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

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“My Friend Googly” by Chris Wagner

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Whenever people ask why me and Brian are so close, I tell them we're brothers. It's not a gay thing, I swear. What brings us together is a big bird, and a toy compass. The Goose Compass came in select boxes of Googly Goose Cereal. Like every other TV tie-in, the cereal didn't taste good, and my parents said it was too expensive to keep buying. Mom actually bought my compass from the thrift store. Best gift she ever got me. I was obsessed with Googly Goose. Caught it on TV every time Dad didn't try to break my fing...

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“Thank You Ms. Cordray” by Lunaria Dragonix

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My mother had six kids, two husbands and a bar meet. Do not get me wrong I am unable to hate my mother, no matter how many things that were allowed to happen. The only blood we had in common was my mothers. When I was little I was unable to read and write like others my age, my progress in school was hindered by my parents doing things when they were young. Drugs and alcohol do affect children's progress in life. To this day I have a really hard time reading, things just do not make sense to me. However there was this one person in my childh...

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“The Girls” by Hiba H.

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[Loosely Based on a True Story]-1-None of us chose the other, but eventually it had to be the four of us.I remember the day I got assigned this room, Dorm 4 Room 328. I was told at the registration office that two fourth-year law students had already gotten there before me. I remember how I dreaded the dorm life just because I’d have to share my room. I couldn’t afford to rent one anywhere else though, nowhere close to the university at least, and I’d already spent my first year mostly on the road between my city and this. But this governmen...

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“Dawn Of A New Day” by Shetty Rachana C

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“When two strangers are along, they can be strong Who can become a family, which can leave forever happily." Emily was passing the street while walking her way back to home when she noticed a new shop that was just opened where a old lady was selling flowers. Emily had a look at the shop and she had just turned to go to her home suddenly, she heard a voice from backside where the old lady was calling her. Emily went near the old lady. The old lady wi...

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“Trip through Tallis ” by Priscila Del Castillo

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I open my eyes to the sunlight coming from the outside. In that moment I realize we were on a cargo wagon in a train. My heads hurts when I try to remember last night. I feel Thomas waking up behind me, pulling the ropes that tie our wrists together ever so slightly. He groans, trying to say something, but our mouths are covered. A man approaches us with two other men behind him. They look at us as if we are some kind of merchandise. “Good morning, did you sleep well?” said one of them sarcastically, at which the others responded with just a...

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“We're Just Like Family” by Jameela Van Der Schyff

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Helen and I were friends since we were babies. Our moms were best friends since high school and in turn we became friends from birth. She was an only child and so was I, so having a sister like her was something I was lucky to have. There was just one issue. I was like her brother. Mom found out she was going to have a son when she was just 4 weeks pregnant for me. Although Mom was overjoyed, Dad was a little angry at having a son. Mom never told me why but maybe I was not meant to be good luck to my father’s family. “Jason, come on. We ha...

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“In those days” by Harry Latimeri

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THE LAST OF THE LEG. Before the wind, we came in the pale dawn of December, driven by the north at last in a haven. Flavia came to see me. She has moved from Sweden by her a little car and was delighted seeing us secured in the port. I wasn't in hight spirit for I was tired and down, still at the same time relaxed getting the ship out of the sea and now secured ai quya in the port of Lybec. A few days ago, we struggled on our way to suffering the sifting of the cargo in a northern gale in the baltic sea—the crew from Estonia- full of ho...

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“The Secret of Molly-Anne Fingus” by Kerrie Clements

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Molly-Anne was in the games room. She had been watching the raindrops run down the window for the past ten minutes, occasionally tracing it down with her finger, which made lines in the condensation. But now she was bored. She hopped off the armchair and stood on one leg, then pulled up her sock. Then she stood on the other leg and pulled her other sock up. ‘Lizzie, I’m so bored, let’s play a game!’ she whined. Lizzie was sitting on the floor doing a jigsaw, ‘I’m doing my puzzle Molly!’ Molly-Anne scrunched up her face. ‘Well, I shall go and...

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“Space to Call Home” by Breahna Lesemann

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I had found Edith on the tail end of the war. This was when the fires had turned to ash and the people whose lives were taken had long been buried. The kings had settled their conflict. War, however, does not have a sudden end. Peace or victory does not erase the destruction that was wrought by battle. Edith and I were proof of the lingering effects, an orphan and a soldier not sure where to call home. Edith had the haunted eyes of soldiers who had seen battle when I found her in the wreckage of her village. She must have seen something muc...

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“Annemarie's Story” by Sammy Xoxoxo

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The snow is falling in elegant, graceful patterns. I'm sitting by the window sill, reading "The Book Theif" when Mama comes over. Her hand is soft like butter, but her eyes show pain. "Mama?" I ask. "Yes, darling?" "Tell me again," I say. I know that I'm only 12, but I still listen to Mama's story. "Tell me the story about you and Auntie Carel and the one who had the same name as me. I want it to be fresh in my mind before she comes over tonight." Mama sighs a deep sigh, full of knowledge and tears and love. "It's a true story, Annemari...

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“Him and I” by Tanya Roshan

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I was walking on the street after had a fight with my dad. I've always thought that it’s fine to be sad. It’s always been me and my dad. I should say he was a great dad in the whole world. It’s true that not always we could be a good over bad. Everyone has their darker deepest secrets hidden inside them, so has my dad. I was five when my mum passed away in a car accident and now I am seventeen and miss her every day. It is really difficult to remember her face because I didn’t have a single photograph of her by any chance. ...

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“ONE STEP ONE JUMP” by Joker Mnyalira

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“It’s good to see you again Jacquelyn.” He was happy to be back. He had so many stories from the university to tell her. Some of the stories were wild, some were tame but he wanted to share them all. He could already picture Jacquelyn disapproving of his actions in some parts of the stories. He stared into nothing remembering the day the two of them bonded...As sunny as the day was, he didn’t want to get out of bed. Every day was an internal battle of wills which quickly became exhausting. He did not feel like taking a shower so he didn’t. H...

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“Brotherhood” by Raymond Stanton

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Will and I met while we both worked at Walmart in Greenville, Michigan. It happened like any other time you meet a like-minded person, conversation just automatically exists. We became friends and he even helped me out with a place to stay. During this time I had been going through some pretty tough life situations. Not to mention, heading fast down a nowhere path with no idea how to get there. We had many good laughs in the garage days of our friendship. Will and I spent a lot of time in that cold concrete shell wrenching on mecha...

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“(Don't) laugh like there's no tomorrow” by Pomegranate Seeds

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Two romping figures break the early morning silence of the valley with their interminable laughter. He laughs. He laughs not because there is anything particularly funny, but because he loves to laugh. He laughs so rambunctiously that his knuckles have gone white from excessive rib-gripping. He will be saying his ribs hurt in two, three minutes, tops. His laughter never subsides as he speeds through the birch trees that surround their cottage.She laughs. She laughs not because there is anything remotely funny, but because he laughs and ...

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“Two peas in a pod” by Alisha Ellis

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“The next week, we walked to school together thick as thieves, feeling immortal." I woke up that morning, tired as a dog in heat. I asked my mom if I could stay home, feigning some illness. I barely had any friends with me being new, if you call going to a school for six going on seven months new, and I didn’t feel like feeling alone in a sea of people like I usually do. She saw right through me and sent me to school anyway. Something told me I shouldn't have gone that day. To this day it is the best, and worst, decision I have eve...

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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

“My Friend Googly” by Chris Wagner

“Thank You Ms. Cordray” by Lunaria Dragonix

“The Girls” by Hiba H.

“Dawn Of A New Day” by Shetty Rachana C

“Trip through Tallis ” by Priscila Del Castillo

“We're Just Like Family” by Jameela Van Der Schyff

“In those days” by Harry Latimeri

“The Secret of Molly-Anne Fingus” by Kerrie Clements

“Space to Call Home” by Breahna Lesemann

“Annemarie's Story” by Sammy Xoxoxo

“Him and I” by Tanya Roshan

“ONE STEP ONE JUMP” by Joker Mnyalira

“Brotherhood” by Raymond Stanton

“(Don't) laugh like there's no tomorrow” by Pomegranate Seeds

“Two peas in a pod” by Alisha Ellis

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