Promiscuity is addictive. It's so safe. You are not at risk of getting hurt, physically maybe , But emotionally ? No And the emotional pain is by far the worst. I know this because I've experienced both. Physical pain, from my alcoholic father, sexual abuse from his friends. It hurt, it really did. I have scars to show. But let me tell you, the worst type of hurt is the emotional pain. That pain you get when after years of building a wall around yourself, you FINALLY let someone in. You let that one special person in. You bring down your walls. You give your heart. You let him hold your heart in his palms even though you know the risks. You have so many dreams and fantasies about being with this person forever. And he leads you on. It feels good But then he turns around and crushes your heart. He squeezes the life out of it and you feel pain that you never thought was humanly possible. You feel so much pain you can't breathe. And then , you become cold. You stop feeling. You have no heart anymore. You become heartless, promiscuous, bad, really bad. Yes , that happened to me. Ben did that to me. It hurt. It hurt too much. But now I'm safe . Because I'm the bad girl. The one who doesn't have a heart left to be broken.

In the day-to-day trenches of high school, it is almost the default-setting to believe we are the main character of our own coming-of-age story. This is not wrong. It's just ours isn't the only story there is. The jocks, the nerds, the cheerleaders, the losers, the stoners, the fangirls, the skaters. Everyone's the realest most important person in existence, all of them, at the same time, first-person narrators to their own stories, stumbling into each other's plot lines, defying the status-quo, catalysts to ups and downs. A deconstruction of all the high school tropes and cliches written over the years, a deep-dive into the psyche of students trying to finish high school while going through irrevocable self-discovery, the most improbable of connections, and the insufferable pains of growing up.

Diego Santiago was not your average teenager. He had a loving mother, a great best friend, a beautiful friend, an ex-boyfriend that gave him a traumatic experience, a soon-to-be stepbrother that helped along in that traumatic experience, a friend turned enemy, and finally, a messy slight crush. It's a handful. He was no longer a nobody but somebody with a bad name and a target on his head. He messed with the school's king, and he needed to face the consequences, or so they say and believe. Despite all these things that are making his life one big roller coaster, he still wants one thing in life, for his mother and friends to be happy. Caden Mitchell had a hectic life of his own as well. He was the enemy at first and is trying his best to become a true brother and a true lover. He knew he needed to change, but his old habits keep crawling back. He needed to learn and grow as a person, and for the sake of his mental health, he needed to change fast. Caden was on a mission, a mission to get back his soon-to-be stepbrother and his lover that meant more to him than he could express in words. He was growing desperate and was ready to do just about anything. Even if that meant leaving behind Victor, who he once saw was the closest thing to a brother he'd ever get.

Love comes in all forms, and the short story collection from some of our Wattpad Originals writers covers the full range of what love means. There are new starts, love gone wrong, love lost and everything in between. We'll have new stories added daily as we make our way towards Valentine's Day. Stop by, read the great new (and free!) stories shared by our writers, and most of all enjoy! Content warning: Please note, some stories include violence that some Wattpadders may find triggering. Read with care - any story that could be potentially triggering will be highlighted at the top of the story. Happy reading!

🌈 【𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎】 Jeff expected his Thanksgiving trip home to Nevada to be as dull as ever. Dry weather, boring people, the same old faces--he hated visiting his hometown. But this year, something unexpected happens: he runs into Jamie. Now, Jeff has a serious girlfriend, and he and Jamie have been out of each other's lives for four years. Jeff insists he's not gay and that what happened with Jamie was just a phase. It was just...a weird thing. But seeing Jamie again stirs up old feelings and challenges everything Jeff thought he knew about himself. This Thanksgiving, Jeff will have to confront the past he thought he left behind and decide what his future truly holds. Will he continue to deny his true feelings, or will he finally embrace the truth he's been running from? 📢 𝕊𝔸𝕄ℙ𝕃𝔼 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕐: This is a 3 chapter sample. You can find this story exclusively on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited. You can find the direct link at authormanderson.com along with all my other goodies! 🏆 𝔸𝕎𝔸ℝ𝔻𝕊 & 𝔽𝔼𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼𝕊: • Featured: @Romance [ Young Adult Reading List ] • Ranked: #1 guyxguy [ 6/27/24 ] • Ranked: #1 selfworth [ 7/26/24 ] 🔥𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼 ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℝ𝔼𝕄𝕀ℕ𝔻𝔼ℝ: This story is rated Mature and contains graphic sexual details, cheating in relationships, physical altercations, mentions of drug use, and mature language. 𝕊ℙ𝕀ℂ𝔼 𝕃𝔼𝕍𝔼𝕃: This story contains descriptions of sexual activity, but minimizes overtly explicit detail and it is not the main focus of the story.

Raised by cold parents who never spared him a glimpse of the attention, Kai dedicated his life to earning the affection he never received at home. Successful in his studies, devoted to his passion, he found a love that crushed him together with the realisation that he failed, and his parents would never look in his way. A year after his graduation, Kai was lost and had no idea how to pursue his life. Holding onto one person that never left his side, he decided to move forward and battle all the traumas that haunted him. He never expected that the person who would help him the most would be someone he met right at the start of his journey. SMALL EXCLAIMER/ The story doesn't visually describe sexual scenes. There are just a few makeout scenes. The first few chapters are describing a person who is slightly depressed and some light anxiety behaviour situations. It is not a heavy book. The characters are not abusive. The relationships are healthy, and I hope my book is as positive and easy to read as I wanted it to be. However, for some people can be triggering as there are mentions of anxiety and social awkwardness.

Coming out must be hard but only doing so because you can no longer hide your feelings for your bestfriend is unimaginable. A story about falling in love after a long time coming... * "I'm jealous? I'm controlling? You couldn't even let a guy touch me in there without pushing them away. You're not so innocent yourself Brandon. Don't look at me like that." He caught my chin forcing my eyes up to his again. "Or what?" I asked my voice shaking. I don't know what he was trying to say but it was all true. My breath came out jittery, staggered and just like that he was pressing his lips into mine with such pressure. I didn't move for a second too scared what the hell this was. I couldn't even think, did I want to kiss him back? Did I like this? I was staring wide eyed in shock at him still his eyes open to as he stayed perfectly still neither one of us moving. Before I knew it he was pulling away wiping me from his mouth his eyes adverted embarrassed* #1 in complicatedrelationships #1 in jealous #8 in feelings #6 in romance! #1 in comingoutofthecloset #6 in wattpride Part two out now!! Through it all is set a few years in the future for this pair. Continue to read more about their crazy life with all its ups and downs. Check it out 👍

𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝙺𝚘𝚑𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎 After years spent wrestling with both your mental and physical health, you've returned to your hometown of Yomino-a place that feels strangely familiar yet hauntingly distant. As you attempt to reconnect with a life you once knew, unsettling shadows from the past start to merge with present dangers, pulling you into a web of uncertainty and dread. Amidst this struggle, one distraction stands out: a boy your age. Vulnerable and fragile, he draws you in, awakening an inexplicable obsession that grows stronger with each encounter. Caught between confronting old demons and this new, overwhelming desire, you find yourself spiraling into a dark path where protection turns into possession, and boundaries blur between love and control. As your grip tightens around him, you begin to wonder-are you saving him from the world, or are you the very danger he's been trying to escape?

Eighteen year old Stormie struggles with showing his emotions. At his high school, he's always apathetic and stoic as to not draw any attention to himself. He has the habit of hiding in crowds and blending in with the classroom. He's neither masculine, nor feminine, as the cruel society would label others. He's just... Stormie. No more, no less. One day, he's noticed by an extrovert, someone who loves going to parties and hanging out with large groups of friends. A loud mouth and a bright personality are two things Stormie lacks. How will this kind of friendship ever work out? Even with some bumps in the road, they end up being closer than Stormie would've ever thought they'd be. ~ Info: ~ Twenty-Five Chapters Beginning Warning Published: May 31st, 2018 Status: Completed

[bxb] Jamie had thought that this summer was going to be a lot better than it was turning out to be. But he broke up with Mikey, got into a fight with his best friend, and his parents are mad at him (again). His prepaid, non-refundable trip to Europe is bound to offer up a chance for some well-deserved R&R, though, right? As he steps onto the bus for a two-week tour of the Netherlands, however, a familiar face grins from the seat next to his. And this summer might just be getting worse. ✶ featured on the storiesundiscovered romance reading list ! ✶ first place for best blurb in the flower field mini awards ! ✶ second place for romance in the opulence awards ! ✶ third place for romance in the spotlight awards ! ✶ third place for best cover in the flower field mini awards !