfect life. And as the two boys begin to connect over their shared grief, depression, and teenage angst, they might just discover a little pocket of happiness for themselves -- if they're willing to fight for it. [Word count: 100,000-150,000 words] Cover designed by Lily Taylor Please read the 'Introduction' for a full list of content/trigger warnings

Welcome to the Harrington family. We are honest. Hardworking. Faithful to our morals. And successful. We live-at least in the summer-on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. The Harringtons are tall, athletic, and attractive. Old-money Democrats, passionate about sports, with an immense need to present themselves as a united family. The Harringtons have wide smiles, square jaws, blond hair, and sun-kissed skin. All of them, except me. Johnny Sinclair x FemOC friends to lovers slowburn closing gif made by @_liloureynolds_ • Publication Period • [ Started on September 12th, 2025, completed on February 15th, 2026. ] • Edition Status • [ Started on April 20th, 2026, and completed on June 30th, 2026.]

My life completely changed when my mom passed away from a sickness, forcing me to move in with my aunt miles away. I've always been a grumpy, anti-social kid, but losing my mother made me angrier with the world. So when I run into another student at my new school, I don't stop myself from opening my mouth to tell him off. However what I didn't know was that this guy is the feared Killian Reed; A guy no one wants to get on his bad side. And for a moment, seconds after being shoved into the lockers by him, I was certain Killian was going to make my life a living hell. Then one day, he shocks me when he stops a couple of guys from hitting me. At first I don't think there's much to it. But then I start to suspect there's more to Killian; A secret that has something to do with me. All of a sudden, I find myself dealing with strange, dangerous occurrences, and with Killian who somehow always seems to be there to safely get me out of them. *Please check out the chapter 'Before you read' for a list of TW*

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 an outcast and a prized daughter of two rivaling clans can put aside their grievances to try and make it out alive. - #1 - atwow #1 - avatarthewayofwater #1 - avatar2 7/21 #1 - afaa #1 - metkayina #1 - grief #1 - loaksully 6/13 #1 - Varang 5/20, 8/24, 8/31 #1 - omatikaya 6/13 #1 - avatar3 6/16 #1 - Pandora 6/28 #1 - avatarfireandash 6/28 - Started:12/19/25 Finished: Published:12/20/25 [Lo'ak x Fem!OC] -AFAA Storyline -bleedinqheart 2025 -Cover credits: @𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐒𝐖𝐑𝐋𝐃 -Cross published on ao3

It only took three days. Three days of unknown, three days of fear. Three days where the world was chaos. Nobody could predict that it would happen and nobody had done anything to prevent it either. They just couldn't. or How Uchiha Sasuke slowly realized he loved his best friend's wife... Hinata x Sasuke I don't own Naruto or any of the character from the manga. I also don't own any of the art that you'll see, I'll try to mention the artist each time but most are found on pintorest...

A Spider-Man in DC crossover story. Peter is flung into Gotham... ----- Loss, much like power or responsibility, is a defining word in Peter Parker's life. His parents, his uncle, his first love, his best friends, all of them lost to him. Each one shaping him into the hero he was meant to be. But there was still one thing he wasn't prepared to lose; himself. After a mission goes wrong, Peter is ripped from his home dimension and shot somewhere else entirely. With nothing but his costume and a heavy dose of nausea, he lands in a city called Gotham where he is greeted with a myriad of questions. Questions like: Who is Batman? What is the Justice League?? How does he get home??? And why are there so many blimps???? With no choice but to move forward, Peter must adjust to a new life on another Earth while attempting to wrestle with the very real threat he may be lost from his home world forever. Miles Morales, has questions of his own, namely: Is Peter alive? Where did he go?? And how does he convince Reed Richards to help look for him???

She built an empire so she'd never need anyone again. Then her estranged brother died, and left her his widow and his son. Kim Jisoo has spent fifteen years turning herself into someone untouchable - a billionaire CEO who trusts contracts, not people. When her brother Minho dies suddenly, she's the only family his wife Kim Jennie has left. Guilt gets Jennie and her son through the door of Jisoo's penthouse. It's supposed to be temporary. It's supposed to be a transaction. It doesn't stay either of those things. As Jisoo learns to sit on the floor instead of locking her office door, and Jennie learns to ask for help without apologizing for it, something neither of them planned for starts growing in the space between grief and guilt - something that has Minho's face in it, whether they want it there or not. But love isn't the only thing being contested in the Hannam-dong penthouse. A hostile executive wants Jisoo's company, and he's willing to burn her family to the ground to get it. Return to Sender - a story about the difference between being rescued and being chosen.

Fatima is in her third year of architecture school, and life has never felt better: stellar grades, loyal friends, and Jamal, a boyfriend who loves her the way rain loves soil, quietly and completely. Isah has mastered the art of restraint, putting principles above all else and never once blurring the line between professional and personal, until grief collides with proximity and a girl lands in front of his car, striking a place in his chest he thought had long since healed. The timing is wrong, the wounds are fresh, and some kinds of love ask to be chosen twice. Puddles is a story about the love that finds you, and the love you were already keeping.

"He doesn't see me as a real lion who is alive. For him I'm just a puppet, meant to listen to each and every one of his commands, and never stray away from orders." Just how did Kion manage to stay with him for so long? Simba was a loving father, caring for both Kion and Kiara. All was well until he was found to bear the Roar of the Elders. Was it just blind hatred for the ancient power and all who harness it? Or something deeper? Now a new opportunity raised for Kion to get away from his problems, away from his now unrecognizable father. -"I just can't anymore."-

Seven broken boys. One summer. One place they never chose. And three months to figure out how to live with things they never asked for. They meet inside the walls of a psychiatric recovery program, each carrying secrets, problems too heavy for their age. Some here because they broke, were caught, or because someone finally noticed. Strangers. Until they're not. Each day forces them on confronting a painful truth they've been running from. They'll have to face not just their own demons, but each other's as well. the ones they've kept hidden from everyone. if they want to find any chance of healing.

When the independent MacIver siblings reunite in Glasgow for their father's second marriage, the world already feels flipped on its head. The last thing they expect is to lose another parent in the span of three years. The siblings are united by grief once more, but the outcome of their father's death leads them to question their relationships with each other, and the relationship each of them shared with their beloved parents.

Naaz Rashid should have died. She doesn't know why she survived. She doesn't know what happened to her. And, at first, she has no reason to believe that her inexplicable brush with death has anything to do with the strange events that begin unfolding afterward. But strange things have a habit of becoming stranger. A curse is released. Old secrets begin resurfacing. People separated by distance and time find themselves connected by circumstances they cannot explain. The past begins bleeding into the present, while discoveries at the edges of science suggest that some things dismissed as superstition may be far more tangible than anyone would like to believe. There are haunted places, buried histories, impossible phenomena and people whose greatest threat may not be what lurks outside them, but what lies within. And somewhere amid the horror, the absurdity and the occasional moments of dreadful normality, one question remains: What, exactly, did Naaz survive? Because whatever happened that day was not the end of something. It was the beginning.

top kook bot tae Some memories never fade... and some secrets are lethal. ​: ​In the ruthless underbelly of the city, jeon jungook rules with an iron fist. Cold, unyielding, and completely detached, he became a monster the day he lost Minyuk-the only person who ever held his heart. Since that devastating loss, his life has been consumed by bloodshed, vengeance, and a vow to never let anyone close again. ​Until Taehyung stumbles into his territory. Taehyung is just an ordinary barista trying to make a living, completely unaware of the dangerous man standing across the counter. Yet, from the moment jungook sets eyes on him, something shifts. Taehyung becomes an immediate, undoing anomaly in the mafia don's strictly controlled life-one jungook finds himself entirely unable to walk away from. ​Is Taehyung truly just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of dangerous men, or is his presence the start of a much deadlier trap meant to tear jungook down? .

A tale of war, grief, secrets, and a love born from the ashes of an enemy.