❝ Hearts are wild creatures, that is why our ribs are cages. ❞ © nate k. 2014

The Nordan children face terror, and fear as the smallest mistake crumbles over them. The fear they feel can not be bound by human emotion.

i needed to write down almost everything he had said, to reassure myself that he had been real, that we were something that lasted; at least for a little while. - nina [ © jude rigor two-thousand-&-thirteen ]

❝ because seven times is so much more and so much less than i could've asked for. ❞

you haven't really met me until it's three am and we're all alone.

he leaned closer to me in the back of that rusty pickup truck, and smiled. "i love you" he said, gazing into my eyes. "don't lie to me." i said, leaning away from him. "i've never lied to you." "yes, yes you have. you told me i was pretty and i most definitely am not." ✽ she ate flowers because you are what you eat and she wanted to be beautiful

❝ people are like balloons. if you apply too much pressure, they pop. ❞ a story of how three broken, struggling, and exhausted teens fight through the many problem plaguing their lives by wearing a mask made by love, compassion, and air. watch as these three teens are filled with air to the point where they collapse and how all of their stories somehow tie together. [lower case intended. if you have a problem with that than don't read it.]

Irene is dying. There's no arguing about it. It's hard to leave your loved ones behind and Irene knows that more that anybody. People wish to live forever, but Irene just wants some moments, so she can say goodbye to the ones she loves. Join her small world, just for a moment and discover a new meaning of forever.

OLD VERSION Self-proclaimed pathetic being Sam Anderson is shocked when her ex-almost-boyfriend, Austin, comes up to her and asks her to drive him all the way across the country to California just so he can see his girlfriend. Thinking she was only getting into a quick, scenic car ride across America, she finds herself saying yes, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, Sam had no idea she was signing up for two weeks of getting lost, eating crap, and falling in love all over again. [ current cover by isasecret ] THIS THING IS OLD. OKAY? THERE ARE PLOT HOLES AND PIECES OF BAD WRITING GALORE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. I DON'T NEED SNARKY COMMENTS GOT IT? COOL

❝we are all searching for someone whose demons will play well with ours.❞ quiet rituals and even quieter conversations; a collectanea. (© promethean 2013; cover by promethean)