Troye Sivan just moved to the states from Perth, Australia to start freshman year of high school at a prestigious private school. He left his old school after being bullied and now has the chance to start over. While at school, he meets his dorm mate, Tyler Oakley, who is so socially invisible that no one at school even acknowledges his existence. Between trying to keep from being bullied and learning a terrifying secret about Tyler, will Troye make it through this year?

4 years 21 days since Troye Sivan last spoke. Abused and broken He's so very alone. Until he meets Tyler. Things start to turn around. But then something happens that sends his whole world spiraling out of control, along with the people around him. But this time, can anyone save him? Or is it just Silence. ---------------------------------- Poetic Alternate Universe Fanfiction *trigger warning* Foul language, self harm, abuse flashbacks

Tyler Oakley and Troye Sivan have been best friends ever since second grade, when Tyler asked Troye to be his valentine. Every following year they'd ended up as each others valentines, in some way or another. But both of these boys had real, unearthed feeling for each other, and being each other's valentine as a "friend" was not helping. With mutual hidden (and denied) crushes, will either of them ever pluck up the courage to ask the other out? (You know, not on valentines day?)

What if you could hear them? The thoughts they deigned not reasonable enough to say out loud, the things not suitable for even a giggly teenage gossip conversation. Would it be a blessing or a curse? Troye, the unlucky teenager bestowed with this 'gift', thinks of it as a curse, with good reason. Do you know how hard it is to keep a relationship with someone when you know exactly what they think of you? Impossible. It's impossible. Or at least that's what Troye thinks, considering he's given up on even trying to make it work. He's different, people shun different. People hate different. And it's better to go under the radar, to be nothing, than to be hated. Right? Tyler, on the other hand, has taken a different approach to a similar problem. No, he can't 'read minds', but he does have a part of himself he doesn't want a soul to know about. He's quarterback, every girl's dream guy, an academic mastermind, and he's also gay. He's seen how different kids get treated, hell, he's been the one to treat them that way before. Why on Earth would he ever wish that on himself? No, it's easier to hide, to be someone you're not, than to be hated. Right?

Troye doesn't know how to feel about how Tyler is treating him. Sure, it's great the flirting, the alone time. But does it mean anything to him as much as it does to Troye? Follow along to the heart breaking love story as I update asap. have fun :)