"it's been a long day and i'm trying to figure it out the way those words left your mouth i feel broken, shattered, and blue and it's all because of you and i'm trying, trying to figure it out" • • • realizing too late that you love somebody sucks. It's almost like someone is repeatedly stabbing you in the back with a very sharp knife. or, I guess in laura's words, it just "really fucking hurts."

Fresh out of breakups they never saw coming, two old best friends rekindle their friendship and form a comfortship. Along the way they make a hit song and develop some unwanted feelings. Or maybe they are wanted feelings. • • • DISCLAIMER: This story starts in Fall of 2021. COVID was/is still a thing, but the other variants are NOT. The entire country (and other countries) is open, main characters are all vaccinated, the virus is dying out.

When it comes to relationships, timing, is in fact, a really big bitch. Why? Because two people can be so, so compatible. They can have the same interests, want the same things out of life, and have undeniable chemistry. But the one thing they don't have is time on their side which throws a wrench into the plans, making a simple situation complicated beyond measures. Ross and Laura found that that was the case for them too many times throughout their lives, so nothing happened despite their desires. So, when he's in a happy relationship, and she's freshly engaged, that's the worst timing of them all right? Well yes, but not really. Maybe the way they breathe music like it's air, and a simple project called "The Driver Era x Laura Marano" could fix this little time issue. It's all just business, so what could go wrong? -- COMPLETE ✓

It's been twelve years since Laura Marano last saw Ross Lynch, her former best friend and boy she once loved. Ross Lynch, sexy, tattooed and deliciously bad lead singer, and brains behind The Mighty Storm, one of the biggest bands in the world, left Laura with a broken heart when he moved from England to America with his family when they were both fourteen. Sent to interview Ross for her music column by the magazine she works for, they are both unprepared for the sparks that fly the instant they reconnect. Only, there's a complication to their instant feelings for one another-Will, Laura's boyfriend of two years. Then Ross makes Laura a job offer she can't refuse-travelling the world with him and his band. But taking the job means leaving Will behind, and being on the road with the band means spending an inordinate amount of time with Ross. Is Laura strong enough to resist the delectable bad boy who once held her heart so completely, or will she willingly risk it all for one night with the world's most notorious womanizer?

With Laura being in a new Netflix show that's filming in Vancouver, and Ross being in Vancouver filming for CAOS, they're bound to run into each other, right? Especially if they're living in the same building... right? THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN 2022