❝𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.❞ Started: January 20, 2021 Ended: *in progress* First uploaded: August 3, 2021 *I do not own Alice in Chains , Layne Staley, or any other mentioned band/person. This is a work of fiction, and a work of fiction only.*

~ "hey I ain't ever coming home," Ivy Everest works part-time at a café while her music career begins to throw her into stardom. She meets Layne Staley, falling in love with his compelling mystery the second he enters the café.

"Bury me softly in this womb... I give this part of me for you..."