Rain [CPN] - IN PROGRESS

Summary

A boy who knows nothing but hatred...

A boy who knows nothing but love...

In a town under a constant veil of rain...

Rowan Hawthorne has lived through hell.

Years of physical, psychological, and emotional abuse at the hands of a father he neither wants, nor cares for.

Years of bullying and torment at the hands of people whom he once called "friend".

Years of seeking the protection of the only person whom he thought understood him, his mother, only to have her side with the monster who lived with her.

Rowan Hawthorne despised the world, and he despised the rain that seemed to fall in a constant stream over his town.

Then, he met the Samidare brothers. Transfer students who just moved into town from across the world with their mother, Aya.

There was something different about Kou and his little brother Arashi. Something that was warm and inviting, like a blanket and a cup of tea during a storm.

Could the Samidare brothers thaw Rowan's frozen heart and teach him once again the value of people?

And could Arashi perhaps have another, much more important lesson for Rowan?

-loosely based on true life events-