Have you ever woken up and realized that you are not happy?
Have you ever woken up and realized , that nothing you have wanted, that nothing you have done, has been significant in the end? 2026-02-04 05:46:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Ares fell.
Not descended. Not dropped. Fell akin to icarus.
The air around him screamed. It burned, ignited by the speed of his passage, his armor glowing white-hot as something invisib...
2026-02-04 05:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostShusei took another drink, his eyes never leaving mine. “You caught the slip, huh?”
“That’s true,” I said, keeping my voice level, “but it wouldn’t have made anything ring in my...
2026-02-04 05:31:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe water hit my skin, and for a moment, that was all there was.
Not thought, no memory, just sensation. The temperature hovered somewhere between warm and hot, the kind of heat that made mus...
2026-02-04 05:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostOnce upon a time, in a kingdom of ice and sin, there lived a boy who loved too much, and for this he would be judged.
The cold came first.
Not the kind that nips at fingers and makes br...
2026-01-29 04:28:07 +0000 UTC View PostHe found her dancing under moonlight.
She danced alone, beautifully, madly, with no propriety whatsoever, dancing and laughing altogether, the world her partner, the night sky above stretchin...
2026-01-29 04:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe wine tent reeked of sweat, leather, and the particular brand of arrogance that came from men who'd survived three campaigns and thought themselves invincible because of it.
A vagrant move...
2026-01-29 04:21:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey from Konoha to the border of Fire Country takes a full day if you're traveling by conventional means.
Which is to say, if you're content with the plodding pace of merchants and th...
2026-01-29 04:16:16 +0000 UTC View Post
"Exactly. Because of our seals."
Shusei's words hung in the air, heavy with implications I was still processing, still trying to fit into the framework of what I knew, what I'd learned, ...
"There are no chances I'm going in that thing."
Shusei turned to look at me, his expression caught somewhere between amusement and genuine offense, like I'd just insulted his cooking or quest...
2026-01-23 00:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Good morning, Mister Pirate."
Jacob's voice cut through the silence of the chamber like a blade through silk, deliberate and unhurried. He sat upon what could only be described as a throne...
2026-01-22 04:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostI lay on my back in a fishing boat that had no business still being able to float.
The thing was small, rough boards, tar in the seams, the smell of old nets baked into the wood. A real fishe...
2026-01-21 05:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter was originally 8000 words but i don’t think you would have like 8000 thousands of mostly thought and mental nerd rants. If y’all want me to post later the original c...
2026-01-21 05:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe hallway stretched wrong.
I stood outside the classroom, my hand still on the doorframe, fingers pressing into painted wood because if I let go the floor might tilt, and I was not ready fo...
2026-01-21 05:26:23 +0000 UTC View PostI groaned, exhaustion and pain braiding together into one ugly sound that scraped up my throat like gravel.
It was not the kind of groan you made because you were bored, or annoyed, or dramat...
2026-01-21 05:22:14 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't know why I was walking, why I was wearing a black suit, where I was going, where I even was. It just felt like the way things had to be.
The fabric of the suit was stiff against my s...
2026-01-21 05:20:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is half of the chapter I wanted to write with the other part being Jacob’s POV but I am like really tired so sorry but you’ll have to do with that.
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2026-01-15 00:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post
"How was school today?"
I was face down on the couch in the living room when Mamie asked, my cheek pressed against the worn velvet upholstery that smelled faintly of lavender and old w...
2026-01-13 22:35:42 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost forgot to ask but like the title say
2026-01-13 07:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis must be hell.
I let myself fall into the grass, every muscle in my body screaming in protest. The ground was cool against my back, damp from the morning dew that hadn't quite burned off ...
2026-01-13 06:55:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt seems even if I may be wrong that you really like this story so kinda as a sorry (doing check up is exhausting non gonna lie) due to not posting as much as I should, here is mostly self ...
2026-01-13 06:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhat the title says. I am more tired than I thought I would be. Sorry
2026-01-10 01:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostI could have been told that my parents died in a ditch somewhere, that Grand Theft Auto 6, the game, had finally been released, and none of this would help with the fact that it was a Monday, a sch...
2026-01-09 17:15:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In the throne room, no one moved for a long moment. They stood or knelt or crouched where the roar had driven them, staring at the broken window, at the empty sky beyond.
Princess Rhaenyr...
2026-01-09 01:32:38 +0000 UTC View Post"Tell me Arashi, why are you hesitating?"
The question hung in the air of the dimly lit office, heavy and accusatory despite the elder's measured tone. Arashi didn't turn from the window wher...
2026-01-09 01:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostI died on a Tuesday.
Or maybe it was a Wednesday, I honestly can't remember anymore. The details got fuzzy somewhere between the truck that definitely didn't see me and the absolute certainty...
2026-01-08 05:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The city stank of fish and shit and humanity pressed too close together.
Jacob pulled his hood lower over his face as he moved through the teeming streets of King's Landing, his leather ...
In the end, Grandpa and I found ourselves on a bench.
I leaned against it, the cold metal biting through my hoodie, through my shirt, straight into my spine. The discomfort felt right som...
2026-01-07 11:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A voice.
"You need to wake up!"
Panicked.
"You must wake up!"
Raw, worried and familiar.
"Artemis, wake up!"
My eyes opened. The world was soup at first, eve...
2026-01-07 11:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostI closed the door behind me, leaving an unconscious Issei and a fitfully sleeping Asia behind. The little blonde had exhausted herself crying, her small fists clutching at my sleeve even as sleep f...
2026-01-07 02:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post