After Clay and George meet up in Orlando Clay starts acting different, but can George notice before it's to late? Does George know what to do? Is George fine or is he just good at pretending like it? This story was inspired by the song Tired by beabadoobee :) *This story does/will contain swearing* Should be sfw for most if not all of the story Tags: #4 in ed 4/4/21 #22 in crying 3/9/21 #34 in writing 3/17/21 #40 in mlm 2/13/21 #86 in eating disorders 1/29/21 Reads: 1K: 2/13/21 2K: 2/26/21 3K: 3/7/21 5k: 3/17/21 6k: 3/23/21 7k: 3/29/21 8k: 4/4/21 9k: 4/10/21 (republished 5/11/21) 10k: 5/11/21 11k: ? 12k: ? 13-19K: 5/31/21 IN ONE DAY 19-27K: 6/1/21 ONE DAY AGAIN WTF 28-4K: ? 35K: 6/5/21 39K: 6/8/21 45K: 6/14/21 48K: 6/20/21 50K: 6/25/21!!! TYSM 70K: 9/2/21 OMG WHAT

Life is going fine for George until he starts feeling... weird. Everytime he talks to Dream, he gets butterflies- Yearning for the joyful sound of Dreams laugh- But, panic starts to set in. Their only best friends, right? George doesn't want anything more, at least he doesn't think. Fearing that these stupid feelings will ruin evrything, George decideds to take a break from the internet. Things in his life change. He loses his apatite. He loses sleep. And, hes losing his connection with Dream. Yet hes still panicking. As he starts to fall into a deep state of depression, he hears a knock at his door. "Who could that be" George groans as he walks across the cold, hard floor to the door. As he twists the handle, it creaks. Shock freezes his whole body. "Dream?!" Trigger Warnings throughout the book include - Panic attacks, anxiety attacks, vomiting, passing out, suicidal thoughts, attempt suicide, rude language, and physical violence.