Lily has been best friends with Alex Turner since age eleven, and has been in love with him since age fifteen. When he returns to London to do some writing with Miles, their friendship is set on fire once more. But does Alex love her back, or is he just happy to have a best friend with benefits?

You've been friends with Alex Turner and the other boys from Arctic Monkeys since you were 13. But never for a second did you think that Alex would release a song about you. From late night phone calls and almost constant texting and teasing, you've managed to stay close with him over the years. When a pact is established and a holiday is arranged, life seems to be treating you very well. But a month in LA will either make or break you. ~*~*~*~*~*~ Completed: 24/05/21

"Why'd you come here every day? Cigarettes don't run out overnight." Alex Turner is in his last year of school, perfectly ready to let it pass by like a grey train with no intentions of jumping on. He doesn't expect anything interesting to happen in his very mediocre life, and that's when a girl dressed like his favourite worst nightmare waltzes on in and flips everything upside down.

"You're drunk. You're always drunk. You can't keep coming here." "I didn't know where else to go."

"Secrets I have held in my heart are harder to hide than I thought..." AM AU

you can call me, alexander. (young alex into old alex) started August 2019 completed March 2020

Alex Turner is bored with his life. The drunken nights and nameless girls have become routine in his high-speed lifestyle. But everything changes when he meets Indiana Hunt, an erratic college student who isn't afraid to say what she thinks. And when their two chaotic worlds collide, the results are catastrophic. • "We're both disasters," he said to me. "You and I, one big fucking mess." •

"Call off the search for your soul, or put it on hold again." A private booth, a broken heart, a girl dressed in red, at a strip club. because sometimes love isn't what it was ever supposed to be. ••• This story has a lot of more mature themes than my other works, incl. addiction, dr*g use, s*x work and toxic relationships, please avoid reading if any are subjects you don't feel comfortable with, please put yourself first <3