Dependency Stories

The Quiet Struggle follows the poignant and emotional journey of Katherine "Kat" Greene, a once-vibrant teenage girl whose life is forever altered after a devastating car accident. Left with severe brain damage, Kat wakes up in the hospital with little memory of her past and a future she cannot comprehend. Struggling to piece together the fragments of who she once was, she faces a world where even the simplest tasks are now overwhelming challenges. Unable to control her body, Kat is forced to rely on others for care. She wears diapers and needs assistance with basic tasks-her body and mind no longer in sync. Her speech is fragmented, her thoughts a jumble of confusion and frustration. Once independent, Kat is now like a child in an adult's body, seeking answers to questions she can't even fully express. As she navigates this new reality, Kat's emotional journey becomes one of quiet resilience. Through the compassion of her devoted mother, who remains by her side, and the support of her caregivers, Kat begins to find small moments of hope, discovering that despite her challenges, there is still a spark within her-a will to connect, to heal, and to reclaim a sense of herself. In this intimate and heart-wrenching exploration of identity, memory, and the power of human connection, The Quiet Struggle invites readers into the mind of a girl fighting to find her place in a world that feels both familiar and foreign. Through Kat's eyes, we learn that strength doesn't always come in loud victories, but in the quiet determination to keep going, one small step at a time.

An alt critters story . Catnip somehow returns to the past after living a horrible future. Now he has the chance to change things and himself. He makes some tough calls and finds some painful truths. Turns out he's not the only one who lived in an abusive home or rather lived through one. Alt critters do not belong to me Cover art belongs to sheepshits on Twitter/X . Go check out their art. The Au from which the story is set also belongs to them.

Skarlett Conti has everything others dream of fame, acclaim, and a life that looks perfect from the outside. Every day, she dazzles audiences on stage, and her smile graces magazine covers. Isabella Vane has spent years directing plays and believes she can read the emotions hidden between the lines. When Skarlett joins her company, she spots something no one else sees an unease that cannot be acted. With each passing day, the line between a professional relationship and a deep bond begins to blur. Yet there are secrets that cannot be revealed in a single sentence, and homes that are far harder to leave than to enter.

In the shadow of the 'Great Depression', when banks held more power than the people they served, a quiet figure begins to move through the cracks of the system. They call him Pretty Boy Floyd Floyd Callahan. He doesn't chase money. He doesn't chase fame. And he doesn't believe in heroes. Floyd targets banks not for their vaults, but for their paper. Mortgage records. Debt claims. Ownership documents. The things that quietly decide who gets to keep their lives... and who loses everything. After every robbery, something strange happens: The money is left behind. But the debts disappear. To struggling people , he becomes a whisper of hope. But not everyone believes in the myth. Relentlessly tracking him is Agent Victor Hale, a man who sees Floyd not as a symbol, but as a dangerous anomaly someone who undermines order without offering anything to replace it. Floyd remains something no one can define: Not a savior. Not a villain. Just a man who refuses to accept a system built on taking. BASED ON REAL LIFE STORY OF "Charles Arthur Floyd"

At first, he was just a spark-kind, mysterious, the kind of man who made the ordinary feel alive. She admired him quietly, caught in the curve of his smile, the weight of his attention. But sparks have a way of spreading. Soon, he consumed her thoughts, her choices, her days. The independent, confident woman she once knew began to blur, replaced by someone tangled in longing, restless and raw. Falling for him awakened something deep inside her-but she couldn't tell if it was the start of becoming more, or the slow unraveling of who she used to be.

An alternately universe where people have secondary genders- alpha(mainly economic and powerful figures or prestigious families) , beta( mostly workers but they can build themselves up) and omega (who can have a number of different positions in Society and are the bearers of children whether they're man or woman) Tom, Ray and Max form a mate bond and have to figure things out, adapt to each other and learn the kinks of mate bonds. Mate bonds are not common but are still sought after, even when triads aren't always accepted.

Independence is freedom, but in the realm of power, dependency is leverage. The more others need you, the greater your influence. This law reveals how to cultivate indispensable value - and why those who cannot be replaced will always hold the throne.

A depressed guy trying to overcome a recent heartbreak

This is a story about a young girl Yasamin and her family. As she is raised in afghanistan, a country without women rights and filled with rapists raising boys to become rapists and girls to become victims of inequality and rape.

Panic attacks aren't always the easiest things to explain...

A piece that contains various snippets of prose poetry.

For those who have a mind full of shits but can't find words to express it.

I don't make grammatical errors. FLower can show meaning to those who look beyond.

my life. do not take any of these poems and use them as your own.

A story of a high school young boy speaking about his struggle to find a way to connect with his family and others. Furthermore, he is forced by an imaginary person to develop himself quickly and beat his fears.

Rajah has to delicately explain to jack that his idol, the one person he adores most, doesn't care about him. ----- "Jackie..just how many times do you plan on gettin yourself hurt like this before realizin what's really goin here?" The naive and flighty proclaimed boy genius, Jack Spicer, was once more trying desperately to plan some large, convoluted scheme in order to show Chase Young that he was, in fact, worthy of being his apprentice. It was the type of plan that made you want to shake your head in, not in disappointments, but..pity. Rajah could not for the life of her understand how Jack could continue to let himself be humiliated, ridiculed and just plain abused by a malicious, and quite frank, narcissistic character like Chase.

Cosmo and Sprout have always been practically attached at the hip... but can you really blame them... they need each other.