Grief Stories

A ruthless man who never believed in love finds himself incapable of surviving the thought of losing one fragile woman.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

Hope McCain has always loved soccer. From the moment she could walk, there was always a ball at her feet and a dream in her heart. With supportive parents, a loving older brother, and three best friends she'd known since childhood, life seemed perfect. Until high school. Suddenly, everything changes. Jada, Alanna, and Dylan, the girls Hope once considered sisters, become caught up in popularity, leaving her behind without a second thought. As Hope struggles to navigate betrayal, loneliness, and the feeling of being forgotten, an unexpected friendship begins with Noah, a quiet musician and photographer who sees something in her that others don't. For the first time in a long time, Hope starts to believe that maybe things will be okay. Then one ordinary afternoon changes everything.

The first thing she noticed was the silence. Not the kind that comes at night, but a heavy, watery silence that pressed against her ears. When she finds her own body at the end of the hallway, she realizes she is still there, but her family isn't looking. As she drifts through the rooms of her house, she discovers the cracks in her family's love and a chilling truth: she didn't die when she died. She was already gone.

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]

Everyone at school knows Andrew Jennings. Missing an arm. Openly gay. But when he meets star athlete Ryan Sullivan in therapy, can friendship lead to more? ***** When Andrew 'Jacky' Jennings ends up in therapy after an English assignment gone wrong, he doesn't expect to find his high school's star athlete, Ryan Sullivan, sitting in the same waiting room. After all, he and Ryan couldn't be more different: football captain, future valedictorian, and all-around nice guy, Ryan is the school's golden boy, while Andrew is known for his permanent snarl, being openly gay, and losing his left arm (along with his father and sister) in a car accident. But when Andrew learns they actually have a lot in common, he's surprised to see past the enigma that is Ryan Sullivan and his seemingly perfect life. And as the two boys begin to connect over their shared grief, depression, and teenage angst, they might just discover a little pocket of happiness for themselves -- if they're willing to fight for it. [Word count: 100,000-150,000 words] Cover designed by Lily Taylor Please read the 'Introduction' for a full list of content/trigger warnings

After Eden Hayes lost her mom at seventeen she hasn't been back in Wells, the town where she and her mother would spend all their summers at the Briar's idyllic vacation house. Now three years later she's back again, trying to make her bestfriend Ava Briar's older brother James finally notice her, all while dealing with her annoying neighbour Noah Hill and the grief after her mothers passing.

Welcome to the Harrington family. We are honest. Hardworking. Faithful to our morals. And successful. We live-at least in the summer-on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. The Harringtons are tall, athletic, and attractive. Old-money Democrats, passionate about sports, with an immense need to present themselves as a united family. The Harringtons have wide smiles, square jaws, blond hair, and sun-kissed skin. All of them, except me. Johnny Sinclair x FemOC friends to lovers slowburn closing gif made by @_liloureynolds_ • Publication Period • [ Started on September 12th, 2025, completed on February 15th, 2026. ] • Edition Status • [ Started on April 20th, 2026, and remains ongoing.]

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

The story of a naive Khushi and a kind hearted Arnav together at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Bianca Ricci's life has been hell. Having been taken away from the rest of her family when she was two, and reuniting with her father and brothers at 16, she's been through a lot. 15 years of abuse has turned her into something no one can recognize, and the secrets being hidden in the family are bound to surface. Bianca knows she'll never be her family's little girl. She knows that at some point along the way, she lost herself. She'll never be who she once was. She'll always be lost in the aftermath. ✧*⁺˚*☆ "Why can't you just trust me?!" "Because trust is dangerous!" I respond icily, "Trust ruined my family. It has never gotten me anywhere..." The silence is deafening, "And I'm not gonna let it ruin my life again." . . . Updates every Sunday

Twilight fanfic credits for the cover @vanillainkss <3 Kim x Jared - set before and during New moon In their past lives, Kim was a Volturi and Jared was a soldier. 3000 years ago, she was the jewel of monsters and he was a human. « If our love is a curse, then I'll embrace it. » « Our souls are intertwined. It is inscribed in blood. This love is Volturi's darkest prophecy. » in which a teenager re-opens the cold case of the disappearance of her twin sister and falls in love with a competitive shapeshifter. From Volterra, the Volturi fear the reincarnation of the cursed lovers they sacrificed to gain their power. Thousands of years ago, Ariane and Leandros were killed because of their love in Europe. Now, they have been reborn, it's time to discover the epic story of Jared and Kim in Forks. « YOU WILL BRING CHAOS AND DESOLATION TO THE QUILEUTE LANDS. » or how love can conquer all.

After saving the Goblin Village from Ifrit, Rimuru is forced to fulfill Shizue Izawa's final wish, and her death shatters him so completely that his grief unleashes a terrifying power and a vow to change the world itself for the sake of the woman he loved.

After losing the only person she ever had, seventeen-year-old Siara is left completely alone. With social services pressuring her into foster care, she has no choice but to contact the man her mother never told her about. Her father. A billionaire with a perfect life, a powerful name, and absolutely no clue that he has a daughter. Now forced into each other's lives, both must face buried truths, painful misunderstandings, and the possibility of becoming a family after seventeen years too late.

For two years, everything seemed perfect. A shared home. The same uniform. The same future. Tim and Lucy. What connected them was more than love-it was trust and the belief that shared goals are strong enough to withstand any challenge. Until one decision changes everything. When Lucy becomes unintentionally pregnant, she makes a choice that feels unavoidable to her. Her career is just beginning, her future within reach-and she is not ready to give it up. For Tim, however, the unborn life is already real. Hope. A future. Something he cannot let go of. What follows is an argument. A battle between love and conviction. Between the right to decide over one's own body and the desire for a shared future. Even though they still love each other, it is no longer enough. The separation comes without many words, but with final consequences. New cities. New relationships. New roles. And yet something remains unresolved. Guilt. Loss. Unfinished feelings. Months later, it is the next step in their careers that forces them back together-at Mid-Wilshire. Professional. Controlled. Distant. But when a joint undercover assignment forces them into close proximity, those boundaries begin to falter. Old wounds reopen. Feelings that never disappeared demand their place once more. They know they are going too far. They know they are breaking promises they made to others. They know that sometimes love is not enough to forgive. And yet they find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into something they once believed they had lost. Because what if you can't escape love? What if some decisions destroy everything-except what you feel for each other?

Arden Landry wakes up in an alley believing he is fifteen years old, only to discover he is twenty-four and missing nine years of his life. His older brother, Ayven, has spent six years blaming Arden for the choices that brought dangerous people to their family's door. But the Arden who comes home bleeding and terrified remembers none of it. He only remembers loving Ayven, trusting him, and looking up to him. As a police investigation unfolds and secrets from Arden's missing years resurface, the brothers are forced into an impossible question: how do you forgive someone who does not remember becoming the person who hurt you? Before I Became Him is an emotional brotherhood drama about grief, memory, blame, protection, and finding a way forward when the past belongs to a stranger wearing your face.

Once inseparable. Now impossible. A friendship destroyed by grief. A lie powerful enough to build enemies. A truth buried deeper than both of them are ready for. They say love and hate are separated by a thin line. They forgot to mention what happens when you grow up standing on it.

We all know Adam died in Season One, but is that really the end of the story? What if Lute and Adam were in love and were separated by the great divide? What if Sera has a soft spot for Adam? What if Emily falls into the great pits? Read more to find out! DISCLAIMER: Contains very out of character moments due to the *plot* DISCLAIMER II: Some bits of this story are canon to Season 2, and some are NOT. I came up with this story before Season 2 came out, and I released it before Season 2 got released, too! I tried to weave a bit of Season 2's plot into the story so nothing would be out of whack, so if the story doesn't feel fully canon, that's why.

JUST AS LONG, AS YOU STAND... STAND BY ME. June Caulfield is a very simple person, thank you very much. She likes sunny days, old music, messing with her sister, going out with her best friend, playing chess with her grandpa, taking long walks with the dogs she takes care of for her neighbours... She loves little big things. George Weasley was a very simple person. He liked his school, Hogwarts, and his family, especially his twin, Fred. But school ended and Fred's not there anymore. He's not been there for... what, seven months now? He died in the battle of Hogwarts. Sometimes George forgets. He turns around and Fred's not there. There isn't his warm laugh in the air, or his cheeky grin by his side. George lost his spark. But June is a literal fire, and George's about to get burnt. ★ Copyright goes to J.K. Rowling (whom I DON'T support) except for my original characters. Enjoy!!