Emerson Augustine is an aimless university student who followed her best friend to Ohio State. She is unsure of her major, her relationship, and her future. But mostly if her life is worth anything at all, including the hope you have to have to make things better. Tyler Joseph is a small musician, working on a new album and trying to make music into a career, since he dropped out of college. Though his band is gaining some local popularity, he's still working through the local music circuits and trying to carve out a path for him and his band. When his friend Emerson shows up on his doorstep, injured and terrified, he does what he knows he has to do, help. The friendship the two hold gets tested but also deepens in ways the two could never image as the pitfalls of friendship, love, and one's past collide, changing everything for the two anxious kids and their friends. (Early Twenty One Pilots, about 2011 and 2012) TW: Abuse (verbal, psychological, and physical), self harm, mentions of sexual assault, mentions of overdose, and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Mental health issues and disorders such as OCD, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.

SEQUAL TO "SNOW ON THE ROAD." Emerson Augustine is no longer the aimless college student she once was, but life still isn't playing fair. At 21, she got out of an abusive relationship, fell in love her one of her closest friends, and started her dream job as the touring manager for Twenty One Pilots. But now, even with it seeming like she has the perfect life, she's finding she's feeling that familiar frigid feeling she still remembers so clearly from the blizzard 4 years ago. Tyler Joseph is no longer just a small independent musician, praying that his dreams come true, now he's a signed and known artist with a growing and excited fanbase who wants to see his band and get more music. His dreams are coming true and he's dating the girl he's been in love since their early friendship, and though he should he happy, he's more anxious and terrified than ever. The young couple find themselves struggling as Tyler tours none stop, while struggling to keep a firm grip on his insecurities, and Emerson ends up finding herself caught up in issues with family and a secret she doesn't know if she should be keeping. The two have to take a moment and really look at life and decide if staying together is really the best option for both of them. Whether they can figure this out or if they'll have to part ways, even if neither of them want that. 2015-2017 story, i.e. The Blurryface era. Trigger warnings include: Death, grief, cancer, violence, mentions of abuse, self harm, suicide, overdose, abuse, pregnancy, overdose, miscarriage, and mental health issues/disorders such as OCD, PTSD, C-PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and suicidal tendencies/thoughts/ideations.

I am a citizen of Dema. I am an escapee. I have failed time and time again. I have never seen the world outside this city, but one day I hope to. One day I will. My friend Clancy is like me. He is a citizen of Dema. He is an escapee. He is an exception. He has seen the world outside these imposing walls. He tells me about these people he's seen. He hasn't been able to speak with them yet, but he gets closer with each escape. I'm going to ask him to take me the next time he goes. I want to see these people for myself. I want to know if we can survive outside of Dema. Because I want to live. Trigger Warnings Include: Violence, violence against children, abuse, implied sexual abuse, torture, murder, suicide, discussions of terrorism, animal killing, animal abuse, gore, and discussions of mental illnesses and disorders such as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), PTSD, and C-PTSD.

When Gaby transfers to a new school in the middle of senior year, she doesn't expect to fall into the orbit of Tyler and Josh-two best friends bound by music, secrets, and a past that's heavier than it seems. As Gaby gets closer to them-and to Tyler in particular-walls begin to crack, truths unravel, and hearts start to open in the most unexpected ways. This is a story about finding connection in the chaos, about falling in love when everything hurts, and about learning to stay when running feels easier. ;; i'd like to warn you about several topics that this story touches, such as selfharm, depression, anxiety and suicide. If this triggers you, please do not read this story or proceed with caution as there are no trigger warnings at the beginnings of chapters.

"I have spent more of my life with her than without. I know there will be a day that scale shifts the other way. Nevertheless, today is not that day." As a young kid, my parents took me to an animal shelter so we could pick out two kittens to become our family pets. There, a black runt who the staff weren't sure would survive, yelled at me until I chose her. Once home, that same kitten made it known that she had no interest in anyone but me, and I felt much the same about her. In such a lonely life, how lucky am I to have such a bond? Twenty one years later, the death I have feared most has come and gone only recently. Now what am I left with? "Mortality knows not what it takes. The Reaper knows not the value of what he carries from me..."