by: PositivelyDazed
chapters: 60
summary:
Keegan is a boy who loves affection. He's usually quite peppy and excitable, but everything in life has turned against him. He ends up locking away his emotions and making himself distant from the world, trying to avoid further suffering. He's left a shell of his former self, struggling to get through life.He decides to take time away from his abusive life by going on a week long school trip to collect his thoughts. He is placed in situations he couldn't have imagined.Theo is a laid back jock. He can come off as aggressive and bossy, usually around his friends, though he has a heart and can be quite kind. His life is hectic and full of annoying people. His parents are inconsiderate, his friends are clingy and loud, and the rest of the school sucks up to him, which he doesn't received well. He just wants to be left alone. After deceiving his clingy friends he snuck away on the school trip, hoping he could finally get some peace and quiet. This trip would hold some surprises for him, and maybe even change his life.What future will await these two? Are they destined for greatness, or despair?
review:
So I'm rewriting my review here cause I reread the book and now it's fresher in my mind.
This is one of the longer stories that I've read, but definitely not for nothing. the first time I read the book, I was definitely suspicious due to how many chapters there were. However, I couldn't have been more wrong. The story itself was incredibly, and I mean INCREDIBLY, touching. I actually have an extremely vivid memory of when I was reading the sad part (not saying when cause I don't want to spoil). It was almost 1 in the morning, and I happened to be on a vacation in Iceland with my family. I literally locked myself into the hotel bathroom, despite my parents telling me to go to sleep, just to finish reading that chapter. I was trying not to let out any noise the whole time as I sobbed through each line. The author did an AMAZING job and I will be rereading this story again in the future for sure.
warnings:
abuse, self-harm, theft, alcohol abuse, homophobia
