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  • Confessions About Colton by colourlessness
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    WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
  • What The Mother Left Behind by amiri2001
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    Julien Laurent's life was built on goodbyes. From city to city, country to country, his only constant was his mother, Camille - until the day Rome stole her from him forever. Grieving and lost, Julien discovers a letter hidden among her things... a letter that unravels everything he thought he knew. A twin brother. A father across the ocean. A family that was never whole. When the truth pulls him from the streets of Paris to the quiet fields of Nebraska, Julien must face the man who never raised him - and the brother who grew up in the life he was denied. Two boys. Two halves of the same story. And one question that could change everything: Can love grow from the pieces left behind?
  • The Famoux by famouxx
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    Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]
  • All of Me by lydiahephzibah
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    Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]
  • Feisty Heart  by w0s0storiez
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    Charlie-Jade Williamson, the English skippers younger sister, a lifelong gunner just like her older sister. What happens when she starts her Lioness first team career || Womens football 🥇arsenal 🥇gunner 🥇grace clinton
  • CAPITAL LOSS, e. diaz by samposted
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    'He knew all my secrets, except one; that i'm in love with him.' |911| |male oc x eddie diaz|
  • Her slurred lullabies  by sinjnombre28
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    Seventeen-year-old Valencia has been raising her younger siblings for as long as she can remember. With a mother lost to alcohol and reckless nights, Valencia is the one making meals, cleaning up messes, and shielding the kids from the worst of it. She's sharp-tongued, guarded, and mean to almost everyone except to the few people she dares to let close. Trouble clings to her: cigarettes on the porch, alcohol stolen from the cabinet, scars carved into her skin when the weight gets too heavy. And through it all, the fear lingers what if she's becoming just like her mom? Then the night comes. Her mother, drunk behind the wheel, crashes the car. She survives, but barely. The state steps in, and Valentina and her siblings are swept into the system. For the first time, the control Valencia fought so hard to keep is ripped away. That's when she learns the truth her father by blood the man she's never really known and his partner want to take her and the kids in. Suddenly there's a chance at stability, at something like a family. But can Valencia trust it? Will she clash with her siblings now that she's no longer the one in charge? Or is this the break she's been waiting for-the moment where something good finally begins to grow out of all the pain?
  • 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 || Lo'ak Sully by bleedinqheart
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    𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 an outcast and a prized daughter of two rivaling clans can put aside their grievances to try and make it out alive. - #1 - atwow #1 - avatarthewayofwater #1 - avatar2 #1 - afaa #1 - metkayina #1 - grief #1 - loaksully - Started:12/19/25 Finished: Published:12/20/25 [Lo'ak x Fem!OC] -AFAA Storyline -bleedinqheart 2025 -Cover credits: @𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐒𝐖𝐑𝐋𝐃 -Cross published on ao3
  • All It Stands For by BETS5Y
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    After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety
  • The Choices He Made by nooshebati
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    Gabriella showed up for him when it mattered most, believing she knew exactly where her life was going, until everything unraveled in a single moment she couldn't unsee. Walking away wasn't something she had planned, but it became the only choice she could live with. With nowhere else to turn, she leaves behind everything familiar and starts over in a quiet town that doesn't quite feel like home, trying to hold on to the part of herself that still feels like her. She tells herself it was the right decision, that some things can't be undone and are better left behind. But distance doesn't always bring clarity, and no matter how far she goes, the past has a way of following. Because some choices don't stay in the past, and some stories don't end just because you walk away. Updates weekly ✦
  • Summer Of Lies | Johnny Sinclair (Being Edited) by pizzakinss
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    Welcome to the Harrington family. We are honest. Hardworking. Faithful to our morals. And successful. We live-at least in the summer-on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. The Harringtons are tall, athletic, and attractive. Old-money Democrats, passionate about sports, with an immense need to present themselves as a united family. The Harringtons have wide smiles, square jaws, blond hair, and sun-kissed skin. All of them, except me. Johnny Sinclair x FemOC friends to lovers slowburn closing gif made by @_liloureynolds_ • Publication Period • [ Started on September 12th, 2025, completed on February 15th, 2026. ] • Edition Status • [ Started on April 20th, 2026, and remains ongoing.]
  • the girl who loves || h. potter by aurel1awrites
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    ❝𝐃𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.❞ 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧. {A Y/N & OC mixed mc} {The sequel to "the girl who loved || cedric diggory", but can also be read as a stand-alone} {Based on a mix of both the books and movies}
  • When the World Tilted by shan_lw6
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    Leah's life is divided into before and after, though no one ever tells you when the line is being drawn. One moment she is a wife, a parent, a person with a future she understands. The next, she is learning how to hold her family together while everything familiar slips out of reach. With young children depending on her, Leah has no choice but to keep moving. To make breakfasts she doesn't taste. To answer questions she doesn't know how to explain. The world hasn't ended, it's simply asked her to survive it.
  • The Stars Align Once More ||KilluGon|| by RinkiittyMEOW
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    Almost three years after going their own separate ways, Gon and Killua ache for each other and want to see one another now more than ever before. When the stars seem to mysteriously align just right, the two cross paths, but find that everything they once thought they felt for each other is gone. Facing unknown feelings, strange thoughts, and many, many obstacles, the two find that they want something more, but, as it seems to always work, the world won't let them. Will Killua and Gon manage to navigate their way past these struggles, or will they let everything they once loved burn to ash? Read if you want to find out. (First book ever, might be terrible. Also, first chapters won't be great, it gets better after possibly the fifth or sixth chapters. Cover is not mine, all rights to the artist. The characters aren't mine nor is HXH.) WARNING: Contains Boy Love, swearing, A LOT of angst, violence and blood, alcohol, occasional smoking, and mentions of suicide, no smut. #1 for Longing, April 21. #1 for KilluGon, January 27. Enjoy reading!~
  • You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head: Book 3 by kelseyb2000
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    Miraculous Ladybug was created by Thomas ASTRUC, Disney Channel owns the right to the show Miraculous Ladybug, and You own the right to you. I only own any non-canon events to the original canon. This will go through the entire series (that is available). Under revision This is book three to You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head. Trigger warnings at the end and in tags After Master Fu tried to run from his past with the miraculous and learning Adrien is Chat Noir life has gotten more complicated with Marinette, Adrien, and I being trained to be the next guardians, researching and learning more about the miraculous, dealing with akumas, school life, and my music career, I hadn't even realized all of that was putting a strain on my relationship with Luka not to mention how I hadn't noticed Marinette turning into a bad person because of her obsession with Adrien... - Emotional manipulation - Bullying and verbal abuse - Child abuse - Grief and loss - Violence - Physical trauma - Psychological trauma - PTSD - Mind control/ Loss of agency - Topics regarding racism - Depression/ Sadness - Anxiety/ Anxiety attacks - Eventually, curse words - Stalking
  • The Hurt We Carry by midnightpainter
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    After her sister disappears, Maisie is thrust into a game of cat and mouse with the abusive man that raised her, only to be trapped in a deadly world of underground fighting. From there, she must fight battles both around her and within.
  • You can't escape love - a decision that destroyed everything? by Chenford98
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    For two years, everything seemed perfect. A shared home. The same uniform. The same future. Tim and Lucy. What connected them was more than love-it was trust and the belief that shared goals are strong enough to withstand any challenge. Until one decision changes everything. When Lucy becomes unintentionally pregnant, she makes a choice that feels unavoidable to her. Her career is just beginning, her future within reach-and she is not ready to give it up. For Tim, however, the unborn life is already real. Hope. A future. Something he cannot let go of. What follows is an argument. A battle between love and conviction. Between the right to decide over one's own body and the desire for a shared future. Even though they still love each other, it is no longer enough. The separation comes without many words, but with final consequences. New cities. New relationships. New roles. And yet something remains unresolved. Guilt. Loss. Unfinished feelings. Months later, it is the next step in their careers that forces them back together-at Mid-Wilshire. Professional. Controlled. Distant. But when a joint undercover assignment forces them into close proximity, those boundaries begin to falter. Old wounds reopen. Feelings that never disappeared demand their place once more. They know they are going too far. They know they are breaking promises they made to others. They know that sometimes love is not enough to forgive. And yet they find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into something they once believed they had lost. Because what if you can't escape love? What if some decisions destroy everything-except what you feel for each other?
  • Spider Lost by fumblefeatures
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    A Spider-Man in DC crossover story. Peter is flung into Gotham... ----- Loss, much like power or responsibility, is a defining word in Peter Parker's life. His parents, his uncle, his first love, his best friends, all of them lost to him. Each one shaping him into the hero he was meant to be. But there was still one thing he wasn't prepared to lose; himself. After a mission goes wrong, Peter is ripped from his home dimension and shot somewhere else entirely. With nothing but his costume and a heavy dose of nausea, he lands in a city called Gotham where he is greeted with a myriad of questions. Questions like: Who is Batman? What is the Justice League?? How does he get home??? And why are there so many blimps???? With no choice but to move forward, Peter must adjust to a new life on another Earth while attempting to wrestle with the very real threat he may be lost from his home world forever. Miles Morales, has questions of his own, namely: Is Peter alive? Where did he go?? And how does he convince Reed Richards to help look for him???
  • Talk Later by CuteK86
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    "You're just like Dad," Toby said. The silence that had followed had been so heavy. Ethan had stood up from where he'd been hiding behind the open refrigerator door and peered over at Toby and his face paled. Francis, without his hearing aids, had caught the harsh words that formed Toby's lips and he stared, eyes wide, at his second-oldest brother. Jasper froze. Toby stepped closer. "That's right, Jaz. You're just like Dad." Jasper looked up at Toby. Their eyes bore into one another. "Fuck you," Jasper said and he'd pushed up from the table - tripped over his own two feet - and gone down. Edgar's dead. Jasper's in AA-after being told by Toby that he doesn't want to see him until he smartens up. Now, with just him, his two younger brothers and their Mum, Ethan and Francis will barely even look at him, and Toby feels like his life is falling apart. Again. [Inspired by the chapter 'Talk Later' in The Marauders by Pengiwen Order Of The Phoenix Part 3]
  • These Quiet Years by Andywren123
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    In a changing Dublin of glass offices, hollowed-out streets and old Georgian rooms with too many previous lives, Elliot takes a temporary job in a building that does not quite belong to the present. At first, the disturbances are easy to dismiss: odd noises, vanishing figures, cold spots, memories that do not seem to be his. But as the ghosts begin to notice him back, Elliot is drawn into the hidden emotional architecture of the city - a place where grief lingers in doorways, history leaks through walls, and the dead are not the only ones trapped. Part ghost story, part urban elegy, These Quiet Years is a novel about loneliness, work, queer longing, friendship, and the strange lives buried beneath ordinary places. It asks what happens when a city forgets its people and what it means to be seen by the things everyone else has learned to ignore. Chapter 1 coming May 13th 2026.