Nostalgic Stories

From the moment Isabella Pavlova could walk, she was taught to dance. Growing up in Gary, Indiana, where ballet studios were few and opportunities even fewer, Isabella lived under the weight of her mother's ambitions. Natalia Pavlova, elegant and fiercely determined, pushed her daughter toward perfection, convinced Isabella was destined for greatness in the ballet world and determined to make sure Isabella achieved the fame she herself never could. As a child, Isabella occasionally crossed paths with the Jackson family through Natalia's friendship with Katherine Jackson. Michael had only been a distant memory from her childhood, a shy boy with bright eyes and dreams beyond the stars. She never expected to see him again. Until years later, when fate brought them back together.

in which a habit of recording everything turns into noticing one person more than she meant to. [EXTENDED SUMMARY IN BOOK] ❝are we still us?❞ ❝we can be, if you want.❞ coming of age, band au social media + irl ── .✦ #1 nostalgia #1 vlog #1 dreams #4 band #3 martin © seanshyne 2025

AHHHH hiii this is my first story I've written! This story will be a Michael x Reader story in first person view! The images in the stories help show how he looked during the chapter. I hope you enjoy! Before the fame, before the concerts, before everyone in the world knew his name, he was just Michael. Your best friend. You grew up together in Gary, Indiana, spending summers outside, listening to music, and talking about the future like it was so far away. But as the years go by and Michael's life starts changing faster than either of you can keep up with, feelings start getting involved too. From childhood best friends to first love, this story follows you and Michael through every era, every heartbreak, and every moment that tried pulling you apart. But no matter how famous he becomes, to you he'll always just be Michael.

Between shared chai, inside jokes, first relationships, and the unspoken pressure to become "something," they learn that growing up isn't a moment-it's a slow, uncomfortable journey. One where everyone feels a little out of control. _ A coming-of-age story about youth, bonds that shape us, and the space between who we are and who we're expected to be.

"Be careful, Amanda. Because once he decides you're his safe place... he is never going to let you go." Two childhood friends. One became the most famous man on the planet. The other is just trying to keep her head down and survive her new internship. Los Angeles, 1983. Behind the blinding flashbulbs and the deafening roar of the Thriller era, Michael Jackson is suffocating. To the world, he is an untouchable icon. To Amanda, he is just the quiet boy she made a pinky promise with on an Indiana rooftop a decade ago. When a twist of fate lands her a job right outside his recording booth, she expects the past to stay buried. But in an industry built on ruthless noise and corporate greed, her small drafting desk quickly becomes his only sanctuary. Amanda knows the rules: Keep your professional distance. Keep your head down. Don't let the blinding gravity of his world pull you in. But you can't walk away from someone who has finally found a place to breathe. And when the most watched man on earth refuses to look away from you, hiding is no longer an option. The machine will do anything to protect its King, even if it means completely destroying the girl keeping him grounded. A slow-burn story of fame, nostalgia, and the dangerous reality of being truly seen.

{2026 Open Novella Contest Longlister} {Ranked 1 in #bandmembers (5/1-5/21)} {Ranked 1 in #songwriting (4/22-6/30)} {Ranked 1 in #drummer (5/1-6/30)} {Ranked 2 in #opennovellacontest (5/5-5/15)} {Ranked 2 in #guitar (5/12-6/30)} {Ranked 3 in #onc2026 (6/11-6/15)} {Ranked 6 in #nostalgia (6/11-6/15)} {Ranked 6 in #pining (6/28-6/30)} {Ranked 8 in #romance-friendship (6/11-6/30} {Ranked 9 in #selfdiscovery (6/11-6/30)} "𝘔𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴" 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes... life, simply and tragically, got in the way.

*** I recommend reading the Bonus Chapter before deciding whether this story is for you. If you enjoy that chapter, I think you'll enjoy the rest of the story. *** Hello everyone! Welcome to the journey of Abi and Ashu. A slow-burn romance story about growing up, the innocence of school love, the struggles of long-distance, and the harsh realities of balancing ambition with a relationship. Before you dive in, here's a little about what you're about to read: 1. Based on a True Story This story is heavily inspired by actual events from my life. Much of the narrative is drawn directly from my personal journals. Because of this, the writing style is journalistic and slice-of-life; it may feel repetitive at times, but that's because real life doesn't always follow a perfect movie script. While the core emotions and events are true, some fictional elements have been added to stitch the narrative together smoothly. Also, the present-day portions are completely fictional. Some chapters will also feature simple illustrations to bring certain moments to life. 2. The POV System The story is told mostly from Ashu's point of view. You'll also notice some decimal chapters (like Chapter 5.5). These chapters are written from Abi's POV by my real-life girlfriend. These chapters retell moments from her perspective or include scenes Ashu never witnessed. 3. Language The story is set in a Tamil cultural context. Tamil dialogues are used to maintain emotional authenticity, and English translations are provided. 4. A Small Disclaimer This is my first time writing a story. I'm not a professional author. I've used AI tools to help with grammar and sentence structure, but the heart, emotions, and experiences are entirely my own. Please forgive any rookie mistakes. I hope you enjoy living through our memories. Happy Reading!

I'll edit and polish this book once it's complete. Until then, please bear with my mistakes. ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ "A collection of short stories that will stay rent-free in your heart forever." ✨ ───────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ तेरे दिल में मेरी साँसों को पनाह मिल जाए, तेरे इश्क़ में मेरी जान फ़ना हो जाए। ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡- A journey of hearts & moments -♡ 1. When We MET - complete ✓ Lakshay × Riti 2. Preet Da Viyah - ongoing Yuhaan × Preet 3. Library wala pyaar Vertik × Neer ...more to add 💖 ───────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ And yes, these are short stories that will end within 13 to 15 chapters. #1 in collectionofshortstories on 16 Dec 2025 🎉

Y/n is the newest ghoul- I mean girl in school! She's part of a secret exchange program that hopes for monsters and humans living together in peace and Y/n was perfect for the role! Can a human survive in the world of monsters?

" ඔයා මං වෙනුවෙන් බලන් හිටියද ? " " නෑ, මං ඔයා දිහා බලන් හිටියා " " මොකද්ද වෙනස ? " " ඔයා වෙනුවෙන් බලන් ඉන්නවා කියන්නේ දවසක අයිති කරගන්න බලාපොරොත්තු තියාගෙන බලන් ඉන්න එකට, හැබැයි මං ඔයා දිහා බලන් හිටියේ කවදාවත්ම අයිතිකරගන්න බලාගෙන නෙමේ... " - ඔයා මගෙ බලාපොරොත්තු නැති බලාහිඳීම ශෙවී !!! - 🌊🥀 " තාම ඔබ ගැන ලියනවා, නොකියවන බව දන්නවා "

"To coffee, chaos, and the fine line between loathing and longing. Without you, this story would still be enemies-only." In the world of fleeting passion and noise one men devoted to her and love so profound it transcends the ordinary devoting soul his soul scaredely devoted to her, through trial of fate,time and unspoken vows and meeting in a timeless tale of unwavering reverence and divine connection that lead to obession to love to devotion till eternity. . . . . She whispered " I Hate You, If You Are the Last Person On The Earth Then Also I Won't Choose You". . . . . He catch her wrist and take her close to hm and hug her tightly " I Heard That , Coco . Anything Else??" He ask Like this is most obvious question in the world . . . . . She punch try to free from his embrace"Are You Crazy.Have You Lost Your Brain I Said I Hate You Not Only Hate I Despise You Till Eternity". . . . . He grasps her more tightly "Feeling Is Mutual But I Am Lost In You Being Yours Then I Hate You Accept Or Not I M Yours Only Yours Till Eternity Or Beyond The Eternity." . . . . . . __Tropes___ -Enemies To Lover -Arrogant Sunshine x Fierce Sunshine -School Lovestory -Competitive Sprit -Forbidden love -Obesseed ML X Possesive FML "To the person who inspired the ultimate enemies-to-lovers arc: Thank you for being insufferable. It was hot." A/N : © 2026 Strawbwrite All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. No part of this story may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the author. Thank you !!!!!!! ©2026 All Rights Reserved

Set in the same universe as H20: Just Add Water (events of Mako Mermaids did not happen), 4 highschoolers are doing a Biology Project on Mako Island. Not to keen of each other but still wanting to get the work done, they discover a cave with an oh so familiar Moonpool. As magic strikes, suddenly their lives take a 180° Turn. Their normal lives as they knew them? As gone as a dead fish in a stream. Will a shared secret bring these 4 together? Or will huge waves crash between them because of it? Note: I occasionally decide to re-edit older chapters a bit (mostly only little changes) so idk if it shows for readers, but if the release dates are all over the place this is why. And yes I try to avoid it as much as possible, but I can't help myself lmao

❗️ကိုကိုနဲ့ ညီမလေးရဲ့ ရိုရိုချိုချို ကျောင်းသားအချစ်ဇာတ်လမ်းလေး ---- ညမွှေးပန်းနံ့တွေ ကိုယ်တို့နှစ်ယောက်ကြားမှာ သင်းခနဲ ထုံအီသွားတယ်။ ကဗျာဆန်လွန်းလိုက်တာလေ....။ သူရယ်..... ပန်းရနံ့လေးရယ်..... သူ့ဘေးမှာ လျှောက်ရင်း သူ့ခြေလှမ်းကျဲကြီးတွေကို မနည်းမှီအောင် လျှောက်နေခဲ့ရတဲ့ ၁၄နှစ်ကလေးမလေး ကိုယ်ရယ်...။

**Read Negative Space first "You can draw all the lines you want in the boardroom, Amanda. But some things don't fit into a grid." Five years ago, Amanda Saul escaped the chaotic gravity of Michael Jackson's world to build a bulletproof life in New York. Now a powerhouse creative director, her world is a perfectly controlled grid. She is untouchable. Until he comes to dismantle it. Drafted back into his orbit to architect the gritty visual identity of the Bad era, Amanda agrees to return to Los Angeles on one absolute condition: strictly professional. No blurred lines. No secrets in the shadows. But Michael is no longer the reckless king she ran from. He is patient, calculated, and terrifyingly respectful of the boundaries she demands. As the pressure of the world's biggest stage mounts, Amanda realizes that fighting a man who refuses to cross the line is a war she is destined to lose. In design, a focal point demands your entire attention. In his world, there is nowhere else to look. Book 2 of The Architecture of Us Series

For as long as Riley Callahan can remember, Will Smith has been a part of her life. As her twin brother's best friend, he's spent years showing up at birthday parties, bonfires, and summers at the lake house. Somewhere along the way, he became someone she never really had to think about. Until this summer. As the weeks pass, Riley finds herself seeing Will differently-and she's not the only one. But with summer coming to an end, they'll have to decide if risking their friendship is worth the chance at something more. Because some people have been right in front of you all along.

After a tragic "accident", Lilley is lost in the new world she finds herself in. Questions like, how she got there, why she's even there? And how this world is somewhat connected to hers, constantly runs through her mind. After thinking hard, she now sets out to find the person that brought her to the world; the bus driver. As she tries her best to get through her situation, she's reminded about her past that she'd deliberately tried to forget, people that are willing to help her, and a wholesome friendship that makes the world real to her. When faced with the truth about the crash, will Lilley still want to leave this newfound happiness? And what is this sound she keeps on hearing?

❝ We're all getting older. ❞ ───── Some people say first love fades with time. Cora Adeline Blandon knew better. Time didn't erase what mattered - it simply buried it beneath unanswered questions and words that never reached their destination. 🦢 ─ She could learn to live without him, laugh without him, and build an entirely new life. Yet standing in front of Walker Scobell again, Cora discovered that moving on had never been the same thing as letting go. ───── ───── ───── ───── ─── 5/20/26 - ───── ───── ───── ───── ─── RANKINGS 3rd in #walker :: 06/09/26 1st in #walkerscobellxoc :: 06/26/26 1st in #scobell :: 07/03/26 ───── ───── ───── ─────

𝚑𝚎𝚢𝚢❤️ 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐... ~ the art of romanticizing life, melancholy and to put it simple: deep thoughts ~ ...𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝. Over quite some time I gathered a little collection of different pieces of poetry which are all very personal to me, but which I would also love to share with the world. As an outlet for my thoughts ~ Each part will also feature a picture of the original piece I once wrote into my little book. My friends say my handwriting's pretty, I hope they're right. - no kidding ; ) really, I would appreciate it, if u took a look inside. <3 ongoing ~ more chapters every month xo, S🌹❤️ started 12/04/2023

📖 TERI KHAMOSHI a story by Eva Gray 🌧️ Story Description Some stories are not about big moments. They are about small ones that stay forever. A rainy Wednesday. A quiet boy who barely spoke. And a girl who talked enough for both of them. She didn't even know his name at first. So she gave him one - Mr. Counsellor. Between school gates, crowded corridors, missed chances, and silent walks side by side... something unspoken slowly grew. She talked. He listened. And sometimes... he said nothing at all. But silence doesn't always mean nothing. It means hesitation. It means distance. It means feelings that were never explained. From accidentally learning his name... to walking beside him without knowing where it would lead... to moments that felt too small to matter but too big to forget... She wrote everything in her diary. Every smile. Every "sorry bye." Every almost-moment. Every goodbye she didn't realize was the last. And when he disappeared from her everyday world... she was left with only pages. Pages filled with a boy who never spoke much... but somehow became the loudest part of her memories. Now she writes not to remember him... but because she never got a proper ending.

සමහරු ආදරේ කරපු, සමහරු වෛර කරපු පාසල් කාලෙට ආයෙ යන්න මට චාන්ස් එකක් හම්බෙනවනම් කියල හිතෙනකොට.... කාල යන්ත්‍රයක්වත් තිබ්බනම්.. ම්ම්ම්ම්ම්.. මම කාල යන්ත්‍ර හදන තරමට දියුනු වෙලා නෑ බං.. ඒක හින්ද ලියපු එක කියවපම්.... එච්චරයි කරන්න පුලුවන් 😁😁