Taygetsthegay Stories

"I am so unsophisticated, my only hope is to circle back around and possibly become sophisticated again." -- casey (@doctorhorrible) ☀︎☼☀︎ in which the great marley eels and co. (sort of) have an epiphany to (maybe) change the world by (possibly, but probably not) going werewolf hunting. inspired by @KeepYourFocus' revolutionaries writing challenge.

Rosie Alder-Pembrook isn’t planning on letting her ultra-feminist club get shut down due to the senior class council’s budget cutbacks (and to be honest, it’s kind of killing her senior year buzz). But when it seems that the only way to revive it is to strike a deal with the semi-sexist/mostly ignorant Class Council president, Peter Bevan, to help him fix what he broke with ex-girlfriend/real life Barbie doll, Ella Hall, she’s made to wonder if it’s quite worth selling her soul over. And so, alongside her best friend, (who she’s sure wasn’t always this hot) a group of angry teenage feminists, and the outlandishly willing drama department, Rosie embarks on a mission to reclaim her beloved club – at whatever the cost.

In which Flo Parker teams up with Harper Hatley, radio host and notorious opponent of Clement Hessenheffer, to try and get her Dad into office before he gives up on his biggest aspiration: becoming the Mayor of Pontybridge (and rubbing it in Clement's face). (cover by @erupted)

❝𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬?❞ Two weeks. That's all it took for Alexander Sutton and Gabriel Beaumont to fall in love in Paris. Unfortunately, not everything went as they planned and Alex ended up breaking up with the man of his dreams in a cruel way. It's been almost a year since that day and both of them are dealing with it in their own way: Alex is in a new relationship and Gabriel distracts himself with work. While helping their loved ones with their troubles, the two men are trying to fight the temptation that could change everything.

A short story about coming to terms with yourself and coming out to others.

❝are your parents mean?❞ ❝there are mean parents and then there are parents who turn off the wi-fi at night.❞ ❝damn, poor you.❞ ✎ ✎ ✎ a short story following two polar opposite amateur authors as they struggle to collaborate together on a book to win the ultimate prize; a published work.

CEOs that secretly fuck.

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Avery Tyler is a high school teen trying to get by with the life she's got. With new found feelings for her best friend, Drake and her sister's sexual identity crisis with her love life and her father's drinking habits, Avery's life just got a little harder. cover by @wires_

In which a naïve man and a skeptical boy discover that love is not always enough.

An apology for the life of Snoopy Kennicott (or at least, the first twenty-five years of it).

Effy Schmitt coins herself as a prodigy in failure so she finds herself starting over in an unfamiliar apartment with Ellie Clarkson - a god-sent angel who listens to punk rock and loves television shows. As days unfold, Ellie becomes Effy's guide; they learn that failures like them can live the life of those who've won in life and love - but they can do no more than linger. Highest Rank = #46 2015 All Rights Reserved 2014 © smoaking

We begin our story in New York. - - - - - When Zara moves to New York after her father accepts a job offer to work there and her entire family relocates across the world from their little flat in Southeast Asia, she meets Holly, the barista in the coffee shop across her new apartment. - - - - - Excerpt: "Let me repeat your order: a large iced caramel latte." She made sure to put emphasis on pronouncing caramel as carmel. "Caramel," slipped out of my mouth. She had a marker in her hand, and she pointed it at me, shaking her head. "Carmel." I stuck my tongue out. I actually stuck my tongue out at a complete stranger. Oh God, I was sure I would recall this ten years from now and fall apart with embarrassment, while she wouldn't even remember my face. But I really wanted her to remember my face. [girlXgirl]

Arthur and Arabella really ought to stop meeting like this. [#8 short story / #80 teen fiction]

In the 8 years after the events of Rise of The Guardians, Jaime never forgot Jack, only just started loving him.

You know the story. Cinderella goes to the ball and gets swept off her feet by Prince Charming and they live happily ever after.... But, what if Cinderella's Prince was actually a Princess?

Top student Steven is tired of living his grey everyday life: waking up, going to school, getting teased, running errands for his mom, and studying with Polly, his best (and only) friend. It's the exact same routine for the past four years. But when new students Clyde and Garrett come along, Steven's life will be changed in ways he never imagined. Because uni is keeping me very busy, I try to update every Saturday night.

tom lives alone in a decent cabin in the woods, and spends all his time collecting taxes. nicolas lives in a cage hidden in the other side of town and hunts deer for a living. but what happens when tom goes on vacation and finds nicolas' cage? story © preggo_louie and eleventeens disclaimer: story was basically written as a joke. feel free to interpret this however you want.

Adam and Cara are on winter break. Cara has a Build-Your-Own-Spaceship starter pack. Possibly-green-maybe-purple creatures might steal all of Earth's oxygen. (But Adam does not rely on newspapers, so who really knows?) Adam and Cara think that saving mankind is a fine way to pass time. (Adam remains sceptical, though.) (But that one alien is kind of sexy in a weird but very logical way.) (So why not?) #510 in sci-fi (09.06.2015) best acomplishment ever cover by _teenagers (God bless her)