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Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

Posted in Romance on Jun 8, 2021

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Whatever It Was

Submitted to Contest #72

“Let’s get married.” “What?” “Marry me,” he shrugged. Barbara could only furrow her brow at him. On an early December evening, the amihan wind caressed their faces. Kit’s feet were dangling at the edge of her dim lit engawa while she sat by his side, hugging her bent knees. Between them were two mugs of half-finished coffee—decaf—getting cold as they stared aimlessly at her then empty front yard. Her Japanese tea houses inspired forever home had just been finished about two weeks prior. Kit, an old college friend, was just vi...

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The Art teacher

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At the age of 70, Milton Hersh and his wife retired to a senior community in Miami Beach. Six months after his 75 birthday he became a widower. As with many others who lost their loved ones, Milton was devastated.  It took many more months for him to get his life back together again. Milton was a commercial artist and illustrator and he loved to paint in oils. One winter day, when he had enough of rainy days he decided to set up a still life of fruits and flowers and paint again in the spare bedroom that he converted into a studio.&nbs...

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the other girl

Submitted to Contest #72

Oh. Sam had been cheating on her. Bea tried not to cry. She wouldn’t let him have that. She didn’t- she didn’t even care about him, anyways. He was- he was- Who was she kidding? She had loved him. She still did. Did she? Her feelings felt all messy and weird. She hated him. But she also felt like she might still love him. She bit her tongue and tried to choke back any emotion that would crack her voice as she spoke, but, luckily, she didn’t have to say anything. “You should leave, Samuel,” the other girl said. The other girl. The girl...

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Electric

Submitted to Contest #72

Day 1Süssday, 3rd black moon, 20 New Age RevoI’ve arrived!I stepped out of the spaceship into a marvelous, clear, jungle-like wilderness. I did not even have to disturb the blue trees with their silver trunks and the soft, thick bushes with yellow stalks like tentacles as I walked. The Sestry have carved a stone path that winds clearly across the blue, just wide enough for a creature to walk on. I wanted to stay where we landed and observe my surroundings for hours. But I must rest.I can even breathe the air here.The planet welcomes me. I lo...

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An Inconvenient Flame

Submitted to Contest #72

In the small town of Oak-town Hills there lived a Woman named Serenity who owned a flower shop. She was the only person who owned such a store like hers, so she would get a lot of business because of it. Serenity loved to climb mountains and hills so she would pick wild flowers to sell to the townspeople. Serenity's store was next to a shop that sold instruments like guitars, drums, or small woodwind instruments. The man who owned that store was named Taylor, he was a few years older than Serenity. He had moved to Oak-town from Japan 3 yea...

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Linus

Submitted to Contest #72

Linus I’m not a conscript of nostalgia, but sometimes when you are cleaning out the closet, you find something that causes you to remember something you’ve forgotten about. It happens to me, most often during the holiday season. Why, I am not sure. Perhaps, it maybe that I’m at my most vulnerable, during that time. I was unpacking Christmas ornaments, when I realized that I had wrapped each memorable glistening globe, complete with its silvery bent hook, in newspaper; the funny papers to be exact. I like to use the co...

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Romeo Bryant falls in love with Juliet Jackson the last person he ever expected to in life.

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My story is entitled Romeo Bryant falls in love with Julliet Jackson the last person they ever expected to in life.One Friday, which was a day most Christians and other people show love among themselves. It was a day that one may ponder and ask the question in the psychological literature why people fall in love within the community. It was this day that Romeo Bryant fell in love with Julliet Jackson.It is noted that romantic love occurs when the attributes that generate general attraction and social factors with circumstances that produce p...

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Stolen Heart

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The lights blinked back ferociously at my eyes. I groaned as my head thumped loudly with the migraine.  "Leila", a voice whispered from my right. My head snapped in the direction, trying to look for it. But my eyes struggled, it seemed like everything has turned upside down. "Leila, over here", the voice spoke again and my eyes searched with fervor until they found his. "James!", I exclaimed and he shook his head urgently. "Keep quiet Kid", he hissed, looking around him cautiously. His harsh tone ticked me off and I was ready to burst a...

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Kickstart My Heart (Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence)

Submitted to Contest #72

Tessa took off running. She didn't want to be in the club anymore. She decided that being a Nomad's daughter left something out of her life that staying in wouldn't allow her. Her father, Duke "Razor" Simmons, headed up the Nomads chapter in Syracuse. All Tessa wanted was to escape. New York City's massiveness gave Tessa a chance to disappear. One night after "Church", Tessa's mother, Clary, came to Tessa's room. "Baby," Clary said. "Yeah, Mama?" "I want you to get out of here. Don't do what I did." Tessa looked concerned. "What's going on, ...

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I Beat Him Up

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All Eyes On ThemCheering,Excited and JoyousWine Glass on Everyone's Hand..Bottle of Champagne In Hers ..She frooze for a Moment,Things starts to fadeShe goes back to the 1st memory of him,The day She had beat him upIt was 15 years back,She was the newly appointed Class CaptainWith the power comes the responsibility,She had the powers similar to a class teacher in her absence.Ms.Mollusca with a curly hair as the class would call her, called Sahara to her OfficeMs.Mollusca: Sahara! I know you are a very good student.But I Expect...

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A Room With No View

Submitted to Contest #72

The view from his window was barren, cold, without life. What life? A life of quiescence; of expiring figures eddying around the tea trolley. That’s what sort of life. It was crummy here, and the view crummier still. Of a carpark, devoid of anything more beautiful than the odd Touring 3 series and a single hydrangea bush. “Beyond that empty lot,” said the grumpy old man, as much to himself as any other. “Beyond that lot, lies the beginning and the end of my ken.” His warder – perhaps an unfair designation – continued to plump up his pillows ...

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Some Kind Of Bird

Submitted to Contest #72

“I want a divorce, you obnoxious little twat” barked the lady in the red jumper while her frantic husband held on firmly to his fork. He would not use it, instead, he spat in his glass and threw the content in her face. Taking half her makeup with it, she dried her face with his scarf while he started to name all the things she would never put her hands on including some worthless sum and a poor introverted greyhound who, Lola was sure, could have done without such a rip-off. Lurking over unhappy couples was one of Lola's most precious pas...

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PEDRO'S CHOICE

Submitted to Contest #72

He had been nicknamed ‘Pedro’ while in America and the name had stuck. He was an athletic young man about 27, tall, fair and handsome with neatly combed hair and a trim moustache. He had gone to the USA in early life and had a degree in petrochemicals. His sponsor – a relative – had said “Pedro, you’ve a degree and experience here. I think you should go back to India. Mehrchand who is chief of Zica Chemicals is offering you a research job.” Pedro had come back to India and was part of Zica Chemicals. That was a year ago. Zica had two divisio...

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Gay means Happy

Submitted to Contest #72

Like always, I woke up and was super happy! My Batman slippers on the hardwood floor ready to be put on, and the smell of orange juice and pancakes in the morning always had a wonderful feeling! So then i got up out of my bed, and put my Batman slippers on my feet and started to head toward the kitchen to have breakfast. While i was at the table I was thinking about my best friend James, He has been my friend since 1st grade, and he always calls me Sabie instead of Sabastion, My real name. After breakfast i headed towards the bus and gave my...

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GO

Submitted to Contest #72

It was the nicest day any April could be expected to come up with. Villagers from all around the province poured into the ancient city of Zhangzhou to barter their millet, barley, wheat, pigs and sheep, for clothing, spices, tools, pottery and strong wine. Striding at their forefront of one such group was a brash young man barely twenty years old who looked neither left nor right at the sprouting greenery nor at the fluffy little clouds that gamboled across the bright blue sky like wayward sheep. The whisper went round that this was Yuan Tse...

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