Dead Horse ( Noun Phrase / idiom ) " I can 't beat a dead horse . " The act if wasting time and energy on a hopeless cause. Trying to do something impossible, or to continue discussing an issue that has already been decided, resolved, or is no longer relevant. No one knew Sal was going to kill himself on a random night in April. No one knew he'd even left the house. No one except Joey. She had seen him leave, had spoken to him, had took in, what she knew, were his last words, and it made her feel guilty. More guilty than she had ever felt before. The night replayed in her mind, and it kept replaying and replaying every night she laid in bed and stared at her glow-star ceiling. Joey had promised. She promised him. Just... keep this a secret between you and me. And she did. She hadn't told Ravi, she hadn't told anyone. There was no one to tell anyway, she didn't really have any friends. She drowned her sorrows in alcohol, and weed, drugs in general. She tried to forget how she acted out after he died, she tried to forget Max Hastings, his secrets and her own. The quid pro quo. Joey had almost completely erased it from her mind. She could almost lay in bed and not feel immense guilt and grief. But then Pippa Fitz-Amobi showed up, and the girl was more determined than ever to solve the Andie Bell case. And even more so to change Joey Locksmith for the better. *follows netflix adaption of agggtm* [ pippa fitz-amobi x FEMOC ] season one - complete ! season two - writing...

ʚɞ ━━━━━━ A quiet, overlooked student unexpectedly gets paired with the school's most untouchable girl through a compulsory tutoring arrangement set by their math teacher. What begins as awkward sessions filled with tension and misunderstandings slowly turns into something neither of them knows how to name. As unfamiliar feelings start to surface, both are left navigating confusion, doubt, and the fear of what it might mean if they stop pretending it's nothing. highest ranking(s) #1 in popular #3 in romance-friendship #4 in queer

Y/N has a huge crush on one of her regular customers. She owns a coffee shop in New York City and because of it's low key vibe she sometimes get's celebrity visitors. One of those visitors includes the famous Scarlett Johansson. Y/N loves the actress and can't help but create fun doodles and notes on napkins for the blonde every time she comes in. Will Y/N be destined to be invisible? Or will Scarlett notice her? GirlxGirl Slow Burn/angst/fluff Set in Present times

ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ʙʟᴀɴᴋ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ʙᴀʙʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ. ------ "Why did you just give me the ten of spades? that wasn't even my card." "Because ten of spades means imprisonment." "Real smooth, now that we're in a glass jail--" ------ AMERICA CHAVEZ x FEM!OC ------ Started: 11th May, 2022 Ended: 18th May, 2022 Edited: 11th July 2022 ------ HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in #americachavez (13th May 2022)

The fool wagers her heart. The princess reveals her soul. The prince opens his eyes. When a wager turns into something more for Amanda Lewis, Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter...

𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 twelve year old lynn loud would laugh if she knew what her fourteen year old self thought about jules chung