I'm looking for stories where a girl or woman has left the main character and after he comes into his own somehow. He doesn't go looking for her to brag or anything but she still ends up seeing how happy and healthy he is without her.
I'm looking for stories where a girl or woman has left the main character and after he comes into his own somehow. He doesn't go looking for her to brag or anything but she still ends up seeing how happy and healthy he is without her.
That's a common theme in Michael Loucks' 'Well Lived Life' saga. The protagonist deflowers virgins, sexually ruins them for other men, but they have to settle for a lesser man to have kids. And all the time the protagonist grows in power and riches.
AJ
where a girl or woman has left the main character
Now, I'd say that's pretty much the opposite.
https://storiesonline.net/a/coaster2 has a number of stories along those lines, most with the "Cheating" tag although some omit the tag and some start after the split. Another author with stories along that line is https://storiesonline.net/a/a-a-nemo although https://storiesonline.net/s/13087/jacobs-granddaughters - for instance - does not carry the tag.
Agreed, that is pretty much the opposite.
Another author who uses the requested trope a lot is qhml1: https://storiesonline.net/a/qhml1
Agreed, that is pretty much the opposite.
What part(s) are you disagreeing with.
The deflowering of virgins?
Giving them the best sex they'll ever have?
Making them leave because there's no chance of kids, (or marriage or monogamy)?
Becoming richer and more powerful?
AJ
My $0.02:
The OP request seems confused.
It refers to a male MC, but it seems to be asking for a story focused on a girl who left the 'MC' and what happens to her.
But if the story is focused on the girl who left, doesn't that make her the MC?
My perception was that the OP was searching for a gentler version of BTB. But you make a good point: the story would probably work better if told from multiple viewpoints so that the female's feelings can be properly described.
AJ
Although not as straight forward as your description, The Hawk and the Chipmunk by The Scot certainly is a great read that generally meets your request.
https://storiesonline.net/s/45443/the-hawk-and-the-chipmunk
The best author of this topic I think is Papa toad Penny whimsy ,Steakhouse Annivesary,and Juve
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I'm looking for stories where a girl or woman has left the main character and after he comes into his own somehow. He doesn't go looking for her to brag or anything but she still ends up seeing how happy and healthy he is without her.
"Country Boy, City Girl" has a fair amount of that. She leaves the guy thinking a life of stripping, prostitution and porn was more the life she wants. But later finds that he has found even more success after she has left. With a couple of great ladies in his life, as her life descends into a complete train wreck.
Some of Happyhugo's also fit.
https://storiesonline.net/s/60851/ashley-and-milo
https://storiesonline.net/s/68810/she-took-it-all
Then one by Jay Cantrell: https://storiesonline.net/s/62343/finding-shelter (shorter than his later stories)
Tedbiker has several stories with this theme, The Bare necessities ,The Bike and Jamela ,and Can Buy Me Love ?
I can't remember the other two stories offhand, but The Bike and Jamela does not fit the criteria. His first wife (Lottie) leaves and does not resurface.