Gaslight Stories

⋆. 𐙚 ˚. "I don't want to be here." Y/N x CEO but different! The only relationship to be 'romanticised' is Ryley and CEO (Marcus) This is written to be serious in an unserious way. Though, it does have topics to be taken seriously. TW will be at the top of every chapter. 𝒮𐕣𝒶𝓇†𝑒𝒹 ▸ 22 .ᐟ 01 .ᐟ 25 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓼𝒽𝑒𝒹 ▸ ﹖﹖ 𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄃

"Sin wears silk and smiles." In the glittering decay of nineteenth-century Europe, one woman trades her soul for freedom-and finds herself forever bound to the Devil who grants it. From the gilded palaces of France to the fog-choked streets of London, Jeanette Rouge follows the rise, fall, and rebirth of a courtesan turned immortal hunter. Once a pawn of kings, Jeanette signs the Scarlet Contract to escape her ruin, only to awaken in a world where demons walk among the desperate and angels sell indulgence by the ounce. As she crosses paths with an enigmatic butler, a noble family cloaked in mirrors, and the shadow of a killer who bleeds cities dry, Jeanette learns that desire can damn as surely as sin-and that redemption may demand a deeper surrender. A tale of beauty, vengeance, and the price of eternity, Jeanette Rouge unfolds across five acts of blood and velvet: The Scarlet Contract. The Devil in Black and Crimson. Mirrors and Monsters. The Sins We Serve. Rouge Eternal.

Jeon jeongguk is a golden child. Or so is what his mother says every time he fulfills his parents' expectations. But this time, Jeongguk has decided to follow his hyungs' steps from Busan to Seoul for his new university life, much to his parents' disapproval. Jeongguk believes he is finally en route to regaining the control over his life, away from his overbearing parents. Kim Taehyung is quiet, introverted, a good observer and an even better friend. He does not feel like a good boyfriend, though. Taehyung can feel his relationship slipping through his fingers and although he does everything he can to make it right, it somehow makes everything worse. This is a slow-burn Taekook fanfic (with a yoonmin side ship) inspired by the song 'Must have been the wind' by Alec Benjamin. Trigger Warnings ⚠: Emotional abuse, manipulation, toxic relationships, verbal and physical abuse, controlling behavior, alcohol misuse, anxiety, and themes of emotional neglect.

A forgotten village on the Cornish coast. A glass that sings to the sea. And two seekers drawn by its call. Kotallo, a soldier bound to the Silver Twilight Lodge, is sent to claim the artifact for those who remade him. Aloy, an archaeologist and heir to forbidden knowledge, follows her own path to uncover what should remain buried. In the mist between them lies the question: will they face the song together... or against each other?

"Daddy Had Four Wives" is a Nigerian thriller about family, betrayal, and the lengths people will go to protect what they believe is theirs. If you love twisted mysteries, forbidden tension, and characters who keep you guessing until the very end-this is for you. Warning: Contains violence, strong language, and mature themes. Not for the faint of heart.

She escaped one monster. She moved into a village full of them. Claire is broke, wanted by the law, and desperate. After kidnapping her eight-year-old son from his abusive father, she answers a job listing for a remote village in Normandy. Room and board included. No questions asked. Sainte-Agnès-des-Bois is everything she needs. The stone houses form a perfect circle. The old villagers bring homemade cookies and knit bonnets for her boy. Her son laughs again. He rides a bicycle. He falls in love for the first time. But there are no adults between 30 and 70. Only the elderly - and the children. At night, someone enters Claire's building. Someone who laughs in the dark. A slow-burn psychological horror novel about motherhood, silence, and what hides behind a grandmother's smile. ⚠️ TW: domestic violence, psychological manipulation, cult, cannibalism, character death

Random quotes from things I like

"Sometimes the people that hurt us is also the most are the ones we call home." Three years together had convinced Fergie that Raynor was the answer to all her searching. Until one day they lost each other. And just when Fergie finally learned to let go, fate had other plans.

Uncontrollably, they fall. I keep wiping them away, and as i do so, the feeling Intensifies.. It's like I'm trying to convince myself that this isn't real, a figment of my imagination, perhaps one of my made-up scenarios that live rent-free in my head... Instead of asking "why" like I'd usually do, I could mess up my routine and just accept the fact that it might not get better .. Some may call it pessimistic, but I like to say that's just me being realistic and practical Famished and confused on what to do, I just stare at the sky, no stars in sight, just darkness... A black empty void of Nothingness. Half empty or half full...pick a struggle! Empty.... That's how I'm starting to feel... Maybe I've been that way for quite some time, and I'm just realising it now? Maybe it's too much space in my head that I can actually think and come to the conclusion that emptiness is kinda...Nice? Being responsible for just yourself... wouldn't that be easier to manage? I'm spewing nonsense, but I'm sure someone can relate to being snatched up from your regular "normal" and placed in the universe of utter "abnormality " and waves of nothings? The emptiness echos really loud, my love... she is stillness, in a world full of chaos.

Secrets were a game. Until the game turned deadly. Sera never meant to look back. Not after the club disbanded. Not after the blood. Not after they started dying one by one. But when a familiar voice drags her into a room that should have burned down with their sins, she's forced to remember - the lies, the rituals, the candlelit truths, and the boy whose name still haunts her. Now, a 21 year old, quiet literature student at St. Verdant's University, Sera Wren, lives in the shadow of a past she never speaks of. But silence only lasts so long - especially under the unnerving watch of Dr. Elias Halberd, the university's therapist. His questions cut too deep. His eyes follow too long. And his presence feels less like help, and more like a warning. she must finally face what happened inside the confession room. What they did. What they hid. And who never made it out. Because someone is unearthing the past. And Sera may be the last one left to tell the truth.

Is it better to have loved and lost, or to never have loved all all? --- 16+ Suggestive Themes, Suicidal Mentions --- Interactive! Credit to Alilynx!

Read the title. This is just random shit I think of during the day/mostly night 🤠 Putting a 13+ tag rn so be warned lol, my brain can be weird at times 😍 September 26th 2021 - November 13th 2022 ❤️ Basically a very very very long shit post

In the fall of 1997 Toronto, Annie, an Iranian girl meets Nelson. Annie finds herself swept into the kind of relationship she never thought she'd experience. But as the seasons shift, so do the shadows-quiet doubts, subtle shifts in tone, words that bruise more than they soothe. This is the story of a girl learning how to trust herself, even when the world tells her not to. A tender, haunting portrait of first love, loneliness, and the quiet strength it takes to walk away. Content Warning: emotional and sexual abuse, gaslighting, sexual themes.

A tale of love and fate, where a mortal princess captures the attention of gods, and hearts clash with power beyond their understanding. Psyche's beauty draws admiration─and envy─and soon she finds herself entangled in a world of desire, jealousy, and divine trials. Destiny and desire collide in this mythic retelling of Eros and Psyche.

Marisa Susans may seem to be an average girl, but she's actually not your average girl. So when she meets Brad Du Bois, the bad boy who treats her just like any other girl, she is OUTRAGED. But then Brad accidentally finds Marisa's shirt that she dropped and..... READ TO FIND OUT!! highest rankings bc i want to flex: #5 in badboygoodgirl #8 in badboys #2 in gaslight #5 in gatekeep #19 in girlboss #69 in goodboy

Each night a new story unfolds along the sunbeam strip. Sunbeam city is a new age cyber paradise-or is it.

She studied the human mind. He studied hers. At Vale Institute, Elara meets Adrian - a man too calm, too intelligent, and far too dangerous to trust. But the closer she gets to him, the more she realizes... she's no longer observing the subject. She's become one.

will update btw this is meant to sound like humanity's first mistake so doin't take it seriously

Five women from different walks of life, all battling the invisible pain of endometriosis, form an unbreakable bond as they fight for recognition, understanding, and justice in a world that refuses to believe their pain. Among them is Rebecca McCourt, 41, whose lisp never dims her fierce voice demanding to be heard.