Laura

Joined July 2025

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I write what I’ve lived. The quiet wins, the sharp turns, the things we don’t say out loud. Honest stories, harsh truths, and thoughts that might help someone else get through the brutality of it all.

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The Emergency Contact
I was filling out the school form, the usual one that arrives crumpled in a bag, smelling faintly of stress and banana. “Emergency Contact Name,” it said. I wrote mine. Obviously. Because I am The Emergency. Capital T, capital E.
By Laura 6 months ago in Families
Hey, I See You
Right. I need to shower. That’s it. That’s the task. I’ve got somewhere to be later, lunch, birthday, family - so the very least I can do is show up clean. Doesn’t even have to be glam. Just scrubbed enough to pass as socially acceptable.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 25
Part 25 We were on the floor again. Where else? Two mugs between us, one still warm, one forgotten. My ankle pressed awkwardly into the table leg, hoodie sleeves pulled halfway over my hands. We’d talked for hours, then not at all. Easy silence. The good kind. The kind that doesn’t itch.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 24
Part 24 It started with an email I didn’t open. Then a laundry pile that became a topographical feature. Then a bin bag I meant to take out but instead walked past seventeen times like it might develop sentience and deal with itself.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, Me Life & Why Part 23
Part 23 It’s 2:14pm on a Tuesday and I’m eating leftover curry straight from the pan. I’m wearing leggings that have never seen a gym and a hoodie that’s technically Alex’s but spiritually mine. The flat is messy, not gross, just… gently chaotic. There are clean dishes I haven’t put away and a stack of books acting as a makeshift side table. One of them is upside down. None of them are finished.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 22
Part 22 It wasn’t dramatic. No capital letters. No passive-aggressive punctuation. No grand thesis on hurt feelings or miscommunication.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 21
Part 21 I spiralled. Hard. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering. Just a parking fine I forgot to pay and a letter stamped in red. I’d opened it at 6:42pm on a Wednesday with a fork still in my mouth. I hadn’t even finished dinner.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 20
Part 20 It started with socks. A single pile in the corner. One of those piles that’s not really dirty, just… lost momentum.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 19
Part 19: “You Seem Better Now” “You seem better now,” my aunt said, in that tone people use when they’re trying to sound kind but still need you to know how hard you were to deal with.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 18
Part 18 It started with a LinkedIn message titled, “Exciting Opportunity, Let’s Connect!” Which, in the ancient language of corporate nonsense, translates to:
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 17
Part 17: Can You Thrive and Still Be a Mess? Here’s the thing they don’t tell you about thriving: You don’t feel like you’re thriving.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction
Me, My Life & Why Part 16
Part 16 It arrived on a Wednesday. Mid-scroll. Mid-cringe. Mid-nothing. A message from someone I hadn’t spoken to in months.
By Laura 6 months ago in Fiction

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