Slow Stories

🖤 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬. 𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬? 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝟑𝐀𝐌 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.

From distant lands, she brings healing arts, ancient customs, and the weight of a loneliness that even time could not ease. He bears the legacy of the Blue Dragon-hidden behind a mask, marked by the soft chime of a bell, and feared by those who refuse to see who he truly is. What begins as a chance encounter amid snow and storm grows into a quiet bond that sets them on the same path. Side by side with Princess Yona and her companions, they journey through a land of danger and secrets-only to discover that some ties run deeper than blood.

Following the life of a girl named Amara. she had a rough start in life. it's up to her to decide if she'll let that define who she is who she becomes.

He hunted me down. He took me in. Now my belly swells with a child that he claims is his. I was a Null. A discarded wife thrown into the slums by a husband who wanted a better bloodline. But when Prince Adrian Chernov found me in the rain, he didn't see trash. He saw treasure. The Monster of Erydia took me to his Obsidian Palace. He fed me. He protected me. He bathed in my light to soothe his darkness. My ex-husband thinks the child inside me is a mistake to be erased. But the Monster has a different plan. He touched my stomach and sealed my fate. He says I am his Anchor. He says this baby is under his protection. In the eyes of the world, I am carrying another man's heir. But in the dark of the night, when his shadows wrap around my skin... I am pregnant for the Monster.

Adrian Cross is a man who understands systems-how they bend, how they break, and how they devour people who hesitate. Once embedded in a world of shadow power, he escaped it by mastering restraint. Elara Quinn, a crisis therapist, spends her life stabilising the damage left behind by men like him. When an old enemy resurfaces, using exposure as a weapon and trauma as leverage, Adrian and Elara are forced into an uneasy proximity that slowly becomes something neither of them planned. What begins as guarded alliance turns into emotional intimacy, built not on fantasy but on trust, choice, and mutual respect. As the antagonist Valen attempts to dismantle them publicly-professionally and psychologically-Adrian and Elara refuse to become monsters to survive him. Instead, they dismantle the system he relies on. This is not a story about redemption through love. It is a story about choosing love without surrendering integrity, about intimacy that deepens rather than consumes, and about power that fails when it cannot control truth.

Five years after their divorce, Esmeralda and Damian try to love each other again-against family warnings, old scars, and a past soaked in secrets. But when a devastating misunderstanding threatens to tear them apart, Esmeralda is left believing she chose wrong. What she doesn't know is that Damian returned with an expiration date. Sick, desperate, and still in love, he came back not to start over-but to make peace with the woman who was always his greatest truth.

DESTA KIDANE, a lovely and kind of lonely young man. As a young fresh-out-of-highschool boy he dedicates himself to the search for an 'appropiate' carrier. A carrier that would make his teachers and his parents 'supposedly' proud and happoy. Since he was young, little KIDANE *loved* to watch martial arts. Yet his mom, AYANA KIDANE, never wanted him to experience that kind of violence. Not much to the amusement of his father... All the pressure of finding a job and not really having free time to do one of his favourite activities, pottery, frustrates him a lot. So instead going to his parents for advice, he goes to a boxing match. And guess who he finds. JOSEPHINE RUSSO a strong, independent young woman with the same temper as her father DANTE RUSSO. Her life is amazing in her mind, yet she feels somehow lost. Baby RUSSO trains every weekends with her father for her first real fight with a trained boxer. Her biggest fear though is to disappoint her dad, to which she never told about this fear. She is sure that love doesn't come with power, so she accepts that in her youth she won't fall for someone. Trying to follow her father's legacy isn't easy, though he always tells her to take things slow and give herself a break, to which she get's more persistent about. Yet all changes when she sees him, a baby, so she calls him, ignorant and stupid. aka. Desta

Faye was an innocent girl with a loving family. When one night, her life gets flipped upside down. Faye vows to become the best assassin the world has seen, and she seeks revenge. All while taking care of her little brother, Emilio. - Xavier had a terrible upbringing. But he found the goodness in himself one night. He instantly regretted his decision. He grows to be the greatest businessman the world has ever known. But behind closed doors, he is a ruthless killer. The Italian Mafia boss. When Faye & Xavier cross paths, everything changes.

Don't turn the page. : Mara finds a book that responds to her thoughts. At first, it feels quiet. Curious. Almost harmless. Then it says her name. This isn't a story about madness. It's about control, survival, and what happens when something sees you too clearly. The book warned you. She warned you. You kept reading anyway.

I woke at midnight-not in my own bed, but pinned under the gaze of the police academy's most dazzling cadet. Chen Xiao, the campus heartthrob and future officer, had me locked in his grip, suspicion sharp in his eyes. How did I end up here? In his room, in his bed? My only alibi: a sleepwalking mishap born from a daytime crush. Now, with his jacket wrapped around me and my heart racing, I'm relying on him to sneak me back to campus-carried on his steady back through the shadows. What began as a humiliating mistake might just become the most unforgettable encounter of my life... Because sometimes, the one who catches you off guard is also the one who catches you when you fall.

Ravenfall isn't just a city. It's a place where time bends and secrets hide in the shadows. Kai Carter thought moving here meant a fresh start. That is, until he received a message from someone who claimed to know the future - his future. Elara, the girl by the library window, doesn't just predict danger - she challenges it. She knows what's coming, but can she save him from it? In a world full of dark streets, whispered warnings, and hidden agendas, Kai and Elara are drawn to each other by a connection that feels inevitable. A love that is dangerous, consuming, and haunting. Together, they must unravel the mystery, defy fate, and discover if love is powerful enough to rewrite tomorrow. Dark romance, slow-burn tension, and mysteries that will make your heart race - welcome to a story where every heartbeat counts.

YN moved to England because of her dad's job not knowing what to expect as her life starts over again at Hogwarts. meeting new people, friends, enemy's and.. trouble

She woke in a place both familiar and strange, a camp that seemed to know her, though her mind remembered nothing. The echoes of her own past were gone, leaving only fragments-a face she once trusted, a name whispered in shadows, a presence that saved her when the world had turned against her. All around her, forces stirred. Ancient powers watched silently, some with fear, some with desire, each measuring her, each waiting to see which side she would claim. Friends and enemies blurred, loyalties shifted like smoke, and the threads of fate trembled with every heartbeat she could not yet recall. A labyrinth of memory and destiny lies ahead, where shadows can speak and the sun might betray the night. Love and loss, curses and gifts, laughter and terror intertwine, pulling her deeper into a world where even gods are unsure of their own rules. Every step she takes awakens whispers from the past-of battles survived and battles yet to come, of bonds broken and bonds forged in fire. A warning lingers in the air: those who underestimated her may find themselves undone. And somewhere in the darkness, a familiar shadow waits. Not friend, not foe, but a reminder that even salvation comes at a cost, and that the power she carries-born of things older than time-may either save or shatter everything. She is not supposed to exist. And yet, here she is. | I do not own any of these characters, they are Rick Riordan's | the battle of the labyrinth.

Being Harry Potter's cousin comes with enough drama. Being a pure-blood raised at Durmstrang? Worse. Transferring to Hogwarts for third year was supposed to be simple. Keep my head down. Survive the fame. Graduate. Then I met Draco Malfoy. Our families are close. He acts like we're enemies. And somehow we're arguing in every hallway like it's a sport. If this is hate... we're in serious trouble. Draco malfoy x Reader

Maeve Raines has seen golden strings since her teenage years-thin, luminous threads tied to people's pinkies, binding them through choice, emotion, and consequence. Friendship. Betrayal. Belief. Obsession. Love. Everyone has them. Some have many. Having only one is rare. Having none is impossible. Except Maeve cannot see her own. Now in her late twenties, she lives a life that demands silence and observation. Her secret stays hidden, pressed between unanswered questions and the letters she writes to the Fates-quiet confessions meant for powers she isn't sure are listening. Over the years, she has learned every shade of gold that exists and memorized their meanings. There is nothing left about the strings that should surprise her. To the world, she is someone else entirely. She goes by Juno-a name chosen, not given. A name she wears like armor. Under that name, she drifts. Watches. Learns how lives knot and unravel. Until she meets Theo Mercer. Her neighbor is gentle, reserved, and marked by something she has never encountered before. He has no visible strings. Not one. The absence unsettles her more than any bond ever has-because she knows what every shade should mean, and yet he fits none of them. Theo knows nothing of fate or golden threads-only that being near Juno feels fragile, like something he shouldn't expect to keep. What unfolds between them is not loud or dramatic. It is slow. Measured. Built from shared glances, half-confessions, and the quiet comfort of being understood without explanation. And for the first time, Maeve feels something she cannot categorize-a pull, a burn around her own pinkie whenever she turns away from him. Still unable to see her string, she prays-desperately-that if it exists, it will not be the worst kind. The color of love that never gets to stay. To the Fates is a quiet, tragic exploration of destiny misunderstood, love interrupted, and the cost of seeing what others cannot.

❝ He didn't buy him out of mercy. He bought him because he wanted him. ❞ Lee Minho is the most feared mafia boss in the city-cold, ruthless, and unforgiving when it comes to debt. Han Jisung is nothing more than a price to be paid. Sold by his own father to cover an impossible debt, Jisung is delivered into Minho's world expecting pain, fear, and silence. What he doesn't expect is Minho's attention-or the way the man slowly starts to claim him as something more than property. Possession turns into protection. Cruelty blurs into desire. And liking someone becomes the most dangerous mistake of all. In a world ruled by violence and loyalty bought with blood, love was never part of the deal. Mafia AU | Minsung | Dark Romance | Slow Burn | Possessive Minho

Josh has spent his entire life growing up alongside Danny - same streets, same house, same years stitched together by music, chaos, and loyalty. Danny's little sister, Isla, has always been part of that picture. Familiar. Safe. Untouchable. Until she isn't. Now world-famous as a member of December 10, Josh's life is split between sold-out arenas, endless tours, and a version of home that no longer feels simple. Isla, eighteen months younger and finally old enough to see things clearly, begins to notice the way Josh looks at her - the distance, the tension, the moments that linger too long. What starts as something unspoken becomes impossible to ignore. Josh is caught between guilt and want, knowing that crossing this line means risking his best friend, his found family, and everything that came before. Isla is torn between the boy she's always loved quietly and the man whose past - and present - raise doubts she can't silence. As fame grows louder and boundaries blur, both are forced to confront the question they've avoided for years: Is loving each other worth the cost? A slow-burn, forbidden-adjacent romance rooted in childhood history, emotional tension, and the pull of something that's always been there - In Plain Sight follows Josh and Isla as they navigate trust, distance, jealousy, and the messy beauty of choosing love when the timing has never been easy.

- A slow-burn romantasy with fae courts, false identities, and dangerous choices - "I was taken from my world to replace a girl who was already dead. They dressed me in white, gave me her name, and promised me safety if I stayed silent. I was meant to be a bride. A symbol. A lie. But the prince I was promised to doesn't see me the way he should. And the man who brought me here is watching, waiting for me to break. I am not the girl they think I am. And if the truth comes out, it will destroy us all." #fantasy #fae #fairies #romance #slowburn #enemiestolovers #royalty #forcedmarriage #fakeidentity #darkfantasy #forbiddenlove Note: This story is taking part in the Open Novella Contest 2026 #ONC #OpenNovellaContest

"The work for which I came here is finished, I'm leaving." "Jane ka khayal bhi apne zehen se nikaal dijiye, Naina, Varna poora Harshvardhan tabah kar denge hum."

She thinks she's better than him. He proves her wrong-on the first page. Better Than is a story about ambition, attraction, and the dangerous cost of underestimating someone you care about.