MONEY TREES, gossip girl [DISCONTINUED]

𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘

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VOLUME ONE
SUDDEN WEALTH SYNDROME
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❝ our wealth is often a snare to ourselves and always a temptation to others ❞

AFTER his time in rehab, it was decided that cj would be better off living with his mother, despite his wishes and constant complaining.

living amongst new york's elite is not something he is accustomed to, and he doesn't want to be. cj has plans to keep his head down and keep to himself, but an anonymous online presence threatens to uncover everything he planned to keep near and dear.

OR

CRISTIAN hernandez does his best to navigate a foreign world of wealth, lies, and power all the while trying to maintain his sobriety

CRISTIAN "CJ" HERNANDEZ
portrayed by benjamin wadsworth

FARAH DELAVIGNE
portrayed by sarah shahi

SERGIO HERNANDEZ
portrayed by jay hernandez

A N D

EDMOND DELAVIGNE
portrayed by dylan mcdermott

CHANDLER DELAVIGNE
portrayed by asher angel

MARLEY BECKER
portrayed by brittany o'grady

DOCTOR HANAN BURHAN
portrayed by mozhan marnò

GOSSIP GIRL CAST
portrayed by their respective actors

MONEY TREES
by kendrick lamar

♫ a silver spoon i know you come from
and that's a lifestyle that we never knew ♫

PRIDE.
by kendrick lamar

♫ a perfect world is never perfect, only filled with lies ♫

FLASHING LIGHTS
by kanye west

♫ i wouldn't wanna know
if somebody would've told me a year ago
it'd go get this difficult ♫

STILL DON'T KNOW MY NAME
by labrinth

♫ what do i say
to make me exist? ♫

I'M NOT IN LOVE
by kelsey lu

♫ I'm not in love so don't forget it ♫

this story contains adult themes such as drug use and addiction, sex, internalized homophobia, adult language, ableist language, morbid thoughts, and more. i will have trigger warnings at the beginning of chapters if needed.

and just to be clear, this is a fic for hbo's gossip girl reboot— not the original gossip girl!

read safely and enjoy the story<3