Stories

YC

You Came Back, Darlin
{y/n} left Red Creek years ago to escape the grief, gossip, and future everyone had already planned for her. She left behind the Callahan ranch, her horse, and Caleb Callahan, the boy she had loved since childhood. Now she’s back. Only Caleb isn’t waiting anymore. He’s engaged to Savannah Mercer, {y/n}’s former best friend, the same girl who spent years wanting everything {y/n} had. The problem? Caleb never really stopped loving her. And in a town where everyone remembers everything, old feelings don’t stay buried for long.
Original Character(s)WesternCowboys & CowgirlsCowboy HatsSlow BurnPast Relationship(s)Idiots in LoveSlow RomanceSlow BuildHurt/ComfortHumorAlternate Universe - Modern SettingLoveSexual TensionFriendship
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MM

Mrs. Moretti by Accident
You wake up with a platinum ring on your finger, a pounding headache, and Luciano Moretti sitting at the edge of the bed like he owns the entire room - and you. He’s calm. Amused. Completely unbothered. Apparently last night you two got married. Apparently the paperwork is real. And apparently he has zero interest in fixing it. Luca Moretti doesn’t do accidents. He’s the kind of man who runs a billion-dollar empire by day and something far more dangerous by night. Cocky. Filthy rich. Used to taking exactly what he wants. And for some reason, what he wants is you. Now you’re stuck as Mrs. Moretti - living in his world, wearing his name, and dealing with a husband who teases you relentlessly, spoils you shamelessly, and looks at you like he already decided you’re never leaving. One drunken night. One very permanent decision. And a man who has no plans of letting you go.
Original Character(s)Married CoupleAccidental MarriageWealthHumorSlow BurnFalling In LoveHotSexual TensionItalian MafiaCEOAlcoholEventual RomanceBanterViolence
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WA

Wrong Answer, Little Mouse
You see him at the gym every night. Dark hair, sharp smile, always ready with a teasing comment and never quite crossing the line. You figure he’s either taken or just not that interested. Then one evening your tires are flat. A man in a Ghostface mask steps out of the dark, calls you “little mouse,” and the next time you open your eyes you’re locked in a private bunker. He already knows everything about you. He won’t take the mask off for four weeks. And when he finally does, the face underneath is the last one you ever expected. 365 days. Fall in love with him, or walk away like none of it ever happened. Your move, little mouse.
RomanceDark FantasyMoral AmbiguityFluff and SmutAngst and Hurt/ComfortDead Dove: Do Not EatFlirtingAged-Up Character(s)KidnappingOriginal Character(s)Possessive BehaviorEventual RomanceBanterMasksIdentity Reveal
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WW

What We Left Behind
You broke off your engagement six days before Sergeant Cole Maddox deployed, convinced loving him meant spending your life waiting for the worst. Three months later, he’s finally home. You regret leaving him. He still hasn’t forgiven you. And now you have to tell him one more thing. You’re pregnant.
Original Character(s)Hurt/ComfortRomanceCuteHumorSlow BurnGetting TogetherLove ConfessionsIdiots in LoveDramaGrief/MourningSoulmatesMisunderstandingsFlirtingPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
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SO

Skating on Thin Ice
You hate Mason Vale. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. He’s your brother’s best friend, Westbrook’s star hockey player, and the last person you should be waking up beside after every party. Nobody knows. Nobody can know. But when hookups turn into jealousy, old feelings get messy, and his ex starts watching too closely, keeping your worst habit secret becomes a whole lot harder.
Original Character(s)RomanceHumorSlow BurnGetting TogetherMutual PiningIdiots in LoveDramaFalling In LoveSlice of LifeEnemies to LoversDeveloping RelationshipMisunderstandingsFlirtingSexual Tension
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𝐔𝐑

𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚅𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚝 𝚁𝚒𝚘𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚡, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚎, 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 - 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞… 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍? ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
AngstHurt/ComfortExesSlow BurnGetting Back TogetherAlternate UniverseMusicRock StarsBandsFriendshipIdiots in LoveFluff and HumorJealousyOriginal Character(s)Misunderstandings
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𝓣𝓑

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷 𝓑𝓵𝓾𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓮
ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 12ᴛʜ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪɴᴄᴛ’ꜱ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴜɴɪᴛ — ᴀᴍʙɪᴛɪᴏᴜꜱ, ꜱᴛᴜʙʙᴏʀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀ? ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴋɴᴏx ʜᴀʀʟᴀɴ — ᴇx-ᴀʀᴍʏ ʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ, ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴛ, ᴊᴀᴅᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴠɪɴᴄᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʙ. ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪɴᴄᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴘᴜꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴜꜱʜ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʙʀᴜᴛᴀʟ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀɢᴜᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏxɪᴍɪᴛʏ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ɪᴍᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɢɴᴏʀᴇ. ɪɴ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇꜱ, ʟᴀᴛᴇ-ɴɪɢʜᴛ ꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇᴏᴜᴛꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.
PoliceLaw EnforcementComedyPiningEnemy LoversForced ProximityRomanceTraumaMilitaryAdultsOriginal Character(s)Fluff and HumorDramaGrief/MourningPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
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AV

A Viscount’s Undoing
You are one of Mayfair’s most sought-after seamstresses. Your gowns enter rooms you never will. Your stitches sit beneath diamonds worth more than your shop, worn by women whose names open doors yours never could. And you know exactly what beauty is worth in a world obsessed with rank. Not enough. Not when your last name is wrong. Not when men with titles can admire you privately and marry someone suitable publicly. So when Viscount Adrian Vale begins finding increasingly ridiculous reasons to visit your shop, you know better than to mistake attention for intention. He is twenty-eight, respected, dutiful and expected to marry Lady Helena Ashford, the accomplished daughter of a marquess. She is everything society wants beside him. You are the woman sewing her gowns. Adrian knows his duty. He also knows he keeps looking for you in rooms you were never invited into. What begins with fittings, forgotten gloves and conversations prolonged by rain becomes something far more dangerous. A look held too long. A book remembered. A dance that should never have happened. A gentleman who keeps returning. A seamstress who knows exactly how badly this could end. Because Adrian falling for you would be scandalous. You falling for him could ruin you. Lady Whistledown is watching. Helena is beginning to notice. His family is asking questions. And the entire ton is waiting for Viscount Vale to choose the bride everyone expects. The only problem? His attention keeps wandering to the woman behind the needle. And you refuse to become any man’s secret. Even his.
Original Character(s)Inspired by Bridgerton (TV)RomanceAlternate UniverseHumorEmotional Hurt/ComfortGetting TogetherFirst KissMutual PiningLoveLove ConfessionsFirst TimeIdiots in LoveFalling In LoveJealousy
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TV

The Viscount’s Convenient Heart
At two-and-twenty, you are one of the most sought-after young ladies in London - and one of the most stubborn. For two Seasons you have turned down every suitor, much to your father Viscount Roan York’s growing frustration. Now he has given you an ultimatum: find a husband this Season, or he will choose one for you. Desperate to escape his control, you make a bold agreement with the last man anyone would expect - Viscount Sebastian Hawthorne, your brother James’s closest friend and one of London’s most eligible bachelors. What begins as a simple arrangement to appear together for the Season soon becomes far more complicated than either of you expected. Stolen glances and meaningful conversations lead to the growing realization that the lines between their agreement and real feelings may not be as clear as they first believed. In a world of grand balls, whispered gossip, and high-stakes reputation, can a convenient agreement survive the unexpected connection between two guarded hearts?
RomanceAlternate UniverseHumorSlow BurnFriends to LoversGetting TogetherFirst Kiss
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LW

Look Who’s Untouchable Now
{y/n} York used to be the girl who could reject anyone. Including the quiet scholarship kid who once looked at her like she hung the moon. Four years later she’s back on the Upper East Side, and that same boy is now the youngest, richest, and most unfairly hot CEO in the city. The power has flipped. The city is watching. And Gossip Girl just made sure no one forgets who said no first.
Original Character(s)Inspired by Gossip GirlHumorSlow BurnGetting TogetherFamilyJealousyMisunderstandingsHotFlirtingFix-ItAged-Up Character(s)Eventual RomanceExplicit LanguageConfessions
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TS

The Space Between Us
Everyone in the city knows Cassian Voss. Cold. Controlled. Untouchable. CEO of a billion-dollar company. Lives in a mansion most people only see in magazines. The kind of man who never has to raise his voice to make a room go quiet. He doesn’t chase. He doesn’t explain himself. He doesn’t do messy. Except for one thing. His six-year-old daughter, Seraphina. She is the only person who gets the soft version of him. The only person he has ever put first without hesitation. Then there’s her mother. Y/N was his high-school girlfriend. His first everything. Until a carefully planted rumor - courtesy of his so-called best friend, Tara Crowe - destroyed them. He believed the lie. They broke up. She was already pregnant. They never got back together. They just learned how to share a child. Fifty-fifty custody. Polite drop-offs. Careful distance. Years of unfinished business neither of them will name. Tara never left. She’s still here. Still obsessed. Still smiling like she belongs. And lately she’s been pushing harder - talking about full custody, about giving Seraphina a sibling, about becoming the mother she was never meant to be. Seraphina is starting to repeat things she shouldn’t know. Cassian is starting to look at Y/N like he never stopped. And Y/N? She’s still not impressed. What begins as careful co-parenting slowly turns into something sharper - jealousy, old wounds, quiet protectiveness, and the kind of tension that doesn’t stay buried forever. Because Cassian Voss doesn’t share what’s his. And he is done pretending Y/N isn’t.
Hurt/ComfortRomanceSlow BurnGetting TogetherLove ConfessionsExesParenthoodOriginal Character(s)Idiots in LoveDramaFamilyJealousySoulmatesMisunderstandingsFlirting
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BD

Bloodline Debt
Your father cooked the books for the wrong families and died for it. The debt couldn’t be paid with money - so they sent you to Blackthorn Academy instead of putting a bullet in your head. It’s an elite school for the children of killers. Everyone here has already taken a life. You’re the only civilian. A walking liability. Entertainment. Survive until the end and the debt is cleared. Fail, and the families will collect what’s left of you. Four of them are already watching. One makes you feel safe. One makes you feel hunted. One makes you feel seen. One makes you feel like you already belong to him. None of them are safe. And none of them plan to let you leave untouched.
Original Character(s)Moral AmbiguityAcademyUniversityFriends to LoversAlternate Universe - College/UniversityGrief/MourningViolenceFlirtingAged-Up Character(s)Eventual RomanceSchoolSwearingExplicit LanguageUnreliable Narrator
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CO

Conflict of Interest
You and Callum Ashford graduated law school together. Same classes, same late-night study sessions, same competitive streak that never quite burned out. Then you went to different firms, and the rivalry only got sharper. Now you’re at Langford & Pierce. He’s the golden boy at Crowe & Ashford. And every time a major case drops, the two of you somehow end up on opposite sides of the table. He’s still the same smug, controlled, impossible man he was in school - only now the suits are more expensive, the smirk is more deliberate, and the way he looks at you across a deposition feels less like competition and more like a private challenge. He pisses you off. He’s unfairly attractive. And you still can’t tell whether he hates you or is flirting with you. The cases keep coming. The tension keeps building. And neither of you is willing to be the first to look away.
Original Character(s)LawyersRomanceHumorSlow BurnEnemies to LoversRivals to LoversRivalryIdiots in LoveDramaSweetPre-RelationshipFlirtingHotSlow Build
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ET

Engaged to the Alarm
You’re an ER nurse. He’s Captain Nash Reid of Station 17 - calm, respected, and completely gone for you. You’re engaged. Everyone knows it. None of that stops you from somehow ending up in the middle of his calls more often than seems statistically possible. His crew has turned it into their favorite running joke. He pretends to be exasperated. You pretend you don’t love the way he always finds you first. Lighthearted chaos, soft tension, and a firefighter who’s very good at staying calm… until it’s you.
Original Character(s)Established RelationshipFirefightersCuteHumorHappy EndingIdiots in LoveGoodFunnyFlirtingAged-Up Character(s)ComedyPet Names
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SC

She Comes With Us
You’re a doctor working out of a small clinic in Saint Denis. Your life is steady, respectable, and carefully ordinary - until the afternoon a bank robbery goes wrong on the corner of your street. Masked men drag you into the alley at gunpoint. Two of them are bleeding out. They give you a simple choice: patch them up or die on the cobblestones. You do what any doctor would do with a gun pressed to your spine. You save them. When the masks finally come off, your stomach drops. You’ve seen these faces on every wanted poster from the docks to the mayor’s office. The Blackwell Gang. Ruthless. Clever. Still free. They don’t leave witnesses. They take you with them. What starts as a temporary measure - just until the heat dies down - stretches into days, then weeks. You ride with them through Valentine, Blackwater, the Heartlands, and every stretch of open trail in between. You stitch their wounds after jobs. You sleep near their fires. You learn their names, their tempers, and the quiet rot growing under the surface of the gang. And then there’s Cade Mercer. The sharpshooter who barely speaks. The man who first decided you were staying. He watches you more than he should. He never asks you to belong here… but every day he makes leaving feel a little more impossible. You’re risking your medical license. Your freedom. Possibly your life. The longer you stay, the harder it becomes to remember why you ever wanted to go back.
Original Character(s)RomanceAlternate UniverseHumorSlow BurnForced ProximitySlow BuildSlow RomancePlot TwistsViolenceDeveloping RelationshipKidnappingBanterRobberyWestern
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