Long-Term Hold - Stories

A collection of various poems by me, MythOfHappiness... obviously.

Two friends meet ten years ago and fall in love. Only they don't tell each other

James Toranaga is a twelve year old boy dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault. He’s doing okay. The memories are tough, and the world feels a little rougher than it used to, but he’s a strong kid with a loving family to support him.

It sure makes his emerging sexuality harder to deal with, though. He doesn’t want to think about it.

Luckily, he has the perfect distraction: he can fly.

But these strange new powers may bring dangers of their own. He is not the only one who has them.

Young Jake has been guided towards his high school building along with many other survivors from all of the surrounding areas, as the country attempts to make it through a zombie outbreak. It is only by chance that a beautiful stranger gets holed up in the same building. Even in a world overrun by the dead, love can still make you feel so alive.

There are leaps of faith. Is there a leap of hope? Originally written as a response to Prompt#448:" What did he just say?" It just kept growing.

Young Wesley has spent his life trying to be a decent boy. Always holding back, always trying to make the right decision. But when a young group of delinquents step into his life, they begin to free him from what he knew as being right and wrong. However, these other teens are a lot more than what they seem. Beware the full moon, the new moon, and every dark hour in between!

Connor MacTaggart's life is about to be turned upside down. Without warning, he has to move to Montana to live with a grandfather he's never met. There are other changes coming as well, changes his life in Colorado never prepared him for.

Dakota Two Guns has a secret. One he's kept from his guardian, his paternal grandfather, for his entire life. How will it affect their relationship?

How will these two lives intertwine? Read and find out!

Most people drift through life searching for purpose. Aleksander had his given to him before he was even conceived.

Born a slave on the Imperial home world of Země, Aleksander’s destiny is permanently entwined with that of Clan Novák's third son, Evžen. A spoiled noblerat’s pup, the young Lidikrys is far from the ideal master.

Can Aleksander protect his master, and teach him to survive in a hostile universe?

The year is 1987, and an aging Tokyo crime boss with a shady past has called on a very old friend for help with what he believes to be a dire situation. There is only one hope for the future in his mind, and the sharing of this secret comes at a heavy price. But is he preventing an apocalyptic clash between the humans who walk in daylight and the vampires who live in darkness? Or is he igniting a conflict that will ultimately end in the anihilation of both? Can this close vampire contact from his past save that which he values most?