| a true story about a boy who hides his pain behind his smile and a girl determined to see it | - FREE story with paid Exclusive Chapters and Writer Reveals - Twice Featured - Taylor Ming is trying to cope with the aftermath of her twin brother's suicide, and her depressed mother and avoidant father aren't really helping. With one of her friends' self-harming while another deals with a chronically ill boyfriend, being diagnosed with Diabetes and forced to use insulin thrice a day is Taylor's worst nightmare. When she catches the school's golden boy Shane Gray popping pills in a bathroom, then, Taylor is sure she's in a living hell. Is he depressed? Is he using drugs? She's afraid of losing more people and strikes a deal with Shane. He'll tell her if he ever has the urge to hurt himself and she'll keep his secret. What neither of them knows, however, is that he's already hurting himself without knowing it. And Shane's life is falling apart quicker than Taylor's. Because life isn't black and white and, sometimes, seeing gray can make all the difference. Warning: The story talks about suicide, self-harm, drug use, and mental health problems which may be triggering for some readers.

𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 You're the ninth and only female member of the K-Pop group Stray Kids. When you joined JYP Entertainment you were just a shy little girl, but something about you stood out to the leader, Bang Chan, and you somehow ended up becoming a member of the group... A few things to keep in mind: •Any dialogue in Korean will be in the regular font, but anything spoken in English will be underlined •There may be some triggering scenes (such as some mentions of self harm) but it will be very rare and I will make sure I place a warning at the start of that chapter •Any similarities between this story and any others are purely coincidental •I do not own any of the characters apart from the original characters such as Y/N •I'm well aware that I included a profile in this story which may lead you to believe it's more of a SKZ x OC rather than a SKZ x reader story, but the profile is just to set the storyline and also give some details (including ages and stage names and such) to help the plot flow a little better, once you actually read the story itself you will realise it feels much more like a SKZ x reader story so please do not worry! A/N: Hi, this is my very first story and I've decided to base it around the group Stray Kids. I will try my best, and apologies if any of the information is incorrect. I'm pretty nervous to share this story, but I really hope you all enjoy it!💗 Achievements: #1 - straykidsxreader (19/08/20) #4 - jyp (25/09/20) #2 - kimseungmin (29/09/20) #1 - skzstay (29/09/20) #1 - jypent (20/11/20) #1 - stay (1/12/20) #1 - skzxreader (1/12/20) #3 - leeknow (30/12/20) #1 - straykids (9/01/21) #2 - seungmin (14/01/21) #1 - kpop (17/02/21) #1 - hwanghyunjin (4/03/21) #3 - skz (22/03/21) #1 - jeongin (10/04/21) #1 - hyunjin (27/04/21) #2 - changbin (13/09/21) #1 - jypnation (15/11/21) #2 - seochangbin (16/03/22) #4 - chan (12/05/22) #1 - stay (27/10/22) #3 - jisung (30/08/24)

Amelia Montgomery is one of Rosewood High's cheerleaders along with her best friend Stella Hayes. Her and Stella have been friends ever since kindergarten when Amelia fell off the monkey bars and Stella helped her up afterwards. Stella has a brother named Easton Hayes and he has always teased Amelia since she was seven. They both agreed that they thought he was a heartless prick who treats girls like rubbish. One Friday night Amelia decided to go to a party. At the party Amelia ends up slipping and falling into her worst enemies lap, but what makes the situation worse is the fact that some drunk dude accidentally stumbles into her causing her to slide forward and lock lips with none other than Easton Hayes. Oh how Amelia's life couldn't be anymore ruined. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I lean in so that our noses are touching which causes us to close our eyes as our breaths become more harsher. "I can't stand being friends with you. Everytime I see you all I want to do is push you against a wall and kiss you" he whispers out which makes me smile a little "So, what are you going to do about it?" I ask him teasingly with a breathless voice "This" he says before he connects our lips which makes me reach up and place my hands on his cheeks.