Home Stories

Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧. 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐤 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐀 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡, 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐧 - 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠... 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬?

✦•┈๑⋅⋯⭑⋯⋅๑┈•✦ A marriage of silence slowly turning into a story of love. He carried darkness within him. She carried light within her. What began as an arranged marriage slowly turned into a love neither of them saw coming. A love built not on grand confessions, but on silent understanding, unwavering loyalty, and countless unspoken sacrifices. They learned to read each other's eyes, understand each other's silences, and hear the words left unsaid. Two strangers became each other's home. But love alone cannot erase the shadows of the past. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, they must decide whether their bond is strong enough to survive the darkness surrounding them. Because some love stories are not written in flowers and promises. They are written in scars, protection, sacrifice, and a love so fierce that even the darkest storms cannot tear it apart. [TROPES] Touch-Her-And-Die Sunshine x Grumpy Silent Understanding Arrange marriage Age gap Only Weak for Her She fells first Slowburn romance ִֶָ☾. The whole story is Author's pov.

Ela Kapoor has always lived life on her own terms. At twenty-two, she's carefree, stubborn, endlessly talkative, and armed with enough sarcasm to survive almost anything. After losing her parents at nineteen, she learned how to stand on her own, find happiness in the smallest things, and never let anyone tell her who she should be. Then one wrong door changes everything. One accidental encounter. One secret she was never supposed to hear. And one man she was never supposed to meet. Lucien Moretti is feared ruthless head of the Italian Mafia. Cold, powerful, and dangerously reserved, he rules his empire with absolute control. Men obey him. Enemies fear him. No one questions him. Until her. When a failed assassination leaves Ela under his protection, she finds herself living inside his fortress-like mansion, surrounded by killers, bodyguards, and a mafia family that doesn't know what to do with a woman who treats them like ordinary people. But Lucien doesn't want to control her. He doesn't want to change her. He wants something far moredangerous. He wants her to choose him. As Ela turns his silent mansion into a home, befriends his intimidating head of security, Matteo, drives his charming younger brother Alessio crazy, and slowly becomes the heart of a world built on violence, Lucien finds himself fighting a battle no enemy has ever forced him to face. Because protecting her is easy. Claiming her is easy. Loving her is easy. The impossible part? Waiting for her heart to catch up with his. In a world of blood, loyalty, and power, one carefree girl may become the only thing capable of bringing a mafia king to his knees. Tropes Mafia Romance Protective Hero He Falls First Possessive but Not Controlling Touch Her and Die Found Family Slow Burn Romance Grumpy × Sunshine Bodyguard Friendship Brother's Best Chaos Forced Proximity Action Speaks Louder Than Word. Strong Female Lead Emotional Healing Found Home "He claimed her long before he ever confessed he loved her." ❤

Wherein one is deeply in love while the other has vowed to never fall in love again. **************************************** Arjun Raichand has always loved a girl unknown to her. When he gets the perfect chance to make her acknowledge him, and that too as a husband ,What could possibly stop him? Krisha Mahajan has finally now believed she isn't meant for love nor commitments, she makes every guy reject her one way or the other. But what happens when one particular human is hellbent on marrying her? Dive in the story and see the journey of two souls, who are meant to be together. A/N : I wrote this book a while ago, and it has a lot of errors, so I'm rewriting it, with hopefully less errors and a better reading experience. Happy Reading

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For nine years, they took everything. His name, his language, his family, his choices. The way he slept. The way he ate. The things he was allowed to want. They made him precise. Obedient. Useful. They almost made him forget he was ever anything else. Almost. Check TW's 1 in #Overprotectivesiblings 1 in #Fractured 2 in #Babybrother

A story of an innocent girl Erha, She is beautiful with her unique blue eyes. Her father married her to Rehan at the age of 21. Her father is orthodox minded person. Erha is from a wealthy family her father owns the business. Rehan A man who works as a manager at Erha's father office her father chose him as his third son-in-law for his third and last born daughter. He is 28 years old. Rehan is not rich but he is handsome. When he first time see Erha he become obsessed with her. They are married now. What will happen ahead, How will Erha manage her new and simple life? Can she managed the house as a married woman? Will Rehan treat her rightfully or He will destroy the innocent soul with his obsession and Doubt...? He thinks she is not loyal with him. But she is truly loyal with him. He doubt on her without any real reason. She is just innocent trying to live with him. To know their journey, read the story. What will happened ahead in Erha's life? Story by Aina_Script

Kiara enters an arranged marriage knowing love was never promised. But she never expected silence. Inside the luxurious Singhania mansion, her husband Jay treats her like a stranger - cold, distant, and impossible to understand. Behind elegant smiles and closed doors, his family quietly humiliates her while Kiara keeps trying to be the perfect wife in a marriage that feels emptier each day. Then one cruel test changes everything. Believing Kiara married him for money, Jay disguises himself and pushes her away to see if she will finally leave. But instead of disgust, he sees heartbreak in her eyes. And for the first time, he realizes the woman beside him had loved him all along. Now burdened with guilt, Jay must fix the damage he created before he loses her forever. Because sometimes love arrives too late. And sometimes... it stays just in time.

*Pjo/Batfam crossover* Mortal Pjo AU This is the Sequal to Facing the Eclipse, reading will result in spoilers to that story if you haven't already read FtE :3 *** *** *** Jason had his opprotunity. He had the chance to be what he never got, the father that was always there, the father that would never let their son die at fifteen, feeling abandoned. And he failed. Now, almost five years later, dealing with that loss and learning from it, Jason has built himself a new life. He's happy, he'd at peace. Or so he thinks. So when his past comes to haunt him, every mistake he's made since his own death and resurrection hitting him right back in the face, will he continue to fight on, or will he give into his grief, guilt, and self-doubts, and let them bury him alive? *** *** *** I don't own most of these characters. This book will be mostly centered around Jason this time, as the last one was Nico centered.

All he remembers is waking up in a small plain grey room. He doesn't know who he is. What's his name? How old is he? Why can't he remember anything of who he is? Then as his thoughts were beginning to run wild the door opened to revile two figures one small and the other one large. They address him as Experiment Six-two-six and that's all they address him as nothing more and nothing less Or is it? Join him on his journey to see what he has in store. ..... Okay yeah wow I suck at descriptions hahah but I promise you all that's it's a good book! It's a werewolf and BxB So if you guys don't like any of that please continue on your way.

She just wanted to be recognized as human. She was an average person. Average age, dead parents, siblings moved out, her, all alone. She liked it that way. She could finally breathe. She was just another fan attending a fansign, nothing significant. And yet, this is where her story starts.

Some stories are soft. Some are chaotic. And some are just pure confusion. A collection of funny, emotional, comforting, chaotic, and heart-fluttering one shots filled with teasing, tiny moments, loud fights, soft love, and unexpected feelings. Some are strangers. Some are best friends. Some are lovers. Some are heartbreak. But somehow, in every universe, they always find their way back to each other. Konjam kaadhal. Konjam comedy. Konjam confusion.

War isnt over when news power rises.

A burned-out modern chef collapses in her kitchen - and wakes as a penniless orphan in an ancient Jiangnan water town, left to raise a little brother and a failing eatery. No cheat powers. No enemy to crush. Just a cold stove, an empty rice jar, and a child who treats her as his whole world.

When best friends Kiara, Pia and Samaira move into a sprawling bungalow in a new city, they're chasing careers, independence, and the excitement of building lives of their own. What they don't expect is everything else. As new friendships form and unexpected romances bloom, the bungalow slowly transforms from a shared house into the center of an entire world. Kiara finds herself drawn to the infuriatingly calm Sidhartha. Pia discovers comfort and understanding in Reyansh's quiet presence. And Kabir teaches Shreyanshi that some of life's best moments can't be planned at all. Together, they navigate jobs, late-night conversations, festivals, inside jokes, house dinners, parties and the countless ordinary moments that somehow become unforgettable memories. Spanning years of friendship, love, and growing up, this is the story of three girls who set out to build independent lives-and accidentally built a home, a family, and a lifetime of memories along the way.

The Last Way Home Emily Carter thought moving to Shanghai was the best decision she had ever made. At thirty-two, the American chemistry professor had finally built a life she loved teaching at a prestigious university, surrounded by friends, students, and a city that felt more like home than the one she left behind. Then war begins. Overnight, the life Emily has built collapses into chaos. Trapped in a country on the brink of destruction, she finds herself responsible for twenty-seven students whose lives depend on her. With communication failing and danger closing in from every direction, survival becomes the only goal. On the other side of the war lies Wei Liang, a military commander carrying the weight of a nation on his shoulders. What begins as a desperate fight to stay alive becomes something neither of them expected. As war tears their world apart, Emily and Wei discover that love can be found in the most impossible circumstances and that home is not always a place. A sweeping romance about survival, sacrifice, found family, and finding your way back to the people who matter most.

Will the lost spirit find their way home?

This is a story about finding a home. When people are exhausted, tired and drained they turn to the one place or person who wouldn't ask them questions but let them breathe. The kind of home that says ' I am here, just rest, I will hold you together ' Perth didn't intend to find home but between late night talks and dead lines he found santa anyway. WARNING ❗ The story discusses traces of depression Just giving a heads up. In Order to not cause any distress. The story is entirely mine so do not copy it . Thank you for your understanding. Have a good read 😊......

Twelve years ago, Lev Romanov vanished. Now he's been found. Raised in an abusive household, Lev knows nothing about love, safety, or family. Suddenly thrust into the world of the wealthy and powerful Romanovs, he finds himself surrounded by parents who never stopped searching and brothers who never stopped missing him. But how do you return home when you can't remember where it is?