Identity Stories

In a home where love was a currency, she was always bankrupt. Her parents' affection was reserved for the twin who reflected their every hope, leaving her to inherit the hushed comparisons and soft dismissals. She was constantly reminded of her lesser worth, but she never imagined her marriage would be a cast-off from the twin who was truly desired. Offered as a consolation prize, she expects only disappointment in a loveless union. Yet, the journey of marriage becomes an unexpected path to self-discovery. The Color Of My Own Sky is a story of the invisible bruises that shape a soul, and the battle to finally find the courage to paint your own brilliant horizon. Nov. 3 ©deey_jah

When my mother died, I thought I was alone in the world. I never expected to find out she'd been hiding something-an entire family. A father I never knew. Brothers I've never met. All of them part of a dangerous mafia I was never supposed to find. Curiosity pulled me to them. Fear made me run. But now they know I exist-and the mafia doesn't let go of what's theirs.

Zamatungwa Qhawekazi Mkhize never believed in fairytales. Raised in rural Nongoma by a single mother, she learned early that life offers little softness-only survival. While others dreamed of love and perfect endings, Zamatungwa learned to carry burdens far too heavy for her age. Her mother worked in silence, stitching torn school shoes, feeding three children from almost nothing, and never allowing the world to see her break. When Zamatungwa earns a bursary to university, hope finally feels real. But in her third year, just one step away from her degree, her world collapses her mother is gone. Suddenly, she is no longer a student chasing a future, but the only parent her siblings have left. She returns home, sacrificing her dreams to carry responsibilities that were never meant to be hers. Working under a harsh boss and surviving a life that feels heavier each day, she learns to endure in silence, holding onto dignity where there is little kindness. Until Mpendulo enters her life. He does not try to save her. He sees her. Slowly, he notices the strength in her silence and the mind she hides beneath her pain, and becomes the one person who stands beside her through the weight she carries. But love is not easy for Zamatungwa. It comes with distance, mistakes, and the slow rebuilding of trust. And for her, the hardest question is not survival... But whether she is allowed to be loved at all yet Mpendulo shows her that she deserves it and more.

Thirteen-year-old Danaël must uncover the secrets hidden within his late father's Book of Monsters and discover the true power of a legendary hourglass before an ancient creature awakens and plunges Aurora into darkness.

Fatima is in her third year of architecture school, and life has never felt better: stellar grades, loyal friends, and Jamal, a boyfriend who loves her the way rain loves soil, quietly and completely. Isah has mastered the art of restraint, putting principles above all else and never once blurring the line between professional and personal, until grief collides with proximity and a girl lands in front of his car, striking a place in his chest he thought had long since healed. The timing is wrong, the wounds are fresh, and some kinds of love ask to be chosen twice. Puddles is a story about the love that finds you, and the love you were already keeping.

An emotional tale of self-destruction, survival and healing woven through a society where tradition and expectations often speak louder than truth. To the world, Farida Bintu Ardo is a bitter, emotionless disruptor who finds peace in chaos. But beneath her sharp tongue is a woman who has spent years mastering a dark art of survival-shielding herself with choices she knows are sinful, and burying truths that were never meant to stay hidden. She believes she is finally in control. Until her world crosses paths with Saleem Kabir Jega. Haunted by his own past regrets, Saleem carries deep scars beneath a mask of restraint. He is everything she didn't see coming. When their forced union becomes the very reason the fragile life Farida fought so hard to protect begins to unravel, her desperate defenses turn against her. Will she finally face the truths she has hidden from the world, or will her dangerous need for control destroy her completely?

A collection of modern poetry exploring the beautiful, messy reality of growing up, healing, and finding yourself. Dive into Between Waves, an anthology of raw and honest poems that capture the highs and lows of the human experience. From the quiet anxieties of high school hallways and digital fatigue to the comforting warmth of deep friendship, love, and self-acceptance, this collection is a safe haven for anyone navigating the complexities of life. Whether you are looking for comforting words on a heavy day, a bittersweet reflection on addiction and mental health, or just a touch of "entirely silly" whimsical relief, you'll find a piece of your own story hidden within these pages. ✨ What's Inside: On Hope & Strength: Finding light in the darkest corners. Sad & Deep Stuff: Honest reflections on anxiety, modern isolation, and screen detoxing. On Love & Friendship: Celebrating the connections that save us. On Embracing Yourself: A gentle reminder that you are enough. Updated regularly. Hit the 'Vote' button if a poem speaks to your heart!

FF-Michael Jackson On a forgotten street in Los Angeles stands a cinema that shouldn't exist. Its doors open only to those who have yet to understand their own story. When Michael Jackson discovers it one night by chance, he has no idea that he isn't about to watch his past... but begin a journey that will forever change the way he sees his life...

From the outside, Ella and Harper live the kind of life people dream about. Stable income, a beautiful home, two children whom they both love dearly. A marriage that looks stable. But ordinary can turn into suffocation. Ella has lived her life for her family since the marriage: slowly losing herself in the process. On the other hand, Harper believes he's doing everything he can to provide for his "Perfect" Family. They both love each other dearly. At least, they have an illusion of love for each other. Their marriage unfolds in two different versions of their story: through both of their eyes. Where routine starts to feel lackluster. Where love, resentment, and the fear of starting over begin to lose their distinction. When little things begin to strain their relationship, the life they promised to create together starts to feel like a cage. What happens when two people can love each other and still feel trapped inside the relationship?

Some scars don't fade. Some names are left behind. And some people survive by becoming someone else. After devastating loss changes their lives forever, two young men find themselves on very different paths. One struggles to live with grief that refuses to let go. The other is forced to reinvent himself in a world where loyalty, violence, and betrayal are never far away. As friendships deepen, love blossoms, and dangerous secrets begin to surface, every choice pushes them closer to a truth that could destroy everything they have built. In a story about identity, family, healing, and the price of survival, one question remains: Who are you when the person you used to be no longer exists? Voices is an emotional coming-of-age novel filled with unforgettable characters, slow-burn romance, psychological twists, mystery, and moments that will stay with you long after the final chapter.

Someone is wearing my face. I know it isn't me. Everyone else thinks it is. There is a mask that can become anyone, and somehow, mine is gone. I'm trying to find out who took it-and why one girl's face is the only one it can't copy. Maybe some faces aren't meant to be found.

On a street corner of Upper Nokin lies an unassuming second‑hand bookstore. Its owner, Lin Jie, appears gentle and ordinary, yet unfathomable secrets lurk within every corner of his shop. Bandage‑wrapped girl Moen stumbles in and becomes his assistant. Investigating police officers and knights from the Mystic Tower keep showing up, while the eerie Rose of Desire blooms silently. Mortal desires collide with supernatural dangers. Beneath the bookstore's peaceful surface, surging undercurrents are already stirring.

Who are you when you're with me? There is a version of you that your family knows. A version your oldest friends remember. A version that appears around the person who makes you laugh until you forget to be self-conscious. And perhaps a version that only exists when you're alone. We like to believe that somewhere beneath all of it is one "real" version of ourselves. The truest one. The one that exists untouched by everyone else. But what if that's not how people work? What if the people we meet don't simply become part of our lives, but quietly bring out parts of us we didn't know existed? The People We Become Around Other People is an exploration of identity, relationships, memory, and all the different selves we carry through life. The friends who make us feel like children again. The people who make us smaller. The ones who teach us confidence. The ones who teach us fear. The ones who remember a version of us we've long since outgrown. And the uncomfortable question underneath it all: If everyone knows a different version of you, which one is actually you?

The Rift Zara has spent years chasing one thing-revenge. After losing everything she loved, she is recruited into a secret organization by the man who gave her a second chance. He trains her to become the perfect weapon, but the deeper she goes, the more she realizes the enemy she's hunting may not be the real enemy at all. When a classified file known only as The Key resurfaces, buried secrets begin to unravel. Loyalties are tested, trust becomes dangerous, and Zara discovers that her past was built on lies carefully designed to keep the truth hidden. With the organization closing in, a relentless investigator determined to expose the truth, and a mastermind willing to burn the world to protect his secrets, Zara must make an impossible choice. Some truths are buried. Others break you. Because once the rift opens... Nothing will ever be the same.

A collection of poems written along the way. Some are about wounds that refuse to fade. Some are about identity, memory, beauty, loss, and the strange contradictions within us. Others simply ask questions that have no easy answers. From watching the first rains through a closed window to becoming ensnared in another person's music, Journey is a collection about growing, falling, remembering, and trying to understand what it means to move forward. Perhaps a journey isn't about reaching somewhere. Perhaps it's about everything we become along the way.

Put two best friends in a room and they'll kiss. Put one depressed boy and his anchor in a room and only one of them will end up coming out. But what do Minho and Jisung do when both of those statements apply to them? ⚠️ MENTIONS OF ANOREXIA, ABUSE, SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION ⚠️ [My first Minsung Fanfic | Excuse my writing, I'm a teenager lmao. I hope this story makes you cry tears of both happiness and sadness TT]

WHERE THE DEAD STILL DANCE FF-Michael Jackson What if with your final breath, you don't see a being, an angel or a light at the end of the tunnel to follow or memories of your life, but a place? Will Michael manage to complete his final journey, or will he find something that allows him to return?

Baalveer Returns told the story of our Baalveer defeating the main villainess,Timnasa with a twisted arc of silkai which gave rose to many unanswered questions about our baalveer.. Dev's origin-buried, his existence- unknown, Ray's origin-never told, his connection with dev -never truly figured out in the show, were dev and ray only enemies and nothing else? Was the truth what we got told in the show which was so predictible from the very beginning? Why did baalveer not believe bambaal when he told him about his truth? Does this possibly mean that there could be a different truth, a different origin of our baalveer completely hidden behind what we saw in the show? So I decided to create my own theory of the baalveer returns, a possibility of what the truth could be, with whom our baalveer would've always shared his blood with, and what his enemy Ray could possibly be behind the curtains, the part of the story which was never shown but I will make you aware of. A journey they will complete together, developing their relations into something softer and overcoming their fears with a tinge of college romance and drama in later chapters, but this story has a twist of something cruel, something traitorous, something new and something that could possibly mean 'plan' from Dev's perspective, 'manipulation' from Ray's, but they both know that they can't resist each other even when every instinct tells them to walk away, they name it whatever they find appropriate yet both know they're too messed up to be enemies... This story is a bit off track ;D Not completely but there will be added episodes, scenes and even characters as well as the world could possibly be a little bit different, so for guidance please read the world building as well. *Enemies AND lovers* *Hidden truth* *Traumatic past* *Romance* *Enemies to lovers*

Jayden Briggs knows exactly who he is. He's a basketball star, a loyal brother, and someone who learned a long time ago that letting people in only gives them something to use against you. His walls are up for a reason. And they've worked - until now. Andrew Nelson doesn't know when to quit. He's kind, he's persistent, and from the moment he sits down next to Jayden in math class, something shifts between them that neither one of them can explain or ignore. What follows is a season of firsts - first real friendships, first honest conversations, first moments of feeling something that doesn't have a safe name yet. Set against the backdrop of high school basketball, faith, family secrets, and the kind of love that asks you to be brave enough to feel it. Reading the first few chapters here on Wattpad? The complete Season 1 - all 12 episodes - is coming soon to Amazon.

At ten years old, she watched her father walk away from her family. Six years later, she is still living with the consequences. Home was never really home. Her mother abused her, her siblings turned against her, and school became another place where she was bullied and reminded that she didn't belong. She learned to hide her pain and convince herself that nobody cared. Until she started dreaming about the devil. Every night, he appeared-not to hurt her, but to hold her while he cried. Then a boy enters her life. For the first time, someone makes her feel seen. But as she lets him closer, the dreams become stranger, and the devil seems to know things he shouldn't. She spent six years believing she had nobody. Now she must discover whether the people entering her life are there to save her, destroy her, or uncover the truth she's been running from. 🖤