*cover by @atolla* It's a story about zodiacs. Just read it.

➳ " I called him 'Depression' because he was the living, breathing definition of the very word. " ➳

About a boy who smokes, And a girl who doesn't want him to, But mostly about how she seems to save him. © by Sydney Druckman 2022. Early matters subject to change.

"I'm -- I'm in love with you, Adalia." "What?" Adalia laughed loudly, shaking her head. "That's complete nonsense," she said, staring at him with tired and disbelieving eyes. "You're not in love with me. Love -- love isn't real. Love isn't genuine. Love -- there's no such thing. It's just an illusion, Jaycen. It's just a p h a n t a s m."

❝He knew what he was doing. He wished he didn't.❞ a bully's perspective. Ⓒ 2015-16, paperhigh. Highest Ranking: #22 in Short Story [26/05/16]

she was tired of watching you not love her the way she loved you. wait, hold on a minute. see the past tense? [ thepeopleofsociety ] [ short story] [ all rights reserved ] © AUGUST 2016 - FEBRUARY 2017

❝ Do you know what's harder than being alive, Willow? It's being alive when you're in love. ❞ ▬▬▬▬ For sixteen-year-old Willow Knight, her life has never been anything more than unextraordinary. So when a mysterious boy shows up at her doorstep one night, claiming that he's been kicked out, she has no idea what to expect. Cade Everett is unlike anyone she's ever met - gorgeous, well spoken, philosophizing and self-loathing. Willow tries to save this damaged boy, all while he pushes her out of her safe life, showing her what it's like to live, and not to just exist. ▬▬▬▬ ➳ Includes some mature themes that may not suitable for those with sensitive disposition. Updated sporadically. Rated 13 + [ 08.06.2016 novel by neces-sarah-ly ] highest ranking, #79 in Teen Fiction !!

On a path of trying to be free from the cage of her overprotective parents and coming out of her shell in general, Esse faces a lot of life changing experiences. She meets new people, and has to learn how to deal with new emotions and new feelings. Lost between multiple yet limited choice, she has to deal with it all on her own. The #1 of Self Series

"I got someone pregnant," A simple word that bore so much weight, it was only the beginning of how they fell apart, of how everything changed. Those words shattered Ajike's very existence. Who knew words could shatter the very walls that words had built. Àjíkè's dilemma is how to make sure she gets out of it all unscathed. This is her story.

[COMPLETE] Time is a funny thing; the past, the future; it's all mixed up. Adam Coker lives and works in New York, and he's on a short vacation to visit his family in Ibadan after 9 years of being away from them, after the traumatic death of his twin brother, Sam. Simi is a Nigerian bred, independent and upcoming singer in Abuja. Her music brings her to Ibadan for a music festival at the same time as Adam where they walk into each other. After her performance she chooses to stay for a short break in Ibadan and Ada, her manager slash friend sets her up to live with her childhood friend, Tiara. It's a shock when she finds out Tiara who later becomes her friend is Adam's sister and they have to live together in the same house for some days, across from each other. Different events, characters and secrets unfold, the past is revisited, undeniable sparks fly around between Simi and Adam, bodies meet, hearts dance, blah blah... the rest is history ... ...well, until reality sets and it's time to return to their separate ways, worlds apart.