Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

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“Our Vow” by Meggysa Nine

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My grumpy grandpa always scolds me for doing something -- even if it's just a small mistake -- his eyebrow will instantly narrow at me and then shake his head because of irritation. My Dad, Grumpa's and Grandma's only son, told me that Grumpa does not hate me. He's always as grumpy as he was in his younger days. My Dad even rebelled against Grumpa's strictness, he couldn't live his life fully because of Grumpa. I kept laughing at my Dad's past story because I finally knew that the recklessness I have was because it runs through our genes...

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“Period” by Chris D

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All she had wanted was a quiet Saturday night. She was ten chapters deep into a mystery novel, and sinking deeper into her bean bag chair by the second. That's when she heard the banging at her door. It was tempting to ignore the sound. Perhaps she could have pretended she wasn't home, and they'd go away, leaving her to the final two chapters. The knocker was persistent. She placed her bookmark in her novel and forced herself out of the chair. It was a chore, having sunken in pretty deep. The knocker sounded to be running out of steam by the...

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“And So It Goes” by Susan Whitlock

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Elaine could hear the scrape, scrape. scrape of a snow shovel being worked up and down the front walk and driveway. Poor Rob! out in below zero weather while she sat working quietly in her den. When the sound stopped, she got up without thinking about it and peeked out the window to make sure he had not stroked out or something. No - he was watching their dogs romp in the snow drifts. She sighed. He was so handsome. His silver hair was getting a little shaggy, the cowlick grown out over the widow's peak. At 65 he still took her breath awa...

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“A Siesta in the Castle” by Aisha Khan

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Grass tips were poking him but he stayed still, lying on his back and his half-empty bag substituting a pillow. It had been a while since he had a good rest, but that was just him being dramatic. The sun was sharp, and moistness was covering him. He was sweating but didn’t budge once. “Hey!” a voice roared. He finally opened his eyes to look at the intruder. It was a female. For a second, neither of them said anything and locked in an undeclared staring contest. Her hand was raised to her forehead, but the sunlight still made her cower. He ...

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“the song of forever ” by Sarah Hany

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For the fifth year in a row, John stood in the middle of his treasure room, contemplating which of the discs to place in his record player.it wasn’t that he didn’t like any of them. In fact, it was the complete opposite. The only thing john didn’t like was the verity of knowing he couldn’t play all of them. But if he was going to go through with his plan, he had to make up his mind. Agatha would be back from Mrs. Gwyneth anytime now. In all his fifty years, their neighbor Mrs. Gwyneth remained one of the most peculiar and erratic things John...

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“I'll Never Let Go ” by Bree Davis

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“Hey Annie. Do you remember the first time we met?” Says Yuuto as a wrinkled smirk stretches across his face. I close my eyes in memory. If you would’ve told me I’d be here with him now on that day, I would’ve laughed for sure. Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 18 years old, the world was consumed fully into World War II. I had enlisted in the army as a nurse and was sent overseas to a military base in Japan. It was a primitive place, made to look like any other little village among the forest. Myself a...

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“White Walk” by Cale G

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Misty air and dollops of snow painted an otherwise familiar park known to an old man and an old woman, a painter of roofs and a painter on easels, world weary walkers. It did not rightly matter whatever the weather decided when their decision was always final: they will walk in this park, and come rain and hail and other mailman obstacles, they will always walk in this park. It surprised them, however, to spot others on the trail in these conditions. They glanced at each other sharing such surprise, and they did not smile nor frown but, inst...

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“How we meet?” by Gracy Kerketta

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It's a season of Christmas, snow and family. Everything work fine if family is together. Even we live somewhere else, but we get together for Christmas. We are not very big family, but we love each other very much. Me; Tia studying in High school near by my house. And I love spending time with my grandparents. They're so lovely. My uncle john and aunt Maria had arranged marriage, I was very small to remember anything of that. They're story inspired me, like how a two strange person get together and have beutiful story. At first they were ...

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“Match made in heaven?” by Sharon Williams

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They were born ten days apart in 1931, and lived near each other. Their homes were on one of the vast, recently built Dagenham council estates, constructed to ease overcrowding in the London slums. She was the only child of a Ford worker, Horace, and his wife. This, and, the fact that, she had two doting, childless aunts, meant that, materially, she had a better childhood than most children in the area. Her father was careful with money, cutting her hair himself, and putting taps on old shoes and painting them red, rather than buying her dan...

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“The View From the Red House” by Nina Thompson

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They move like machines, well-oiled and practiced. They are doing their dinner routine, both cooking together as they’ve done for the past fifty-seven years. Stir the soup, spin the salad, put the kettle on. The machines whir to a stop as they sit down at their table. Careful sighs as they adjust their time-worn bodies. The room around them is small. It just nearly fits their round table and the four cushioned chairs that breezed through four different homes with them. Monthly leg-tightening and yearly mending means that the chairs will b...

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“My old hag” by Ze Soliana

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🎼Sleeping beauty, you should wake🎼🎼you are already turning, to the old hag🎼Oh this old hag is everything, but not a morning person. I always wonder,How can she sleep so peacefully with my annoying voice.I got up and shake her body. But i only get groaning. Well I have no choice exept to through her to the bathtub full of cold water.Ahhh my back, I am getting older. I cant even carry my 71 years old wife. Yes its been 50 years today since i married this sweet hag, but look at her she will not wake up early even in our anniversary. Sometimes I...

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“Catherine and Will” by Hugh Russel

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Catherine and Will He was only nineteen when he came back to Vancouver, the physical wounds from Vietnam would heal quickly but he was damaged, some would say he was broken, though he didn’t know at the time. He was suffering from delayed PTSD, a strange term that they wouldn’t conjure up for another ten years. But what it meant for him was that there was a gap in time, a gap he tried to fill with events he couldn’t remember. As far as he knew, there was no war for him, just selling shoes in town and painting abstract images back at ...

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“Our Way” by Bee Reed

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“Over here! I found it! Oh, hurry, you have to see it for yourself.” Beth called to me from a couple of rows away. I hurried as much as my 74 year old body would allow me to and joined her. There it was. Our headstone. Beth Upton-Williamson 1945- Margaret “Peg” Williamson-Upton 1946- Partners in life 60 years and counting “We did it our way.” The 60th Anniversary party was supposed to be a surprise, so naturally all three of the kids had called to warn us, each one making us promise to act surprised so the other two woul...

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“VALENTINE'S DAY” by Mousumi Biswas

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VALENTINE'S DAY Rita and Ajay had met each other at a common friend's party . They were both in their teens . As the DJ played the song , ' Just the way you are', Ajay asked Rita to dance with him . Being very shy and an introvert since childhood , she felt embarrassed . Seeing her predicament, her friend , Shalini dragged her to the dance floor . " Rita , this is Ajay , my brother's best friend . He is almost like a family member," introduced Shalini to Rita . She felt her blood rushing up her cheeks . " May we dance , " he said extend...

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“My Only Love” by Rajesh Patel

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Time does fly. Sometimes it seems like it was yesterday and sometimes it feels like it was ages ago. I met my wife when I was 15 years old. In high school. When I saw her the first time, I was in awe. I cannot explain the feeling. It is like my heart stopped beating. Time stopped. It felt like the world slowed down around me. All in slow motion. I remember, it was my first day of class of the year. Summer about to end. It was Tuesday after Labor Day. I was always and even today, a very punctual person. For some reason, t...

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Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 168 stories

“Our Vow” by Meggysa Nine

“Period” by Chris D

“And So It Goes” by Susan Whitlock

“A Siesta in the Castle” by Aisha Khan

“the song of forever ” by Sarah Hany

“I'll Never Let Go ” by Bree Davis

“White Walk” by Cale G

“How we meet?” by Gracy Kerketta

“Match made in heaven?” by Sharon Williams

“The View From the Red House” by Nina Thompson

“My old hag” by Ze Soliana

“Catherine and Will” by Hugh Russel

“Our Way” by Bee Reed

“VALENTINE'S DAY” by Mousumi Biswas

“My Only Love” by Rajesh Patel

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Write about two people reconnecting after a rough patch in their relationship.

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Write about someone asking out an old crush, only to realize their crush doesn’t remember they’ve ever met before.

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