Fraser Banks is fifteen years old with a thousand years' worth of weight resting on his shoulders-a younger sister to care for, a neglectful and abusive father, loads of schoolwork to do, money to make. Each day is a blur, and lately, Fraser has been feeling himself slip away, falling deeper and deeper into the darkness of his own mind. It's not until he meets a kind-hearted, quick-witted, and wickedly beautiful girl named Luca that anyone is there to catch him. • ⚠️ This book has mature themes such as abuse, mental health struggles, and suicide. Proceed with caution.⚠️ Prequel to Future Ghosts, my The Walking Dead fanfiction. If there are any typos/errors, please don't hesitate to point them out so I can fix them! Comments are greatly appreciated! Enjoy!

'𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆.' . During the search for Sophia in the woods, he finds a different girl with a similar history his own. The world ending hadn't left much of a parenting guide for troubled teenagers plucked from the wild but he managed, somewhat. . "I didn't like how you talked to me," she ground out, refusing to look at him. "That was called parenting, sweetheart. I was telling you boundaries." Started: 02-23-23 Finished: 11-28-24 "...𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟." ― 𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕚𝕕, 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕪 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 & 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕩 "𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟, 𝕒𝕙, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠- 𝕄𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟' 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖." ― 𝕊𝕠𝕒𝕡&𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟