Pining Stories

"I prayed for a reason to beat this world and God gave me her." ☼━━━━𐂂━━━━☽ Two teenagers - one, a gentle ex-ballerina who's never held a gun, and the other, a withdrawn "monster" that has a trail of ghosts behind him - both approaching the confines of adulthood and walking the tightrope between friendship and something much more complicated. *** Carl Grimes x female oc !!! ON AO3 TOO !!! I do not own TWD or Carl Grimes, all rights to TWD & AMC (who are meanies for killing Carl off.) Updates are typically slow, but spam comments motivate me. 𐚁

Aonung is expected to court Kailea's older sister. Kailea is expected to stay quiet and supportive. Instead, they clash constantly. She thinks he's arrogant and wrong for her sister, he thinks she's insufferable and far too distracting. They're not friends anymore, not allies, and definitely not falling for each other. Enemies to lovers Aonung x fem oc *Art Credit for Book Cover- @Cinetrix

Short fics of Katsuki and Izuku falling in love in different ways, different timelines and universes. Mostly devoted, pining, yearning Katsuki and a very oblivious Izuku.

Completed just proofreading The Shape of Devotion is a dark, emotionally intense alternate-universe Loki romance about love, ambition, power, and the devastating cost of being seen too clearly. In an Asgard built on ceremony, secrets, and carefully controlled appearances, Loki has spent his life as the overlooked second son - brilliant, dangerous, wounded, and desperate to prove he was never meant to stand in anyone's shadow. When old magic beneath the palace begins to stir, Loki sees a chance to claim everything he has ever been denied: truth, power, recognition, and perhaps even the crown itself. But at the center of his ambition is Eirlys - a woman of seidr, strategy, and quiet strength, deeply tied to the royal family in ways even she does not fully understand. She loves Loki with full knowledge of his darkness, but she refuses to become a tool, a weakness, or an excuse for the choices he makes in pursuit of power. As Asgard's hidden history begins to surface, the bond between Loki and Eirlys becomes both their greatest comfort and their sharpest wound. Their love is passionate, dangerous, and painfully real - full of longing, jealousy, tenderness, betrayal, and the impossible question of whether devotion can survive when ambition begins to look like destruction. Around them, Thor, Odin, Frigga, Sif, the Warriors Three, and dangerous new players are drawn into a growing fracture inside the royal family. Loyalties shift. Old secrets wake. Private feelings become political weapons. And as the line between love and power begins to blur, Loki and Eirlys are forced to face the question at the heart of the story: If winning the crown means risking the one person who truly sees him, is it still worth it?

Glances, Soulmates, First Love, Secret Relationship, Domestic Bliss, Love Confessions, Deep Conversations, Cuddling & Snuggling, Introspection, Self-Sacrifice, Redemptive Love, Cybercore, Glitchcore, Digital Horror, Social Media Satire, Trapped in a Smartphone, Brainrot, Internet Culture, Viral Nightmare, Algorithm Horror, Identity Crisis, Found Family, Modern Society, Vaporwave Aesthetic, Neon Noir, Survival Game, Virtual Reality, Shiori/Ren, Emotional Constipation, Star-Crossed Lovers, True Love's Kiss, Healing Through Love, Idiots in Love, Longing, Only One Bed, Happy Ending.

Anahita Sharma came to her best friend's wedding with one ex to avoid and zero plans to fall apart. Then Hridaansh Mehra says yes to the most desperate things she's every asked anyone, and suddenly she's fake dating her best friend's brother, sharing rooftops at 3am, and realizing that that the man she thought was indifferent has been quietly, impossibly paying attention this whole time. The deal was one week. The problem is, nothing abouth him has ever been fake.

" We're both straight. Just roommates. Right? Ethan Davidson's first day of college starts with his mom waking him up at dawn and ends with a roommate who looks like he walked out of a cologne James Jacobs is broad-shouldered, green-eyed, and definitely straight. Just like Ethan. So why does Ethan's heart kick against his ribs every time James says his name? And why does James keep staring like Ethan's a problem he can't solve? Two "straight" guys. One dorm room. Zero brain cells. Mutual pining. Oblivious MC. He falls first. They fall harder.?"

Living together was supposed to mean everything would be simple. But Taehyung can barely breathe when Jungkook is around. What no one knows is that he has been in love with him for far too long and it's slowly destroying him. Still, he would rather keep his distance than risk losing him completely. So he stays quiet. Pretends. Falls apart in silence. Jungkook only sees a friend who keeps pulling away. He doesn't know he's the reason why.

John hasn't let anyone close since he was thirteen. After a middle school heartbreak left him guarded, he spent years building a life as the untouchable Pretty Boy of the Alabama campus-a mask he wears for everyone except Ashley. She's been his only constant since birth, the one person he's known forever, and the only girl he would truly take a bullet for. Ashley thought she'd finally found her safe harbor in a guy who seemed perfect-until the mask slipped. Now, she's picking up the pieces of a life shattered by betrayal and abuse, realizing the decent guy she loved was nothing more than a monster. Retreating into the shared apartment they call home, Ashley finds herself back in the orbit of the boy who has been waiting in the shadows for six years. John has spent those years being the perfect best friend, but seeing her broken changes everything. As Ashley struggles to unlearn the fear and John finally prepares to break his silence, the just friends line they've lived behind is about to be erased for good. Through the wreckage of a broken heart, a new kind of love emerges-one that was never a choice

Ten years. Five thousand miles. One lie that shattered everything. Steve is the "Efficient Closer" of Wall Street. Stephanie is London's "Stone Architect." To the world, they are the pinnacle of success. To each other, they are ghosts of a California driveway where a single, jagged lie ended a nineteen-year-old forever. When a childhood friend's wedding forces them back into the same zip code, they agree to a truce: stay cool, stay civil, and stay strangers. But their bodies didn't get the memo. Steve still knows how she likes her coffee; Stephanie still falls into the safety of his shadow. As a "perfect" new man enters the frame, Steve realizes he's done running. But how do you convince a woman who has spent a decade building walls that you're finally strong enough to be her foundation?.

Asher's thoughts

Inez Xue Ran, an escapist, found herself tucked between the pockets of the living, the dead and a past. Faced with the surge of reality, Inez clawed her way for survival as her reputation preceded the mask she had put on for two years. Caught between the polished lover, Julian Wei Chen and the elusive jewel, Rahel Valies Seo Xuan, Inez was forced to explore the depths of the seas she so carefully tucked away in the attic of her heart and soul. The fragments of her past began to unravel at the least expected moments of her life, forcing her to commit to herself. As the battle trampled further into her life, Inez realised that more events were boiling close to her than her past. Blinded by the comfort offered to her, Inez knew she had to place her trust in the right person to secure her future. A past exposed to be vindicated only by law. Will she choose the polished lover or the elusive jewel? || This story can be found only on Wattpad and is written in conjunction with the Open Novella Contest 2026.||

"Loving you was the biggest mistake of my life, Han Jisung! I learnt from my mistakes, I don't care about you anymore. If you die , you die, but I'll take back what's rightfully mine". . . Han Jisung is a single dad barely making it in the world. After being disowned by his own family when they found out he was pregnant and shunned by everyone he once thought were his friends, he doesn't have any faith in the world. But he still pulls through when he sees the face of the angel sent by gods to him, his four year old son. He has created a small little world for himself, lacking much but still living happily with his bunch of sunshine. That is until one day he finds his whole world crumbling down when a person from his past crosses paths with him. Not just that, the person who had once sworn to give up his life to make him happy, he was now about to take his only happiness, his son, away from him. Will he ever be able to be happy again or will he have to pay for his past mistake?

‧˚꒰ oc x canon ꒱༘‧- in which, bakugou finds himself pining for one of his classmates and tries to win over the most antisocial student ever.

Harry Potter Alternate Universe

{2026 Open Novella Contest - Round 2 Qualifier} {Ranked 1 in #songwriting (04/22/26-04/25/26)} {Ranked 2 in #bandmembers (04/27/26-)} {Ranked 5 in #drummer (04/27/26-04/28/26)} {Ranked 9 in #onc2026 (04/29/26-)} 𝘔𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes life got in the way.

FlameFrags is next in line to inherit his father's company, and become head of the Netherian family. His life consists of paperwork and meetings, and day's go by like a breeze. The Netherian estate works like clockwork. The Netherians do their jobs, get pampered like royalty, and enjoy their life of comfortability and wealth. However, behind the scenes, the maids and servants of the estate run the place. Preparing meals, cleaning the mansion, serving their masters. The job doesn't pay much, so most stay for awhile, however nonetheless, some leave and some come like a cycle. Netherians don't care for them leaving and coming, as they are just servants made to serve for a portion of time, and when one leaves- another will come. But, what if a Netherian notices a servant too much? What happens when a newcomer in the estate catches the heirs eye? Perhaps there would never be na easy way out of a situation such as that. | Inspired by Whitepine |

Kim Minjeong is Seoul's most articulate ghost. Under the pseudonym Maum Dephil, she runs a secret ghostwriting service for university students. She translates the messy, unsaid feelings of her clients into poetic confessions written in Midnight Blue ink. To the public, she is a faceless genius. To her best friend Jimin, she is just a dry witted Literature major. Minjeong spends her nights giving a voice to everyone else's love stories while her own feelings remain locked in a password protected folder called the J Archive. The system cracks when Jimin starts hiring her. Jimin is the charismatic bassist who occupies every unwritten line of Minjeong's heart, but now she is paying Minjeong to write love letters to other girls. Between the slow burn tension of their study sessions and the ache of being a safe harbor for a girl who does not see her, Minjeong is running out of metaphors. How do you write the perfect confession for the person you are losing?

She joked about a contract over beers. He showed up at 11:58 PM, with it in her favorite font. Now Liana has to decide: Sign away her pride or admit she wanted him to take her seriously all along. Jones doesn't beg. He drafts clauses. flash fiction | Part 1 of The Midnight Covenant.

We talk. We joke. We sit next to each other like it means nothing. And maybe to him... it doesn't. He's focused, ambitious, already moving ahead in life. I'm just... there. Somewhere beside him. Easy to talk to. Easy to forget. He doesn't look at me the way I've started looking at him. He doesn't notice the things I wish he would. But I notice everything. The way he leans close without thinking. The way he says things that stay in my head long after he's forgotten them. I don't even know if I like him... or if he's just the only person who ever made me feel this way. Either way- I think I'm falling for someone who was never really looking at me.