"you shouldn't have left, you know." "i don't know, matty. i think life's been better when i left you." - sequel to "takes a bit more" -

Lauren get's the future that Matty had always wanted and what she had only ever dreamed off. Before they even have a chance to make it together, Lauren moves to LA to sign a record deal, living with friends, slipping into old habits but leaving Matty back home. Neither Lauren or Matty get the future they planned for but they have eachother which appears at first as a curse but is definitely a blessing.

⟨ 𝙎𝙃𝙀'𝙎 𝘼 𝘾𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙄𝙁𝙄𝙀𝘿 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍 ⟩ THIS STORY CONTAINS: mature content, it's signaled with (•) in the title.

When Gwen Brooks feels like there's no hope left, a mysterious stranger in a leather jacket comes to help. She soon finds out though, this isn't a stranger. Under strange circumstances, Gwen needs him. Her feelings towards him are mixed, but soon finds out, she may feel more towards him than she thought.

both endlessly denying what's wrong to make each other right. **contains smut, some violence and swearing, drug use (lower case intended)