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“Him” by Matthew Ramirez

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I tried to identify what his scent was. It smelled like Axe body spray or maybe it was the mousse in his curly, brown hair. In either case, the smell was pleasant and just sitting there in his presence had a calming effect. I leaned a little further back into the couch, my knees now pressing up against him. He was laying back, brow furrowed as he flicked through his Instagram feed. I held still. I noted the rise and fall of his stomach with each breath. The mumbling he did every so often. The warmth of being so close. The d...

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“The Red in a Purple Thistle” by Alex Wolffe

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The clash of the shutter, the flash of the bulb. Too loud, too obvious, too novice. Too dangerous. The young woman glanced up, ruby red blood dripping from equally ruby red lips, the blood splatters making her expensive golden flapper dress look like some modern painting gone wrong. But the knife in her hand gleamed brighter than Mars on a clear night amongst the dark alley behind the townhouse, the bloody body forgotten. Her hardened gaze gleamed coldly as...

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“You walked into that room and entered my heart” by Steve Kaye

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Love is a funny thing. Every Friday when I was five years old my mother would drive me to my grandmother’s house. My brother and sister were in school and my mother’s beauty parlor was around the corner from Nanny.She dropped me off at ten o’clock and would re-appear after lunch with her hair coiffed majestically and a trunk filled with groceries.It was a fun day. Nanny, dressed in her suit, hat, and white gloves and I drove around the corner to the deli where the man behind the counter handed me a piece of lox on a bagel, before getting dow...

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“Red and burning” by Igor Tishalovich

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Our camp shift is slowly coming to end. Sometimes it was tough, sometimes — relaxing. Too many things to conclude. Too many actions to realize. For the first time in my life, I showed my talents to public. I felt the challenging fire, burning within my heart. However, I think my cooperation with rest of the shift was the most important part. Finally, I was a member of group and I felt it. Everyone is slowly packing up his luggage. Nobody really wants to leave. Especially our “first” group. After the end we will stuck in formal routine: colle...

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“Elly” by Ysa Alberto

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LIGHT I awoke to Mama wrapping my butt like a gift while she went on and on about poo and pee right before she hid me under her jacket. It was so hard to breathe, but I needed to keep on. I was more terrified about what's gonna happen next when I heard her talk about me leaving for good. Is she getting rid of me? DARKThere was this girl I've never seen before. She tried to steal me away from mama, but I was scared of her sad smile so I tried to claw my way closer to mama's chest. No, mama! Please don't let her get me. I wanted to beg m...

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“November” by Tha Youn

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She watches silently as the minutes pass.Every so often, without as much as a sigh, she glances at the cracked glass, the numbers stark against the black background. 7:15. 7:23. 7:45.Turning as the group shuffles towards the revolving glass door, she brings two fingers to her lips, pressing lightly, checking for blood. Rough skin meets her fingertips. No red. With a breath, she wipes them against the dark material of her shirt.Glancing up, she watches as one of them, blue jacket gleaming in the near-unbearable glare of the light, playfully p...

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“First Love is the Sweetest” by Cyan Villanueva

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May 2019“Whenever you two are ready, we can begin. Please, make yourselves comfortable and don’t hesitate to let me know if you need anything.” The interviewer, David Rakei was a sweet and gentle young man in his early twenties. David had finally gotten the funding needed to create his documentary on Love. The documentary was an in-depth look on John Lee’s theory that there are six styles of love. He had gone out looking for couples that seemed to love in one of Lee’s styles. He had finally found his ideal couple. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, a...

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“Caterpillar-Becomes-Cocoon-Becomes-Butterfly” by Bruno Lowagie

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That one summer I longed less for the summer than for what would follow summer. I'm born in June. I turned eighteen in the middle of the final examinations in senior high school. That wasn’t the only reason why my birthday went unnoticed, though.A couple of months later, in October 1988, we would all go to college. I can’t say I regretted saying goodbye to my fellow students in high school. If you’d ask me who I was friends with back then, I fear I wouldn’t have known what to answer.Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine, but when I grew up, bo...

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“Brown Eyes” by Amelia Coulon

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His eyes were the brownest eyes I had ever seen. But they never seemed to notice me.Sure I'd liked boys before. I had been crushing on cuties since I was two-years-old. My mom even kept the kissing pictures to prove it. But Derek was different. The way he made me feel was different. He became my first.I found tenth grade difficult. Schoolwork never presented much of a challenge for me and I made plenty of friends that year. But I wanted a boyfriend. One with whom I could fall in love. I was ready to stop sitting on the sidelines and really g...

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“Love at the Stables” by Chris Vlok

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Matt was an experienced horseman, as many of the veterans of the Great War expected a young, enterprising lieutenant and leader of men to be. As a personal challenge, he had jumped at the chance of joining the prestigious Equestrian School to test himself against the best horsemen and women the country could offer. The estate included several rings, a racetrack, two showgrounds and access to the surrounding countryside which consisted of handsome wooded hills and cool streams. Everyone that had dared to enter into a personal competition with...

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“Mr. Blue Eyes” by Terri Ferguson

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All those years of my parents telling me to think about what I want to do after I graduate high school, I always thought I’d just live life, fly by the seat of my pants and see where the wind blows. Well graduation day has come and gone and I’m realizing that I can’t just fly by the seat of my pants, it doesn’t pay very much, in fact, it pays nothing at all. To survive in this world I had to decide to either go to college and continue living with my parents. Or get a job and move out. I chose the latter. Don’t get me wrong, I l...

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“Rebel Hands” by Dylan Wiseman

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I fire a glance at her eyes. They’re aimed at the movie screen, but her attention is on her hand, positioned on the armrest between us. An ambush, set and waiting. Waiting for my hand to make contact. Explosions from the film splash orange and white on her face. “Sir? We have to act now. The film is at a climax, and we may lose the advantage if it proceeds into the conclusion,” I remind myself. I’m right. The climax, with its loud flashbanging and impassioned dialogue, provides cover enough to hide the pounding in my chest and the shakes in ...

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“Having Hope ” by Aaliyah Ward

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I would like to say that I am not a hopeless romantic, but it’s times like this where I often find myself daydreaming of a love filled life with her. I mean, how can I help myself when she is sitting across the room from me, in a soft pink t-shirt, with her hair pulled back into a braid. Yes, I know, I really should be listening to my biology teacher lecture about the phases of mitosis, but I seriously cannot help myself. It’s only 9:34 in the morning, I still have three more classes and lunch to attend, but I don’t think my mind will be abl...

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“Descendants of love” by Kasuni Gomes

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“Marriage?, At this age? Why is he doing this? A year ago he surprised us with a divorce, now he’s going to marry?” I was furious but Mom looked calm as always.“What is this life, Can’t he understand that I am going through a lot because of him, How hard was it for me to recover after he divorced you. This is insane and humiliating.” I didn’t know how to handle the frustration, except showing it to the only person who was by my side.“Mom this is crazy, are you going to stay silent, while he’s going to happily remarry some gold digg...

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“I think he's the one” by Rache Franklin

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I walked into a coffee shop and I accidentally bumped into a guy. We got to talking right away, his name his Ben. I did apologize to bumping into him and he said there was no need to apologize. We exchanged numbers and begin talking every day. We made plans to hang out and just get to know each other better. We'd already been friends for about six months. One day, he asked me to go to the movies with him and dinner. I didn't think anything of it, I just thought it was going to be just like every other time we'd hung out, but man was I wrong....

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Write a story about someone falling in love for the first time.

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✍️ 80 stories

“Him” by Matthew Ramirez

“The Red in a Purple Thistle” by Alex Wolffe

“You walked into that room and entered my heart” by Steve Kaye

“Red and burning” by Igor Tishalovich

“Elly” by Ysa Alberto

“November” by Tha Youn

“First Love is the Sweetest” by Cyan Villanueva

“Caterpillar-Becomes-Cocoon-Becomes-Butterfly” by Bruno Lowagie

“Brown Eyes” by Amelia Coulon

“Love at the Stables” by Chris Vlok

“Mr. Blue Eyes” by Terri Ferguson

“Rebel Hands” by Dylan Wiseman

“Having Hope ” by Aaliyah Ward

“Descendants of love” by Kasuni Gomes

“I think he's the one” by Rache Franklin

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about someone dealing with family conflict.

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