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Write a story that involves love at first sight.

Posted in Romance on May 8, 2021

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Morris Cupcake the Sandwich Boy

Submitted to Contest #16

Sandwiches, I have decided, are the best thing to ever grace the planet. People have come to me from all over the world to tell me otherwise, but at the end of things, I will always win.  They (the sandwiches) are such a piece of beautiful soul mate that I have no desire to see other people. Unless, of course, they are the sandwich boy named after his great grandfather, Morris Cupcake.  Morris Cupcake is the only person alive I’ve ever wanted to see more than once. I live  and breathe sandwiches, so it only makes sense that Mo...

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A Lifetime with Her

Submitted to Contest #16

 The second he had stepped through the door into the coffee shop, Jackson’s gaze had been drawn to her. Now he sits one table away from her, and still his gaze is pulled towards her as if magnetized. She is beautiful, but then a lot of girls were beautiful. There is something different, something special, about this girl. She sits alone in front of a laptop, a mug beside her filled with a steaming beverage. Jackson ponders whether she prefers tea or coffee, or something more adventurous like apple cider.She types something on her laptop...

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How We Lived Our Lives

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“I still remember the first time I saw you. It in was second grade during recess. You were wearing a pink polka-dress with ladybug hair ties for your pigtails. You were in the sand box, making sandcastles with a red bucket for your sand princesses. It was adorable. I wanted you to notice me. So I stole your red bucket and you hated me for the rest of elementary school. We were so dumb and naive back then. I miss it. “I was given a second chance back in Ms. Miller’s class in fifth grade. I was assigned next to you in the back row. I would occ...

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Talking of Love

Submitted to Contest #16

 “It was love at first sight,” Graham said, climbing up on the piano in his sock feet to light the chandelier.  “Excuse me, it was not.” Elizabeth tossed a thin cloth like frothed gold over the table and set golden candlesticks on it.  “It was for me,” Graham said, fire in his hands, laughing down at her from the piano. “I’m only speaking for myself.”  “Even for himself he isn’t telling the truth,” Elizabeth said to us, her silvery dress catching the light every way she moved. Her quick fingers lit the candles and her bre...

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When Souls Meet

Submitted to Contest #16

The ballroom was huge. Hannah had never been in a ballroom before, but from all the historical romances she constantly read this was definitely bigger than she had pictured and far more elegant than her imagination could conjure up. The chandelier itself was probably bigger than her eight hundred square footage apartment! Luckily, Hannah’s half-face lace mask protected her from having to squint when she looked up to see the darn thing, there was no way her friends were going to believe how huge the hanging glass ornament was. The wood floors...

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katherine

Submitted to Contest #16

rain pours down on us as fiercely as my feelings for her. wet and cold, alone and vulnerable. we are all the things we tried so hard not to be. there she stands, this tall, pronounced, beautiful woman. her red curls dampened to a light brown, her pink, accentuated nose pointing upward, her full lips protruding outward, the freckles scattered across her face barely visible. I know who she is, I have heard of her spirit, her kindness, her enthusiasm."hey!" she screams over the rain. I point toward the school building and beckon her inside. it ...

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Seeing Blind

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Seeing Blind She gripped the basket in her left hand and held her coat closed with the other. The wind always picked up on her way home, she could hear it rustling through the trees. The path beneath her feet was overgrown, created only by her feet. No one traveled through the forest, especially these days. Rumors of angry beasts and cruel men who lived in the wood tended to keep young children from straying too far. Nayeli didn't know if those rumors were true or not, she simply knew that it was getting dark. She was normally home by now, h...

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Happily Ever After

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Happily Ever After 11/21/19 Once upon a time, in a magical land called New York City, there was a teenage girl who had to bail her best friend out of jail for 'vandalizing a building'. It's not the best fairytale, but what do you expect? Castles and knights? Or maybe you were hoping for some flowers and gowns. Well, sorry- you're reading the wrong fairytale. There is no castle or crown. There ain't no talking animals or evil stepmothers. And there certainly is no damsel in distress! I was sitting at home, reading a good ...

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Lean on me

Submitted to Contest #16

I couldn’t take it anymore. It was too much for me. Why did things like this happen?What did I do to deserve this? Out of pure anger and exasperation, I picked up a nearby vase and hurled it at the wall. It shattered into a million fragments. Just like my heart. The fragments flew through the air, and I heard them pelt against the cabinets and the floor. I sunk to my knees and cried. It wasn’t the pretty cry you see in movies, when the characters are hit with peril and are at the end of their rope. It was a real cry....

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The Man Who Got Away.

Submitted to Contest #16

Trigger Warning: This story depicts strong language and self induced suffering. She sits in a stupor, her hand dangling limp from her position on the sofa. She looks lifeless, the Vodka bottle lying empty on the floor, with a pack of cigarettes, already used and discarded. A snore permeates the room from her flaring nostrils and half open mouth – the only sign that she is still alive. It is not a pretty sight, especially now that she doesn’t have all the recommendations of youth to benefit from. She had once been beautiful. Now she was a cha...

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Love Blossoms

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Earl Winston trotted nonchalantly alongside his equerry James.A murder of crows cawed loudly, high up in the budding horse chestnuts. Pale spring sunshine lit up the eastern sky.'Earl Winston,' James asked,' how is Olympia this morning? She appears to be rather languid in her trotting?'With a gentle movement of his spurs Winston sat up promptly and replied curtly,' Olympia is in excellent form, James.'Equerry James and his master, Winston, continued to trot until the familiar loud peals of the church bells marked noontime.Dism...

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ALWAYS AND FOREVER

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT???? LET ME TELL YOU A STORY...... It was a chill noon.The weather was cold. serena picks her jacket and waits for her mother. serena is 10 years old.she looks beautiful and she always smiles with her heart. After serena's mother comes from upstairs they both went to shopping mall.. when they reached the mall serena's mom was busy with talking her friends. In the meantime serena went to see the new collection toys. she searched for a nice toy more than 20 mins. after 20 mins her eyes sta...

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How I Met My Wife

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Love at first sight does exist. I know, because it happened to me. This is the true story of how I met my wife. It was late June of 1987. I was enjoying the summer between my junior and senior years of high school. The day started out normally enough. I went to my job at the golf course, where I worked as a landscaper. I worked from 5 am until about noon, cutting grass. I then went home, ate lunch, and then went to the gym. I trained for about an hour or so, then went to get something to eat. After tha...

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Captured by Bliss

Submitted to Contest #16

I always thought that the term "Love at first sight" was rather something you see on television; not something that happens in reality... Especially not something that would happened to me a regular guy like me. However the momentmy eyes laid upon this beautiful young lady. I nearly instantly knew that shewould be mine... Forever! It started off likeany other day, I had to make a quick run to the grocery store to pick up a fewitems for this cake recipe I saw and wanted to.  I wanted to try make this cake, (carrot caketo be exact); but...

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When I Was Yours

Submitted to Contest #16

For six hours a day, over six months, for the earliest days of your life, you were mine, my little Zaya, and I loved you. Maybe that sounds crazy, because after all, I was just your nineteen-year-old daycare worker, but I swear it is true. I know my skin is ghost pale and yours is coffee with a splash of cream, and I know I am tall with hair cropped short, looking nothing like your parents or other people who loved you, but what did you know about that? You were barely three months old, with lots of straight black hair, and you cried all day...

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