It is common knowledge that family values and an eventual future in the Church are the only things that matter to the infamous Travis Phelps. Trapped in an endless void of misery and self-hate, a mysterious young man with pigtails and a freaky mask catches his attention and shakes up his life. He can't take his mind off him. ･ﾟ:* STORY WARNINGS: Mentions of abuse, self-harm, depression, explicit sexual content, murder and suicide. *:･ﾟ [ Cross-posted on Archive of Our Own ] 02/05/2023 - #1 in Salvis 02/19/2023 - #1 in Sallyface

Kaspian Velasquez has lived his entire life keeping secrets. Family was never a topic of conversation, and if ever brought up, Kaspian was always as vague as he could be, his only source of unadulterated solace being the library. But when Kaspian runs into Rowan Aldrich - an enigmatic classmate studying in the same high school Kaspian goes to - at the same library, he slowly begins to wonder if life was truly meant to be lived in secrecy, or if he could finally accept his own past. - started: june 1st, 2020. completed: august 8th, 2020.