Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family.

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“"M"” by Tariq Saeed

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.“ Mama ,it’s a beautiful cottage in the middle of the dense forest”. Fourteen years lad Ronnie excitedly expressed."But mother surveillance is the need of this place”.He further expressed.” Yeah dear, that technicians would come next week. “Mother replied.. Cottage was presenting a lovely scenario , built by Captain James cook in eighteen century.Despite of been old structure, It was rich with all the amenities. Ronnie belonged to a sound family, had ancestral lands and other properties in south, so ...

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“Work Has Its Ups and Downs” by Chris Culpepper

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Fridays were always busy at Acme, but no one expected how this one would end. Especially not Stan Hoyt, or as he was known around Acme, "Stan the Man." He came back from a late lunch because he let the rest of the team go before him. "How are coming with those reports, Sheryl? Think we can have done by end of the day?" He asked the administrative assistant he shared with the rest of the sales team. "Sure thing, Mr. Hoyt," she replied, "thanks for completing them before you left." That's just the kind of guy he was, always looking out for...

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“Running Through The Rain” by Simply Me

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My mother, brother, and I weren’t always family. There was a time where we were strangers, just making our ways in our separate lives, not knowing one another, not knowing anything. Why was this, you may ask? It was because I was adopted at the age of seven. Yes, we weren’t just any family, we were a found family. My mother, before she was my mother, was a writer. Sometimes an author in her spare time made a few bucks out of the books but that was about it. She never made much, just enough to buy a house in ...

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“Hold on” by Vameerah Darren

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Thomas should be calling me today. I paced back and forth in my cramped room, kicking at the random bottles of mascara and chargers scattered across the old carpet. He was never this late in calling.Every Tuesday, at 6:30, he would call me. We had fallen onto texting each other too much, I’d almost forgotten what he sounded like. Looking into my cracked mirror, I tied my hair up into a ponytail while I studied the various pieces of paper crammed in between the spider web like breaks in the glass. Letters, notes, hastily scribbled words on a ...

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“An unusual love!!” by Utkarsh Srivastava

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“It’s our fifth Anniversary of togetherness,” Mona said with all her attention on Jack. “You had been so hard on me in those initial days, five years ago when I met you for the first time.”Jack hissed light-heartedly out of his longing heart.“Indeed!” he said and grinned his fangs eerily. “You must be dead now of what intensity I had attacked you that day. You must be thankful to Mr. Harris to save your life, mustn’t you?”“Well… I did. I licked his cheeks. I was badly frightened: my heart was badly thudding inside and looked like it would co...

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“The cow on the adventure” by Noah Morrow

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Early in 2017, I was touring Mexico enjoying everything a person could enjoy on a trip, having fun snorkeling and swimming. I had just finished going to the Akumal Monkey Sanctuary and was heading back to my hotel. On the way there, I passed by a barbed wire fence with a lot of land and 1 single cow off in the distance. I didn't think much about it but as I came closer, I heard someone say “excuse me, I wonder if I might ask a favor”. I looked at the cow and screamed and thought how is this ugly yet floppy eared cow talking to me? A ...

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“A Loss and A Chance” by Olivia Agatha

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“Val!” “Yes, Mama!” “Take this salve to that guard outside!” “On it!”A typical day in Oakfield. A graying old woman would bellow, and the younger coal-haired girl would answer. Despite the monotony, Val was very much content with her life. Helping her foster mother run a clinic, assisting the wounded, she was happy to be part of that cycle. “Here you go,” Val said as she put the salve that her mother had just concocted in the guard’s hand. “Apply to the sprained area twice and it’ll work.”“Twice?” he lifted an eyebrow.&nb...

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“Warmth in a blizzard.” by Jordan L

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Damn. The fire had just begun to embrace him in a much-needed hug of warmth, but he had no time to stay. I must return to them, to her. He promised himself that as soon as the cold wasn’t dragging him into an icy slumber he would leave and warn everyone about what was coming their way. However, now that the time had come he was forced to fight his body’s reluctance to move. He sat up next to the small fire he started earlier, looked as it danced tenderly beneath the fabric of the small tipi he had put up. After losing all of his comrades all...

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“Brothers in arms” by Sasan Sedighi

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The black hearse, carrying a large wooden casket, abruptly stopped at the narrow side street, causing three other cars following it to brake hard and halt bumper to bumper.Three young men, formally dressed in black suits, quickly got off the front car and walked toward the hearse to help its driver remove the casket. Soon an older woman stepped out, followed by eight more individuals from two other cars. They were all African American, dressed in black, and looked sad. It was a small private funeral procession.While the casket was being carr...

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“Shards of Our Shattered Worlds” by ♥ 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 ♥

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Faint sounds of papers rustling, the soft scrapes of pencils swiftly running across notepaper, and the quiet, constant click-clack of fingers beating down on keyboards filled my ears. All was peaceful. All was normal. Everyone was safe. Then the sound of chair legs suddenly scraping against the floor as someone hastily got up from their seat and—BOOM! My head snapped up in time to witness one of my classmates ― a guy named Colby — clumsily fire the first bullet. His bleach-blonde hair was in a frenzy, and he looked feral wearing such a craze...

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“Chasing Waterfalls” by Cheryl Fulks

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Delany answered the phone as she was running out the door to meet Miquel. Drake, her brother, only called if he needed something at the office. He asked her if she could come back in and find the Westchester report. Delany reiterated to her brother that her assistant, Mary, would be available during her absence. Drake asked her where she was planning a trip; Delany knew he was only feigning interest but thought it might be a good idea to let someone know where they were going. Miguel had arranged a vacation t...

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“He's Staying” by Isabelle Saadatmand

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“Today is going to be an amazing day.” I announce as I strut down the stairs into the kitchen. “I see you’re ready for your presentation today, dressed up all nice.” My mom comments with a smile. “Last big project of the year.” I say while grabbing a box of cereal from the cabinet. I always get excited about the last project of the year, the workload consistently waning afterwards. Perhaps I’m less excited about the project and more excited for it to be over, but who cou...

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“Chemo Grandpa” by Jose Duron

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"This is our last cycle." He says with his sad, baggy eyes. They aren't sad because he's a sad person, but simply because that's how his eyes look at first glance. He's got that smug that can only come with the years of experience a fifty-year-old ex-soccer player can display. "That's right old-geezer," I reply. "This is our last cycle. What are you going to do after this? Live another hundred years?" I joke. He laughs. He tilts his head back and looks at the ceiling after having a good stomach laugh. I look at him from head to toe. This o...

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“Ernie and Clementine ” by Laura Simmons

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Ernie was taking his nighttime constitutional when he spotted someone coming towards him. Nothing unusual about that, except this one looked like... Nah, it couldn’t be. Yet, as he got closer, he realized that, yes, it was, his old pal, Clementine! “Well, Clemie, ain’t you a sight for sore eyes!” “Ernie? Really and truly?” “Really and truly! The one- and- only Ernie Chester!” Clementine laughed. “You old dog! You’ll never change!” &nbsp...

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“Coming Out, Times Three” by Sunnie Indigo-Flynn

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Possible TW: Description of dysphoria. Ruby stared at her reflection in the floor length mirror. She saw so many things wrong with the way she looked. Her hair was way too short. Her shoulders were too broad. She was about six inches too tall, her voice was three octaves too deep, her chest was about two cups too flat. At least, she thought. She didn’t know much about cup sizes. But the worst of all of her flaws was the fact that her body was biologically male. She didn’t understand why she had been born that way. Ruby could go on and on for...

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Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 190 stories

“"M"” by Tariq Saeed

“Work Has Its Ups and Downs” by Chris Culpepper

“Running Through The Rain” by Simply Me

“Hold on” by Vameerah Darren

“An unusual love!!” by Utkarsh Srivastava

“The cow on the adventure” by Noah Morrow

“A Loss and A Chance” by Olivia Agatha

“Warmth in a blizzard.” by Jordan L

“Brothers in arms” by Sasan Sedighi

“Shards of Our Shattered Worlds” by ♥ 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 ♥

“Chasing Waterfalls” by Cheryl Fulks

“He's Staying” by Isabelle Saadatmand

“Chemo Grandpa” by Jose Duron

“Ernie and Clementine ” by Laura Simmons

“Coming Out, Times Three” by Sunnie Indigo-Flynn

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