sage, moves to la for the summer to live with her grandma despite sage's attempts to try and stay home. the problem is, sage has been anonymously messaging a user named 'pirate' online for months. and 'pirate' lives in los angeles. sage can't decide whether telling her online best friend she's in la is a good idea or not. because really, does sage want to know who 'pirate' is?

"𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠." "𝐰𝐡𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞?" "𝐧𝐨, 𝐢'𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲." ♡♡♡ 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐠!𝐩

"𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞," 𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞'𝐬. "𝐢'𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞," 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. "𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭." "𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐤𝐚𝐢." 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞." 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐬

"promise me you're not gonna tell anyone" billie lowly told me while interlocking our pinkies together. "because if you do, i'll kill you, got it?" "is that a threat?" i giggled at her. "i'm being serious" she raised her brows up and looked at me. "i will kill you" "i promise" i sighed. "don't break it" promises always get broken, don't they?

↳ « can you stay over tonight? » ─ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 a girl of 16 years has been through various types of trauma. She appears secretive, cold-hearted and is seemingly unapproachable until the day she unexpectedly bumps into a girl with cerulean hair, who supposedly doesn't fit into the right category of societal norms. The weeks proceed and the former tension dissipates when an unforeseen diagnosis throws the 16-year-old's family into great turmoil. Will she be able to cope with the situation with the help of Billie? Will she find enough trust in her to make veiled references about her critical past? And most importantly, how soon will they discern that their feelings could be more than just those of a regular friendship? 𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗼 - 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 gxg high school romance | trigger warnings mentioned in '000' achieved: #1 in teenissues 03/14/21 #1 in problematic 03/15/21 #1 in awareness 03/17/21 #2 in lesbian 05/21/21 #1 in lgbt 05/22/21 #1 in mental 08/29/22 #1 in illness 05/05/23 100k reads - 12/23/21 200k reads - 03/21/23 300k reads - 10/13/24

"can't sleep." she said shortly, turning over. when rae is forced to share a tent with her bully on a school trip, they both face the same nightmarish struggles. lower case intentional. [tw] contains mentions of sleep paralysis, insomnia, nightmares etc. gxg

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"You're so fucked up Billie." "Aren't we all fucked up in this house? Lighten up kitten." copyright 2019 @tcsticles

Everyone says high school is hell. For Riley, it started with a girl named Billie. When Riley is assigned to help the new girl at school, she doesn't expect much. Billie is quiet, strange, always scribbling in that journal she won't let anyone touch. But something about her-her sharp wit, her soft voice, her secrets-draws Riley in. As they spend time together on a class project, Riley starts to uncover the shadows Billie hides behind her silence. Nightmares. Disappearances. Cold, dead stares. Still, Riley can't walk away-not when Billie starts to trust her. Not when Riley starts to care more than she should. But everything unravels when a terrifying event exposes the truth about Billie's mental health. As reality blurs and rumors burn through the halls of their school, Riley is left with one question: If she keeps loving Billie through all of it-will she survive it herself? ••• • #2 in comeoutandplay on 8.28.25

[Book 1 Of The Sinners Trilogy] Quinn did something terrible. Her mother won't even look at her. Exiled to a strict Catholic school in the city's underbelly, she's determined to stay invisible-but never afraid. And then there's Billie. A bruised-knuckle gang leader with blood on her hands and secrets in her eyes, Billie rules St. Mary's with a silent fury no one dares cross. And yet, she's watching Quinn. Closely. As the two girls are drawn into each other's orbit, Quinn discovers that St. Mary's is more than detention slips and hallway fights. It's a battlefield-and Billie isn't just a bully. She's a soldier in a war no one talks about. And Quinn? She's already in too deep. One carries a secret. The other carries anger. And when love meets violence-nothing stays holy. ••• "Welcome to St. Mary's school for the troubled child" Billie whispers, her hands on my waist, her lips by my ear. I shudder, trying not to fall into her trap. She brings a hand to my top button, undoing it "You've gotta be in here for something. We're all sinners" she moves down, undoing half of my shirt. I whimper, my muscles locked. I felt ashamed of what she was doing to me, how she was making me feel. "C'mon, baby." she spins me so I'm facing her. Her eyes sparkled with amusement "Show me how sinful you really are" ••• • #1 in idontwannabeyouanymore on 8.23.19 • # 1 in blohsh on 8.23.19 • # 1 in comeoutandplay on 12.18.19 • # 1 in lesbianfiction on 7.03.25