Grief Stories

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

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]]

Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?

The first thing she noticed was the silence. Not the kind that comes at night, but a heavy, watery silence that pressed against her ears. When she finds her own body at the end of the hallway, she realizes she is still there, but her family isn't looking. As she drifts through the rooms of her house, she discovers the cracks in her family's love and a chilling truth: she didn't die when she died. She was already gone.

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

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!]

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]]

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 remains ongoing.]

After her world was turned upside down, Y/n had to grow up faster than she ever imagined. For the past seven years, she's been raising her 12-year-old sister, always putting her needs above her own. When her sister begs to attend the Poguelandia Festival hosted by the Outer Banks cast, Y/n reluctantly agrees. She never expected to find herself drawn to Madelyn Cline-the radiant star determined to break through her walls. Now, Y/n faces her greatest fear: risking her heart and letting someone in. "𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧-
 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧.
 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲,
 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭.
 𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞
 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐨𝐡 𝐦𝐲
 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞." - 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭 [GxG] [Y/n G!p]

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*

❝𝐃𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.❞ 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧. {A Y/N & OC mixed mc} {The sequel to "the girl who loved || cedric diggory", but can also be read as a stand-alone} {Based on a mix of both the books and movies}

in which alexa celebrini moves to san jose after a career-ending skating injury and accidentally finds a new version of herself between early morning rinks, tiny girls in sparkly dresses, and her twin brother's best friend. or, will smith falls in love with a girl who thinks she's already lost everything - and stays long enough to prove she hasn't.

Max Verstappen is in his second year of formula one, no victory to speak of yet, not even a podium, the paddock is full of smiling faces and the sun is bright yet Max's life lacks sunshine. Max's sunshine hasn't shone in a while, actually, his green eyes rarely light up anymore, but Max wants to be the one to bring him in from the darkness. Charles doesn't know how to cope with his grief, eighteen and away from home in a country that doesn't speak his language pursuing the one thing that he's ever known, so close to his dream yet so far from achieving it and being held back by financial restraints. Will he ever be able to shine again?

Russia lost his father not long ago and America is in a bit of trouble with UN because of bad habits he has. UN, who has some superhuman abilities, gets blackout drunk at a party and ends up transforming America into a cat. This is my first fic and I'm honestly more proud of it than I thought I'd be. Cover from Blu merlin

What if after Sirius' death Harry stopped meekly following Dumbledore's order's? What if Harry had some special people visiting him in his dreams and helping him train ? All questions that shall be answered if you read this story I don't own Harry Potter just the plot Got the idea of dream visits from Fake a smile credits to her , I don't own the cover either. Also don't judge by the number of pages , there's a lot of words on every page

You know the four elements. But... How exactly were they brought into existence? Found in the Water Tribe and sent to the Fire Nation, you'd run into a few interesting situations and people. Maybe even... A few very special ones. The void is no laughing matter-Well, actually, it's a pretty silly concept-But the effect it has on the lives of so many people is frightening. Especially those close to you. How many people would you lose? Abandon? How many times would you fail? How many times would things take a turn for the worst? ...How many times has Sokka's forehead blocked your darn vision?!?! Oh, yeah, and how many times would you kiss Zuko? ⚠️I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is just a fan story.⚠️

After losing the only person she ever had, seventeen-year-old Siara is left completely alone. With social services pressuring her into foster care, she has no choice but to contact the man her mother never told her about. Her father. A billionaire with a perfect life, a powerful name, and absolutely no clue that he has a daughter. Now forced into each other's lives, both must face buried truths, painful misunderstandings, and the possibility of becoming a family after seventeen years too late.

12 years ago the Italian Mafia princess was left at an orphanage "for her safety." Her 5 older brothers had to accept this and forced themselves to forget ... Until they received a phone call that her adopted parents died and she needs a home. Zeta Conti has endured a treacherous past that was starting to look up when she was in a car wreck losing her adopted parents and best friend. Now she's going back to the people who left her alone in the first place. Will they try to recreate their childhood bond or will she be in another home reminiscent of her past?

Leah's life is divided into before and after, though no one ever tells you when the line is being drawn. One moment she is a wife, a parent, a person with a future she understands. The next, she is learning how to hold her family together while everything familiar slips out of reach. With young children depending on her, Leah has no choice but to keep moving. To make breakfasts she doesn't taste. To answer questions she doesn't know how to explain. The world hasn't ended, it's simply asked her to survive it.

After losing his mother, Percy Jackson is forced into Bruce Wayne's custody - a stranger with too much power and too many assumptions. The Batfamily takes one look at the silent, hooded teen and decides he's a cultist in need of saving. Now Percy is grieving and cornered, stuck in a house full of vigilantes who can't decide if he's a threat, a victim, or something in between. the cult idea is from Another Cult Sibling by Arazog on Ao3. It's great and I really recommend checking it out :3