Talkthepoc Stories

[⚠️ Major Editing, Mind the Changes] Scattered through the air carrying wishes, Dandelions dancing in the wind, Watch them twirl and watch them spin, Ponder a while on your desires, For once blown away from their stems, Can never be caught again. An anthology of some short stories :)

"I'm not star-crossed. Not unless you cross me." Ro is a Montague who killed her father to inherit the drug-running business and their considerable stash of bio-tech. Jules is the heir to the Capulet Casino and the single rose of the blood-stained, rotting streets of New Verona who wants to escape their captive world. But will the rose smell as sweet if Ro steals them away? *** Two crime lords, both alike in villainy, In New Verona, where we lay our scene, From older murder leads to new misery, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From the delinquencies of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd felons take their fight; Whose misadventured bio-tech overthrows Do with much death bury their parents' might. Let the tech war into brothels, casinos, and fatal masquerades, And in the shadows of the city's cruel rage, Aside from their vendetta's end, nothing could remove, Turn now your consciences from this page; The which if you, with patient eyes attend, The past is gone, this dark future we must end.

{ NOT A BTS FIC } "What's the one thing you can't live without?" Taz looked at me, brown irises steadily holding my gaze, eyes endearing. The faintest of smiles ghosted his lips, but there was no joy behind it. I almost didn't hear him say, "I think you already know the answer," before he finished his drink and slipped back inside. Almost. * * * In which an ordinary girl finds her peace through an unusually named boy. * * * {Highest Rankings} 7/19/18 - #1 in Asian American 8/11/18 - #8 in AMBW AN: she's unedited and very much a work in progress but she is my baby and we live for growth in this house

"You don't know me. Don't act like you can judge me." In which Dena Komatsu and Carlos Costa struggle to keep the peace. [spin off story to Remedy, ongoing 4/1/16, don't need to read Remedy first, recommended] #freeyourbody #168 Short Story 5/8/16

Meet Elizabeth. She follows all of the rules. Hands in her homework on time, cleans her room when asked (not that she needs to be), says please and thank you, arrives home 5 o'clock sharp, cooks dinner, and appreciates her family for who they are, no matter their flaws Now meet Liz. Liz doesn't like to be looked at in the wrong way. She wouldn't hesitate to put you in your place, Below her. Liz doesn't care about school, she arrives whenever she feels like it. Her room is a mess, and so is her attitude. No one has ever heard her utter a single grateful phrase in their lifetime. Liz gets home at any time that she wants. She believes that her brother is a spoiled brat, her mother a dirty whore, and considers her father a stranger. What if I told you these two girls Were the same person? After her father packs up and leaves for another woman, Elizabeth believes that it is time for a new and better her. Newport beach, California was her new destination, and that's where Elizabeth meets Alex, the man who changed her life forever. Find out how this tale of love, loss, and betrayal lead to the death of the most important man in business.

THIRD PLACE WINNER OF THE CHRISTMAS CONTEST 2016! December 1956. Experience Christmas in the most iconic period of history through the eyes of a young, black boy.

Previously known as 'Knight with no Armour.' ❝their love was like fireflies. small, fragile and alive only in the dark. it made them the king and queen of the night.❞ _________ It always takes a momentary weakness to screw things up and Danuj Pradhan learns this the hard way. After cheating on his fiancée slash best friend with their other best friend, everything starts going down the drain. When push turned to shove, Danuj takes the easy way out. He runs away from his home, or hellhole as he prefers to call it, to his spinster aunt's place to just start everything afresh. What he didn't expect is to be hit, literally, by an annoying ball of sunshine in the name of Keira Wilson, who is persistent in showing him that it's okay to be a knight with no armour. But everything isn't what meets the eye. Because, she isn't exactly a ball of sunshine. And he isn't someone whose only problem was a love he lost. #VillainsArePeopleToo #ProjectNobody - - - Cover credit: yours truly Image credit: to owner Trailer credit: @ketterdams Spin-off of Is He A She?! Can be read as a standalone too. #109 [teen fiction] #60 [short story] © copyright 2016- All rights reserved.

breanne vincent has dreamed of being on broadway since she knew what broadway was. she had been taking dance, acting, and singing lessons since she was three years old. performing was her life. when she gets the opportunity to put on her very own musical at school she knows this is exactly what she needs in order to obtain her dream. but soon secrets are revealed and feelings confessed, and camille realizes the world is much more cutthroat than she thinks.

Liyah Hamilton was-in summery- stubborn, pretentious, and stuck up. Chance West was definitely obnoxious and had one heck of a smoking problem. There was absolutely no way at all these two could even formulate anything beyond a friendship. Right? Wrong. Chance already loved Liyah. And Liyah was coming to love him too. And turns out, they worked just right together. - sweetlly

Hugo is the golden boy. Star athlete, great student, and popular. Everyone knows who Hugo is, except Hugo. With his personal life in shambles, he doesn't recognize himself and starts to separate himself from the identity he has created. He isolates himself, leading to his encounter with someone he didn't even know existed. ---- Aira has always managed to stay unknown in high school. She's not known for her beauty. She's not an athlete. She's not popular. People bump into her in the halls and don't recognize her. However, it has been her choice to remain isolated; she didn't want to burden anyone with her existence. This all changes when she meets someone who brings her out of her comfort zone and forces her to change for the better. ---- They met each other at their lowest points. Will they slowly build each other up?

The Princess of Positivity is thrown into a life of turmoil when she collides with someone not normally in her social solar system, uprooting her secure future and stable foundations, launching her into a whole new side of the galaxy that is New York. There, she finds the difference between 'then' and 'now', and how neither can co-exist without implosion. [#178 chicklit]

A black woman's cries ain't heard in a white man's world.

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Being pretty is a privilege. But why don't we acknowledge it? Dylan is the only coloured girl in her final year class. Growing up Asian in a white-dominant community warped her perceptions of beauty and she believes she could never be as 'pretty' as the tall thin non-coloured girls in her grade. Her mom often lectures her "Gwapa, you are beautiful just the way you are" before school and she KNOWS she'd be a sucker if she fell for another masculine white male who played sports - but deep down, Dylan feels she needs to do something about her low confidence. Whether it's to stop being afraid of the sun in fear of her skin getting darker, or to change her idea of success from 'how men see her' to 'how she sees herself', Dylan can't help but think if she's even pretty enough to do anything about it.

Romeo has been fighting for the poor for as long as he could remember. Helping others was all he ever wanted, even though he wasn't paid to do so. But a new threat rose up; Re-introduction of slavery, and the rich folks backed the decision. He couldn't stand and watch as his fellow people were being chained and caged like animals once again. He needed to do something. And the only option was for him to take the fight to those responsible and bring an end to them, but he needed help. Thankfully, he gained allies along the way who swore to help him obtain JUSTICE.

For all my dark skin babies. Showing you that no matter what others say about you, you can still prosper and be successful in your life. •description inside• •••• cover made by me model: justine skye

Yasui Kiko, kickboxing queen that able to won many regional kickboxing and free-style league. But she can't stand with the arrogance prince charming that she meet in her new school that can't stop teasing or annoyed her. Or.. is he actually only shows up in her sch- oh no.

| Previously Featured | | Book One of the Moon Chronicles | "To hear, one must be silent." The Power of the tongue and intelligence of a human being is what makes them different from God's other creations. It is what makes them powerful, it is what makes the human being rule every other creation. But they forget to listen and that is what will lead them to their doom ------------------------ Ayah Beizeen is a sixteen-year-old village girl with a peaceful and content life. She has loving parents, a supportive elder brother and an adorable younger brother. But she is different: Ayah was born mute. She didn't cry when she was delivered and hasn't uttered a word ever since. Sometimes, she wishes she could - she was envious of everyone who could convey their emotions through words, for she has no other option but to keep them bottled up inside her. However, Ayah Beizeen has a special friend from the age of five, when she was found on her terrace staring at the Moon. She talks to the Moon and it listens. Talking to the Moon is the only way, Ayah knows, to share her feelings. One night, the Moon comes with strange tidings - it says that everything that she knew about her life is going to change. She has somehow stumbled upon a strange path and the destination is uncertain. It all depends on the choices she makes. A tale of love, heartbreak, dreams, failures but above all - redemption. Follow Ayah's journey as she surpasses all odds. Is she the 'living miracle' that the Voice of the Moon claims her to be? [ Highest rank - #4 ] [ Cover by - @MayTijssen ] [ Unedited - First draft ]

DID YOU MEAN: salt squad.

Jonah Moshe knew working over Christmas break would be awful, especially at Happy's 24/7 Pharmacy, where he'd get to start his day in a dimly lit convenience store that smelled like cat food and cigarettes, listening to his co worker blab on for six hours straight. But then Nicky Haddad comes in. And he comes again. And again. And again. And suddenly, working the morning shift doesn't seem all that bad. (Double POV story)