My bat shipping heart. It's been years. Lovely to read this story with one of my favorite Shawn Mendes songs.

Unfortunately, you cannot use copyrighted song lyrics or parts of song lyrics in a fic. It is not only against the Terms of Service we all agreed to when we signed up for this site, but is also considered plagiarism since you do not own the rights to these songs. You may, however, reference them, tell readers to listen to said songs while reading in an author's note at the beginning, or completely re-write the lyrics so they are your own. Take all these suggestions into consideration, as they will help you avoid ToS issues in the future. Please understand, I say what I say in the spirit of what this site is about, making good stories great, if not brilliant.

Best,
Zad
Critics United

The story is good, but since it has the copied lyrics of "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes, it breaks the following part of the Content Guidelines:

Actions not allowed:
3. Copying from a previously published work (including musical lyrics) not in the public domain.

Please remove all of the copied lyrics from your story because the owners of this site have no legal permission from the songwriters.

And in case you're wondering when and why that rule is made, here is the background information. Back on April 27, 2005, the admins put this message on the front page regarding songfics:

In addition, [this site] would like to address a growing problem. For whatever reason, some writers feel it's okay to copy-n-paste musical lyrics they have not written into their fiction. If you did not write it, do not post it. This has always been our policy. Please remove these entries immediately to avoid account closure.

Keep in mind that "public domain" means something that has expired intellectual properties, like Shakespearean works. And disclaimers don't cut it for song lyrics. Not even changing a few words from the original song will be enough.

Also if I'm correct I'm pretty sure the song was written by shawn mendes lol

I completely forgot I still had email notifications for you haha! Glad to see you back and still have a soft spot for writing How's life beenn - I enjoyed this story as always, you still keep up with those impacting lyrics between each paragraph as it continues building up and up...see you around

OH. MY. GOD.

HOWS TOM. HOWS YOUR BABY (he must be so big now! is he in school?) HOWS YOUR HEALTH. HOW ARE YOU.

i was in absolute shock when i say your name come up on my email. i don’t even read fan fiction anymore lmao i just still get emails from all my old ‘favourite authors’. it’s so amazing to know that you are alive, this has made my morning. it’s warmed my heart.

i really, really hope that you’re well. i’m sending love to you and to everyone who loves you, ok?

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