maisie quinn has always been the "perfect" girl. good grades, big friendgroup, and a smile on her face at all times. but she has never been perfect. struggling with a broken household, and many of her own struggles, she finds unhealthy ways to cope. however, only one person can make all the noise stop in her head. gerard gibson. gerard gibson has always been the one who laughs the loudest - quick with a joke, quicker to deflect. behind the smirk is a boy raised in a house where silence was survival and love was conditional. he doesn't talk about what happened - not with his friends, not even with himself. bestfriends to lovers gerard gibson x fem!oc