Paperwork short stories
4 stories tagged paperwork on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
Bid on the Groom
She agrees to a paid fake marriage for her rival's inheritance—then finds the will's real trap is jealousy, not paperwork.
Fake MarriageF-018The Jury Duty Spouse
Two roommates list each other as spouses to align jury week with daycare — until a clerk asks why another man already claimed the same wife under a different last name.
Secret BabyS-021The Passport Companion List
An airline companion flag holds a man at the airport because a child's photo shares his face — messy unaccompanied-minor paperwork, not a crime. The mother is his college girlfriend, inbound on a connecting flight. They reunite with consent and time, not a seizure of a child.
WerewolfW-030The Silver Collar
A rejected Omega auditing the Alpha's vault finds a silver collar engraved with her name — and learns the rejection was paperwork hiding a claim the council never approved.
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