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FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ─────୨ৎ───── 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 feels invisible. As the daughter of the Royal Academy's football coach, everyone assumes they know her, but no one truly does. Beneath her fake exterior lies a girl drowning in secrets, desperate for someone to see past the facade. Then 𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 '𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄' 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 the academy's new star footballer, steps into her life and starts to notice the cracks in her armour. Connie has his own struggles. With a father who's relentlessly pushing him to become a football star, he's constantly fighting to meet expectations he isn't sure he can fulfill. The last thing he expects and needs is to find himself distracted and drawn to a certain curly haired blonde. ─────୨ৎ───── When I park in front of her house, I speak up before she can say goodbye. "I know you're going through something." The words come out rougher than I intend. "You try to hide it, but I see right through you, Carmen Castro." "Aaron..." Her eyes drop to her hands, her fingers twisting together. "You don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. Okay? You can text me, call me, whatever. I'll drop everything." Her eyes flicker up to meet mine. She looks... scared. Not of me. But of something else. "Please?" I add, my voice breaking. I was never one to beg but ever since meeting Carmen, I've been a fucking beggar. She swallows hard and nods her head slowly. "Okay." Then, gives me a weak smile before slipping out of the car. [ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ] #1 mental health #1 addiction #1 awareness #1 academy #1 teen love #1 drugs #1 football #1 sad #1 rehab #2 healing #3 sportsromance

[This story will become free on June 15th 2022] In the sequel to When Best Friends Kiss, Liam is faced with the life Alex has built without him. Can their love survive when they've become so different? ***** Fresh out of university and settled into a new apartment, Liam and Alex are ready to start their life together. While Alex finds passion in journalism and has more friends than he can count, Liam is frustrated with his photography and awkward around Alex's LGBTQ friends. Seeing the life Alex has built without him, and how different they've become, Liam finds his insecurities resurfacing and mental health spiraling downwards. After the time they've spent apart, do Liam and Alex really belong together? Or will their love story end before it starts its next chapter? (Sequel to When Best Friends Kiss.) [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

the title says it all Beware: abuse, mental health, suicidal thoughts, mentions of ed, etc. None of my chapters are proof read im js kinda winging it n lmk if there's sum wrong w them

When conditioning turns ugly. Oliver's a Neutral. He'd known that since he was born, since his parents took every single hobby away from him, since he'd been relegated to his room for studying and nothing else. Turns out, that level of isolation causes a lot more problems than you'd expect. Eventually, Oliver, or at least those around him, realizes that while he might not have the Neutral Classification, he's the most Neutral person you'd ever find. And not in a good way. THIS STORY IS NOT BXB

Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

vicktoria, a girl who has spent her life in foster care since she was five, has to work at a dog shelter, so the orphanage she lives in has enough money. what will happen if a certain young woman with ocean eyes and dark hair steps into the dog shelter, also known as billie eilish? #1 - suicide prevention in February 2026 #2 - suicide awareness in February 2026 #3 - billieeilish in February 2026 #1 - self harm awareness in March 2026 #1 - billie in March 2026

In a house defined by order, Jaz has learned to survive by staying small. Homeschooled and carefully monitored by a father who calls his vigilance protection, she moves through her days according to schedule, each rule meant to keep her safe from a world he believes is waiting to harm her. Her brothers see something different. They see isolation. They see fear disguised as love. And when they try to widen her world, one afternoon unravels into panic, confirming their father's darkest suspicions and fracturing the fragile balance inside the home. As long-buried history begins to surface, it becomes clear that Andrew is not only protecting his daughter, but he is protecting himself from a grief he never survived. And Jaz, caught between safety and suffocation, must confront a truth that threatens to dismantle everything he has built: She is not a second chance. She is not a replacement. She is not his past. She is herself. A quiet, piercing portrait of generational trauma, control born from love, and the difficult work of untangling fear from devotion, this novel asks what it means to protect someone, and when protection becomes its own kind of harm.

After discovering she's a descendant of Hades, Avery must find a way to escape those hunting her and ultimately choose between her two opposing soulmates. ***** Once Avery Stavros kissed her best friend's older brother Vladimir, she knew there was no turning back. But as the only living Stavros left, she needs to make a careful decision between him and Adrian despite being able to read both of their minds - something that should only be possible between her and her one soulmate. Love or life? Which one is more important? Loving someone or saving your own life? When the Greek gods and goddesses start meddling with the life of humans, everything's doomed to crash and burn. What will Avery do to protect the one - or ones - she loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] [[ Wattpad Picks: Saturn Needs Sequels]] [[ Paid Stories 2018-2022]]

Demetria Montella, a sixteen almost seventeen year old, teenager from Northern England, who is suffering from grief and selective mutism. She's never had a good life. Even when it was just Demetria and her guilt stricken mother, who made one bad decision, and ended up being the mother she never wanted to be. After her mother's death, Demetria finds herself in a care home. Where she is to stay...until her social worker pulls her out of class. Only to tell her she's been missing for eleven years. In Spain. Not only is she a missing person, she also has a family. A father. A step mother. And five older brothers. Will Demetria take their help? Will she take the chance to live a different life? Who will help her along the way? Will she even find help?

~ long lost brother story ~ At the age of fourteen he lost his right leg, his right eyesight and his boyfriend. Now at sixteen, Tassilo is still standing and a promising young talent for track para-athletics. Paralympic champion in 100m and 400m sprints and vice Paralympic champion in long jump. To the outside world, his life seems perfect but the trauma and chronic pain follow him like a permanent constant. The fire in his eyes is now dull ash. Will his long lost brothers rekindle the flames and pull him out of the dark place called his own mind? But they have dark secret of themselves. Follow along the story of the Caruso family with their ups and downs. ----- #1 in success #1 in longlostbrother #2 in secretsrevealed #2 in lostbrother

I didn't plan on falling in love with Harry Styles. I planned on surviving. Behind a bar, my life makes sense. Drinks in, drinks out. Keep moving. Don't get too close to anyone who might leave. Harry ruins that system the moment he walks in. He's patient in a way that's dangerous. Gentle in a way that makes it hard to keep my distance. He doesn't try to fix me, doesn't ask me to explain the parts of my life I'd rather keep buried. He just... stays. What starts as late-night conversations and quiet companionship slowly becomes something neither of us expected. Something steady. Something terrifying. Something that might actually be love. And when you've spent your entire life learning how to do everything alone, letting someone stay might be the hardest thing of all. UPDATES 9 AM & 9PM EST DAILY!!!! #1 in harrystyles

Kayla gets a mysterious job offer to be a caretaker of a daughter of a wealthy family in a countryside mansion. Who is this girl she's hired to take care of? **Viewer discretion: This story explores themes of trauma, twisted love, blurred emotional bonds, and intense intimacy that could easily be misconstrued as unsettling sensuality. If you choose to read, take care of yourself-some parts may comfort you, others might make you uncomfortable.

STAND ALONE BOOK - Jude Creston thought training to be a priest at a secluded all-male convent would save him from the grief and guilt tied to his sexuality. Instead, he discovers a world of secret desires, rivalries, and hidden dangers, where the priests-in-trainings indulge in what should be forbidden-and even monstrous. Tags: VAMPIRE, bxbxb, bxbxbxbxbxb, switch, threesome/foursome, group play, possessive

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When 15 year old dancer cold, and broken, Elly ward has to move to a new town, to live with her 5 brothers she decides to stay Away from everyone in her new school , including the hockey team. But what happens when 16 year old golden retriever, hockey goalie Luke Barnes decides he's gonna be her friend?

Ravenshore Academy is built on pressure, privilege, and boys who don't know how to be gentle. Damien Moretti, Nathan Moretti, and Nate Moretti rule the halls with fists, smirks, and reputations sharp enough to cut. They're the kind of boys everyone avoids - loud, reckless, untouchable. Everyone except Josh Mercer. Josh is the swim team's quiet prodigy - disciplined, focused, and determined to stay invisible. But invisibility doesn't work on Damien and his crew. They shove him in hallways, mock him in the cafeteria, and make sure he never forgets his place. He's their favorite target. Their quiet punching bag. Their reminder that power is something you take. But everything shifts when Ravenshore announces a new cross‑training program: the hockey team and swim team will be training together. Eight practices a week. Seven lanes. Three hockey boys per lane. And Josh is assigned the worst possible combination: Damien. Nathan. Nate. His three tormentors. His three shadows. His three problems. Forced into close proximity, Josh becomes the one responsible for teaching them how to survive in the water. The boys who used to laugh at him now have to listen to him, watch him, rely on him. Lines blur. Power shifts. And the boys who once made his life miserable start looking at him differently - too closely, too long, too intensely. Josh doesn't know what's more dangerous: the way they used to treat him... or the way they're starting to now. 20k 2026-05-06 ---

Aarav Banerjee is a mystery wrapped in silence. He speaks only when necessary, yet when he does, everyone listens. He's not popular, but everyone knows him. He's just joined junior college, though not very thrilled about it. He's not quiet, just carefully concealed behind a mask-one that Aastha Sethi is desperate to unravel. Aastha is as average as they come-or so people think. A hopeless romantic with a love for pink, Taylor Swift, and fairytale endings, she's just starting college, still figuring out where she fits. She never gave Aarav a second thought. And he never spared her a glance. But fate has other plans. When they're paired for a project, their worlds collide, and suddenly, the lines between indifference and curiosity begin to blur. He's not who she thought he was. She's not as predictable as he assumed. They're just classmates. Nothing more. Right? ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆ "Wanting was enough For me, it was enough To live for the hope of it all Cancel plans just in case you'd call" ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ #1 on India (20th June) #1 on softcore (20th June) #1 on highschool sweethearts (23rd March) #1 on academic rivals to lovers (27th February)

who was he, if not the orphaned mist? and she, the hush of dawn's first kiss? did she scorch, or did she stay? Or was she the light that let him stay?

"𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗏𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖽𝖺𝗒... 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾." 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺. "𝖨'𝗆 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝖩𝖺𝗄𝖾... 𝖸𝗈𝗎'𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝖾." 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗶𝘄𝗼𝗻. Started: March 2nd, 2026 ended: ??? *still ongoing*