there was a girl,

❝once upon a time there was a girl,❞ copyright©2015-Lacei Stafford cover credits to the all amazing @prosetry

How To Be Skinny

In which a girl who hides behind baggy sweaters and a fake smile is forced to learn that 'perfection' doesn't come easily, and being skinny isn't always worth the pain. "she cried herself to sleep that night, because deep down she knew that no matter how many meals she skipped and how much exercise she did, Olivia wou...

Nostalgic Remnants

If I could just see his breathtaking teal eyes again, my life would be complete. However, I only see them in my mind. It's nostalgic, but they're becoming nebulous. And now, I recollect only remnants of the past we shared together.

Plain Janes

He wasn't noticed by girls. She wasn't noticed by guys. But because of the courage and determination used to step out of the crowd they were so used to emerging themselves in, they found each other. Even though they knew that they other was easily overlooked in the eyes of others, both discovered that from ordinary...

forgotten

remember me, because we were each other's everything. and all of me is missing, because you keep on tripping. so come back, and please don't let your memory lack. i love you. don't forget you once said you love me too. [#255 short story: 5/9/15] [under major editing]

nyctophilia

nyctophilia (n.) love of darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness.

redemancy

redemancy; (v.) the act of loving in return

cigarette daydreams

we're all addicted to something that takes the pain away. [inspired by Cage The Elephant]

Weightless

He just wanted to be w e i g h t l e s s

Droplets;

Where droplets of rain turns to droplets of tears on her face.

Ten Reasons Not To Die

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

|| things i never said ||

Iridescent

They weren't supposed to meet. But life does that sometimes; it throws in a couple of new faces that bring you the utmost of joys in the most unlikeliest of places, and every now and then, you'll come across someone who changes you - someone who's genuine and wonderful and full of hope; someone who changes your perspe...

100 Voicemails

[You can now purchase 100 Voicemails' paperback on Amazon!] After a car accident, seventeen year old Steve Carlton, goes into a coma. When he does wake up after a few months, he suffers from temporary memory loss. During this time, he starts to go through his messages and voicemails on his cellphone, trying to get a...

fractured smiles

tears are how our heart speaks when our lips cannot describe how much we have been hurt //collection of poems//

Adam & Steve

Adam and Steve are best friends, and the last two people on earth. They don't know how it happened or why. They don't see it as something they should be worrying about, they only see it as an adventure in front of them. They do everything they couldn't before, the world is theirs . . . until it isn't anymore.

blinded

she was blinded by his perfection. he was too blind to realise. ☁ [copyright simile-, two thousand and fourteen] #140 in Poetry | #904 in Romance

I am Thirteen

He is fifteen and funny and handsome. I am thirteen and naïve and infatuated.

Seven Word Confession

As the title says, it's just a confession... with seven words.

Anxiety Attack

In which a girl can't go a day without an anxiety attack and a boy can't go a day without noticing

sensations of you

the five stages of madness, love, and heartbreak

HELPLINE

Henry's grumpy. Isaac's lonely. And then Isaac rings the cereal helpline Henry works at, and things get a lot more complicated. [short story - #48, 1st october 2014] [teen fiction - #226, 1st october 2014] PLEASE NOTE: this story is currently being converted from all lower case to sentence case. this might take some t...

Nadir *Currently Editing*

-------Currently going through an edit------- Oliver can't cope with the loss of his identical twin, Dylan, so his mother makes him attend grief counseling. It's always the same thing, make his intro speech, listen to the others tell their stories, share a happy memory, listen to the sage words from Scott about how it...

The Heartbroken Heartbreaker

A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real? ***** Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After ge...