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

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“Time apart” by Elle S

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Kal's hand is enwrapped around my upper arm, squeezing. It is not a gentle squeeze. It is violent and possessive, and the hand is shaking as it grips. I try to pull away, but the grip won't loosen. It tightens instead. I gasp, and I want to cry. I don't cry. I am so angry. I’d rather die than show him my weakness now, so I dare not cry. I laugh instead. I release a cackle from deep within my stomach, and hear it reverberate in my ears, defiant and provocative. "Lara?" A deep voice interrupted my reverie. My head snapped towards the voice a...

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“Just Friends” by Caroline White

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“Hi!” a girl with brown hair and blue eyes smiled at me. “I’m McKenzie Russel.” Her luscious brown hair bounced around her shoulders while she talked. McKenzie. McKenzie.“Hey, I’m Levi Jackson,” The first words I had ever said to McKenzie. Why couldn’t I have said something like “I’m sorry I ruined your life. I didn’t mean to and I still love you even though you don’t think I do.” I don’t care if McKenzie ever loves me again (actually, that’s a lie. I really want McKenzie to like me again). I just want her to know that I still loved her...

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“Cracked Hearts” by Emily Trucco

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Gemma stared up at the crack in the ceiling. If she squinted and tilted her head back into her pillow, she could trace it from the edge of the room above her all the way to the light fixture before the darkness absorbed its tail. Barely visible cracks covered the whole ceiling, but this was the most obvious one at night. It gaped down at her, threatening to bring the whole house crumbling down. Perhaps this is how her mother saw Gemma’s relationship. Or perhaps her whole life. Hamish was lying just out of reach, facing the door. Her pinkie ...

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“My Coalition” by Estelle Westley

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Lacy looked much older than what she was. In fact, she felt much older than what she was. What had happened these eighteen years for everything to be so drastically different now. When Robert had asked to marry me all those years ago, I was on cloud nine. There were great expectations of the life ahead with wonderful dreams. A house where Robert would come home to each evening. Two rosy cheeked kids - one girl and one boy of course - laughing and running to their Daddy who embraced them and showered them with kisses. The aroma of a fine dinn...

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“The Best View in the City” by Artemis Rowan

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I arrive at Toronto's Union Station. I'm planning to take the PATH to the CN Tower. That's where she'll be. While her text from last night is cryptic, I know her well enough to know what she means. Her text is referencing the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower. I'm almost certain of it. That is where the best view in the city would be.She texted me again this morning saying to meet her at 6pm. I'm early.Yesterday she stole the jewels that I had gone to the Royal Ontario Museum to steal. She left four of them for me. I had to use clues she...

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“Rekindling an impossible love” by Kelly Stenning

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Nervous. That was the only thing that Damon could describe himself as he sat there in the booth waiting. He clasped his hands together, cringing at how sweaty they were. He quickly wiped them on his trousers. Tick Tick Tick Damon’s blue eyes flickered to the clock , the noise of its hands, clanging in his head. He looked away from it. Clock watching was only going to make things worse he told himself. However, the sneak peek at the clock indicated how much time he had left until she arrived. 5 minutes. He can wait patiently for 5 ...

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“Patched Up” by Kaela Bredine

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TRIGGER WARNING: MENTION OF ASSAULT"It's been three years Christine. He isn't in your life and you told me you didn't want him in your life. You told me not to mention his name or show you him ever again."Ruby has been telling me this for weeks now, then again I've been talking about meeting up with Richard for weeks. I don't why I want to meet up with him all of a sudden. He hurt me, tremendously, but I guess that's what a toxic relationship does. It makes you come back to your manipulative significant other. Richard and I were together for...

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“Heels Over Head” by Russ Lydzinski

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It was the morning of May Eighteenth, Nineteen Hundred Eighty. Mount St. Helen’s was erupting in Washington State, and Thomas was taking his morning walk in Penshaw, Ohio. He stood on a familiar street corner in a drizzle, watching a tall, slender woman cross the street. She wore a raincoat with a plastic hood. With her collar turned up, he couldn’t see her face, but she had glanced at him without making eye contact. Was it Sherri? He raised his hand to greet her but stopped, not wanting to appear a fool. Instead, he followed her from a dist...

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“Challenge” by Emerson Gayhart

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I play the song one more time and then I get the video ready in the car, and start it. Carter was looking out the window, trying to pull out of the parking lot. I was going to do the kiss your boy best friend challenge. Carter turns back around and I smile at him nervously. Carter has been my best friend since birth pretty much. Carter’s mom and my mom are best friends. Carter’s three months older than me. He looks at me confused, wondering why I’m staring at him. The time on the song is coming up. He has no idea what I’m doing. I’m so nervo...

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“A Melancholic Anniversary” by Emma Ruth

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Joshua was on his lunch break. He’d decided to pick up a quick sandwich at the drive-through and stop by the store to get an anniversary card for his wife, Marian. This way he could go straight home to be with her as soon as he got off work. As he walked in to the store, he tried to consider what Marian would want for this anniversary, since it was so tragically unlike any other they’d had before. He approached the greeting card aisle and perused their selection, trying to pick out a card that could express his sentiments. He thought of Mari...

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“The Space Between Us” by Del Majima

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I stepped into The Birdhouse, the best jazz club in the city, and made my way over to the bar. A quartet was on stage playing a variety of Chet Baker tunes, you could tell the trumpeter hadn’t yet lived life. I mean, he was in tune and really into the groove, but something was missing. An edge. He was playing “How Deep Is the Ocean,” and quite frankly, it seemed shallow to me. I took a seat at the bar, furthest from the stage. I love Chetty, but I want...

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“I Still Love You” by Thea Louchibelle Cabuguason

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From dormitory, I transferred to a boarding house for some reasons, it was located outskirts the University Wall near the vast woods, a creepy looking one. It was already dark while I was on my way there walking just after hauling my things to get some fresh air, the road was empty. This particular side had no establishments and only occasional street lights that went on and off. It does feel creepy to walk alone in here but it is soothing at the same time. I don't know why but I feel like it. New ambiance perhaps, away from busy universit...

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“Richard” by Serena Blade

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I took a look at myself in the mirror and made a face. I was not happy. I had a lunch date with Richard and I felt out of place. It had been ten years since I last saw him. I looked different. Age sure took a toll on me. I was not the same innocent teenage girl Richard had met. Not even with foundation, could I cover the circles under my eyes. Bearing two kids didn’t help either. Why was I being so harsh on myself? I was only meeting up with an old fling. Old fling? Ha! More like an old boyfriend. I sighed with nervousness...

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“Wonderland” by Hana Alradai

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Velvet waxy stick draw a line on her lower lip shape, changing its direction to upper lip it draw two velvet arches to assemble the shape of upper lip. With care and love, her finger spread color, she squeezed her lip then took a tissue placed it between her lip and pressed against it, the tissue printed with the unwanted velvet color from her lip. She waved her chocolate hair and stared at the mirror. She left her chin and kept going deeper and deeper into her sliver left eye. Amanda was not ordinary that for sure. Everything in hers was n...

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“The love story that never ended” by Harrini R

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Once again, he sat down with a firm mind. “I can do it “, “I will do it” .He said himself louder. His hand scribbled something on paper. "No", screamed his tongue and now the paper was in the dustbin, crushed by the same hand that wrote. “I am not good at anything” he thought. His mood went off and his lights too…Later, the room was lit up by the sun. He sipped a cup of coffee and returned to his writing desk. “ I must read some motivational quotes before I start” said his mind and he switched on his internet.Ti... Ding…. His notif...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 247 stories

“Time apart” by Elle S

“Just Friends” by Caroline White

“Cracked Hearts” by Emily Trucco

“My Coalition” by Estelle Westley

“The Best View in the City” by Artemis Rowan

“Rekindling an impossible love” by Kelly Stenning

“Patched Up” by Kaela Bredine

“Heels Over Head” by Russ Lydzinski

“Challenge” by Emerson Gayhart

“A Melancholic Anniversary” by Emma Ruth

“The Space Between Us” by Del Majima

“I Still Love You” by Thea Louchibelle Cabuguason

“Richard” by Serena Blade

“Wonderland” by Hana Alradai

“The love story that never ended” by Harrini R

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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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