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103 Stories

  • When Heaven Burned Softly||Taekook|| by EclipsedHeartsTK
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    Jungkook was raised to be perfect. The flawless heir of Heaven. The obedient angel prince. The son who smiled correctly, spoke carefully, and never disappointed anyone. Taehyung was raised to be feared. The future ruler of Hell. The devil prince whispered about in nightmares. Cold. Untouchable. Incapable of love. When an ancient prophecy warns that Heaven and Hell will collapse unless their heirs unite, the two are forced into an arranged marriage neither of them wants. To the realms, their wedding is salvation. To Jungkook, it feels like another cage. To Taehyung, it feels like a slow disaster waiting to happen. They begin as strangers bound by duty. Separate bedrooms. Silent dinners. Ballroom dances filled with tension sharp enough to cut skin. But somewhere between midnight conversations, healing touches, rainstorms in Hell, and hands finding each other beneath crowded tables, hatred begins turning into something far more dangerous. Something soft. Now Jungkook must learn that love is not something earned through perfection. And Taehyung must face the terrifying truth that the devil who never loved anyone may love one person enough to ruin himself for him. A slow burn fantasy romance filled with political tension, healing, devotion, ballroom dancing, aching vulnerability, and two lonely souls choosing each other again and again. Sometimes the end of the world begins with a prophecy. And sometimes salvation begins with someone saying: "Come here."
  • Unspoken Love by bookblush_reads_04
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    Twinkle and Vikram's story is a soft, slow-burn journey of healing and unexpected love. Twinkle, guarded by her past, struggles to trust again, while Vikram, patient and genuine, slowly becomes her safe place without even trying. What begins as friendship turns into something deeper through small moments, quiet understanding, and unspoken emotions. In the end, it's not about grand confessions-but about finding comfort, trust, and love where you least expect it. _____ . This book is a work of fiction intended for entertainment purposes only. The characters, events, and situations are products of my imagination. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Some scenes may contain mature themes - reader discretion is advised.... This is a work of fiction born from love, late-night thoughts, and way too much coffee. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. May this story remind you that love - no matter how messy - is always worth it....💖 This story is a love letter to everyone who still believes in soulmates, second chances, and the kind of love that feels like coming home. ✨ Any resemblance to real people is purely coincidence (though if you recognize yourself here, maybe it's fate 😉). None of this happened - except maybe in dreams, hearts, and quiet moments between chapters of real life. Every word is fiction, but every feeling is true. ❤️
  • Introducing Us by tvwriteher
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    Set several years after the series finale of Introducing Me, Neal and Kent officially pass the torch to their daughter/Niece Giselle Davis as she steps into her own spotlight. Determined to chase a dream that's bigger than her comfort zone, Giselle transfers to the elite Tharpe-Armour Boarding School in the high-class city of Potomac, Maryland-a world of privilege, pressure, and impossible expectations. At Tharpe-Armour, excellence isn't encouraged-it's demanded. As one of the few scholarship students and an emerging Olympic-level gymnast, Giselle must prove she belongs while balancing brutal training schedules, academic rigor, and the unspoken social hierarchy that comes with wealth and legacy. Surrounded by a tight-knit but imperfect group of friends, Giselle navigates the ups and downs of first love, fractured friendships, jealousy, ambition, and self-identity. Every victory comes with sacrifice, every misstep with consequences-on the mat and off it. As the pressure mounts and the stakes rise, Giselle's journey becomes more than chasing gold medals. It's about learning who she is without her parents' shadow, what she's willing to risk for greatness, and how to hold onto the people she loves when everything is pushing her to choose herself first. This is a story about legacy, resilience, and becoming-where growing up means learning when to hold on, when to let go, and when to take the leap anyway.
  • SUNSHINE AND IT'S SHADOW  by EJSdumbme
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    Vihaan Sharma has spent his life making people smile. A beloved omega singer with a voice that feels like sunlight, he writes songs about connection, freedom, and finding a place where the heart can finally belong. Behind the easy smile, however, is someone who has learned not to trust easily-and never to let anyone close enough to build a cage around him. Then there is Rudra. A masked alpha singer whose dark, possessive music has made him Vihaan's most infamous rival. He sings about obsession, ownership, and wanting something badly enough to never let it go. They should hate each other. Instead, Rudra seems determined to get closer. But Vihaan has learned the hard way that devotion can wear the face of possession, and protection can become another kind of prison. Rudra may want him more fiercely than anyone ever has-but wanting someone is not the same as knowing how to love them. As their rivalry turns into something neither of them can name, Vihaan begins to wonder whether the man behind the mask is truly a threat... Or the shadow he has been searching for all along. Some doors are locked from the outside. Others only open from within.
  • Echoes of Cursed Silence | Megumi x Reader by wisteriaecho
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    "You can live a normal life... if that's what you choose." "But I won't let you face what comes next alone." You always thought your ability to predict things was a curse. Staying quiet. Staying invisible. Staying normal. But everything changes when you cross paths with Megumi Fushiguro-a quiet sorcerer who sees more in you than you ever wanted anyone to. Thrown into the dangerous world of curses, alongside a chaotic boy and a powerful cursed object, your life is no longer your own. And as the line between fate and choice begins to blur... so does the distance between you and him. Megumi x Reader | Slow Burn | Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Offside Hearts by 1d_football5
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    In the high stakes world of elite women's football, rivalries are built on pride, loyalty, and legacy. For England captain Leah Williamson, control and composure have always been her greatest strengths, until she meets the one player who refuses to be contained. Ava Moretti is chaos in boots: fierce, unapologetic, and playing for everything Leah represents as the enemy. When their clubs collide, so do their worlds, on and off the pitch. What begins as a heated rivalry filled with reckless tackles and sharper words slowly unravels into something far more dangerous. Because the line between hatred and desire is thinner than the offside line, and far easier to cross. Highest Rankings: #1 in footballfiction #1 in emotionalslowburn #1 in englandlionesses #4 in fxf #7 in arsenalwomen #9 in femalexfemale #9 in arsenalwfc #9 in wsl #10 in leahwilliamson
  • We're Not Done Yet by swtpink
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    Meera never believed good things stayed. Not happiness. Not homes. And certainly not love. Then she met Arjun. Patient where she was guarded, gentle where life had been cruel, Arjun slowly became the safest part of her world-the kind of person who noticed when she skipped lunch, remembered how she liked her tea, and loved her carefully enough to make her believe she deserved it. What began as quiet companionship inside the walls of a community foundation slowly became something deeper. Something sacred. But love alone cannot erase the wounds people carry. As old fears, buried guilt, and the weight of saving everyone around them begin to pull at the cracks beneath their carefully built happiness, Meera and Arjun are forced to confront a painful truth: sometimes loving someone is easier than believing you can keep them. And when life tests the fragile home they've built in each other, they must decide whether love is only meant for the unbroken- or if two damaged people can choose each other, again and again, despite everything. A deeply emotional slow-burn romance about healing, grief, found family, and the terrifying beauty of being loved gently.
  • Too Much Ecstasy by drxalvy
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    "ME being in love with HER? Tell me you're joking It's like that I just find her attractive when she shows that stupidly sweet smile of hers, the way her eyes glint up when she talks about painting- Yeah, maybe you're right" -Yoongi, hopelessly in love. Min Yoongi and Doona have been friends for a few years now. So, it's not a big deal for them to decide to go on a reality show together. Yoongi didn't expect to fall for a girl so energetic, that also likes her coffee exceptionally sweet. The last thing Doona wanted to add in her chaotic life was fall for a grumpy idol who also looks very cute..? Even though they didn't have much in common, they were good friends but now that their hearts want something more.... ★ This book contains mentions of s!x, fluff, harsh language, PTSD, depression, trauma, anxiety, eating d!sorder. Friends to lovers Fem!Oc x MinYoongi 🕳️Use of violent language
  • Chain Two, Turn by topazmare
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    After losing her apartment, her best friend, and the future she thought she wanted in the span of a week, Kit Martin is forced to start over. Armed with an unfinished resume, a bruised heart, and exactly zero life plans, she moves into a cramped apartment with Hiro-a baker, restaurant worker, occasional Pilates instructor, and the most confusingly kind person she's ever met. The building is old. The walls are thin. The neighbors are loud. But between shared dinners, unexpected friendships, and the strange comfort of people who ask nothing from her, Kit begins to wonder if getting her life wrecked wasn't the end of her story. Maybe it was the beginning.
  • The Frequency of Silence  by BarikaGolapi
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    Two strangers. One contract. A war of logic and faith. Aria Khan moves through Oxford like a phantom. To the academic board, she is a brilliant rising star in bioethics. To her power-hungry family, she is a bargaining chip. Facing an arranged marriage designed to consolidate her father's global influence, Aria approaches the one man as cold and detached as the system trapping her: Zeyd Al-Sayyid. Zeyd is a high-frequency trading prodigy who views human emotion as an inefficiency to be optimized away. To shield Aria's legal autonomy and keep his own corporate board quiet, Zeyd offers a cold, operational transaction-a secret two-year civil marriage with zero cohabitation and absolute financial separation. When Aria's father retaliates by buying majority control of Zeyd's trading firm to destroy his life's work, their transactional union turns into an all-out war. Sacrificing her family's standing to save Zeyd's company, Aria flees to the manuscript archives of Istanbul, leaving behind an unfiled dissolution petition. Separated by thousands of miles and years of silence, Zeyd's impenetrable world begins to shatter. Looking at the blue server light connecting his terminal to hers across the globe, the mathematician realizes he has fallen for the one variable his code could never predict. Spanning from the rain-slicked cobblestones of Oxford to the sunny archives of Cairo and the waters of Lake Geneva, The Frequency of Silence is a sweeping, deeply emotional story of hubris, sacrifice, and the quiet courage it takes to find faith in a hyper-rational world.
  • Crossing Lines by TheAsianEditor
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    At Ashbourne University, everyone knows where the lines are drawn. Between power and privilege. Between ambition and obsession. Between the people you're expected to be and the person you actually are. Aarohi Oberoi knows how to win-until she doesn't. Mihir Malhotra has spent his entire life being untouchable. They were never supposed to become anything more than rivals. But somewhere between Sunday dinners, crowded university corridors, and the silence of the swimming lanes, the lines begin to blur. And once you cross one... There may be no going back.
  • His Revenge, My Destiny  by moonlitbright
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    Prema has spent her whole life hiding pain behind a perfect smile. Born into a world where reputation matters more than feelings, she has learned to stay silent, obey, and survive. But on the day of her wedding, everything begins to fall apart. And somewhere in the middle of secrets, political games, broken promises, and wounded pride stands. "Araf Khan" A man impossible to understand.Cold one moment,Dangerous the next. A man who seems to carry anger like armor. In a world ruled by power and destiny, Prema soon realizes that some promises are never forgotten...
  • Accidentally yours by GinevraWatson6
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    A reckless bike crash was supposed to be the first and last time Amayra and Ryan crossed paths. Instead, it becomes the start of a rivalry filled with banter, late-night conversations, quiet comfort, and a love neither of them planned for. Sometimes, the people who crash into your life end up becoming the place you call home.
  • In the Vines by _Suzie_Quinn_
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    Emilia "Lia" Monroe took the vineyard job on a whim-just one summer to build her name and move on. She's spent her whole life in kitchens, from her mom's diner to backbreaking shifts and borrowed time. This was supposed to be the next step, not a distraction. Beckett Hale isn't looking for surprises. After inheriting the family vineyard, he's poured everything into keeping it afloat-and keeping his distance. Controlled. Cold. That's how he survives. When they meet, it's anything but easy. They clash in the kitchen, challenge each other at every turn-and still, something pulls them closer. Is it tension or something deeper? Is this just another summer job... or the start of something neither of them planned?
  • Still with you  by BellaStories-
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    Jeon Jungkook × Y/N | Angst · Romance · Second Chances Years after their heartbreaking end, a storm reunites Jungkook-a global icon-and Y/N, the girl he never truly let go. Old feelings resurface. Secrets spill. But love isn't always enough. He's chasing stages. She's finding herself. When the past collides with the present, will they choose love... or let it go all over again?
  • THE ROGUE'S BLOODLINE  by AuthorEva1
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    They say a wolf who runs alone is already dead. But some secrets are worth dying for.Zamani is a survivor. For years, they have walked the shadows of the human world, blending into the background and hiding a scent profile so rare that even the most powerful trackers can't lock onto their true lineage. To the rest of the world, Zamani is just a penniless rogue passing through a forgotten mountain town. But a single night in the punishing rain of the Blackwood valley changes everything.Framed for a high-stakes break-in at the eastern armory of the fearsome Silver Ridge Pack, Zamani finds themselves cornered by the two most dangerous men on the coast:Douglas Rosslyn Stevens: The unyielding Alpha of Silver Ridge. A fierce, traditionalist powerhouse who rules with an iron fist, Douglas believes in blood, boundaries, and immediate execution for trespassers.Paul Smith: The pack's brilliant, dangerously charming Beta and chief strategist. Dressed in tailored coats and wielding a cold, calculated smile, Paul views the world as a chessboard-and Zamani might just be his perfect new pawn.With silver-laced handcuffs burning their wrists and a forty-eight-hour deadline ticking away, Zamani is forced into a deadly contract: help the pack trace the stolen weapons, or face execution.As the hunt begins, the lines between enemy and ally blur. Douglas's terrifying dominance begins to clash with a fierce, unexpected protective instinct, while Paul's smooth loyalty masks a brilliant game that could shake the pack hierarchy to its core. But the dangerous game they are playing runs deeper than pack politics. When the full moon hits, a dormant prophecy will awaken-revealing a hidden bloodline trait in Zamani that could either save the Silver Ridge Pack, or burn it to the ground.One rogue wolf. One unyielding Alpha. One mastermind Beta. Let the game begin.
  • I Loved Him in Silence.He Loved Me Back  by storybook-dreamer
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    She was the kind of girl everyone noticed beautiful, quiet, mysterious. But she only noticed the ones who never looked her way. Mira lives alone. No friends. No family around. Just lectures, anxiety, and an imagination that runs deeper than any conversation she's ever had. She's had crushes before. Too many. But never real. Until she starts waking up at 4:30 a.m. Until she meets him. A boy who doesn't even glance at her. A boy whose silence feels louder than the rest. A boy who's about to become her coach. She promised herself this wouldn't be another heartbreak. But something about Reyan feels different. And what she doesn't know... is that he's watching too. ✓ A slow-burn, emotional romance between a girl who's always loved in silence... and a boy who might just love her back, louder than she ever imagined.
  • In Every Scent, I Love You by ScarlettYu123
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    In Every Scent, I Love You by scarlettyu 💗✨ Slow Burn • Friends to Lovers • Scented Romance • Heartfelt & Dreamy Jasmine Madison is a rising perfume and beauty influencer with 117k followers, a heart full of hope, and a laugh that could melt even the coldest soul. Denver Gonzales is the mysterious CEO of America's most elite cologne brand - handsome, brilliant, and emotionally untouchable. He doesn't chase trends. He doesn't do romance. And he certainly doesn't believe in love. Until Jasmine walks into his life... and stays. What starts as a simple collaboration soon turns into something more-a friendship laced with stolen glances, late-night talks, and slow-burning tension no scent could ever mask. But falling in love with a man who's built walls higher than skyscrapers? Jasmine never meant for that. And Denver? He never planned on falling for the girl who smells like summer, warmth, and everything he swore he'd never need. 🌸 A story about love in silence, affection in perfume notes, and a forever written in every heartbeat-and every scent. ---!
  • When Love Took Root by edgarallenyo
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    When Georgia Hart drives back through the tree-lined roads of her childhood hometown, the golden leaves whisper a truth she's not ready to face. Everything looks the same, and yet nothing is. Once a bright-eyed kindergarten teacher, Georgia returns home searching for something steady after a season of loss and restlessness. What she doesn't expect to find is Richard Ellis, the quiet boy she grew up with. He's older now, broader in the shoulders, and still carrying that easy, disarming charm she never quite forgot. Years ago, their friendship had always skirted the edges of something more with glances that lingered too long, conversations that felt like secrets. But life moved forward, pulling them in different directions. Now, with her father's recent death the family's orchard needs tending, her mother urging her to stay and help. Now Georgia finds herself working alongside Richard once more. Between the hum of bees and the scent of ripe apples, old feelings stir like leaves in the wind. Richard's teasing smile hides a tenderness he can't quite name and Georgia's heart begins to thaw beneath the warmth of his handsome features and steady devotion. As autumn deepens, the two must decide if what they once left behind was just youthful affection... or the beginning of a love that never really ended. A story of coming home, healing, and rediscovering grace. "Where Love Took Root" is a tender, slow-blooming romance reminding us that sometimes the heart doesn't move on... it waits.
  • Bound by Silence  by nyralurne
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    " I don't believe in marriage." Adhrit Singh said it flatly, his eyes cold, emotionless. Ishani Rai tilted her head, a faint smirk hiding behind her calm eyes. "It's okay... I'll make you believe I'm exactly that," she said, playful and daring, her voice soft but full of hidden fire. An arranged marriage ties a cold-hearted police officer-shaped by duty, loss, and a fear of love-to a kindergarten teacher who hides a mischievous, imaginative soul beneath her calm exterior. He keeps his distance, believing love only leads to heartbreak. She stays, secretly dreaming, scheming, and playing little scenarios in her mind of a husband who is nothing short of divine. No promises. No expectations. Just two strangers learning how to exist under the same roof... where silence can hide laughter, and longing wears a mischievous smile. This is a slow-burn dark romance where hearts open quietly, fantasies collide with reality, and love comes on its own terms.