Althea Falls only wants to be loved. Be someone who's loved, who's needed, who's important. Someone who has a purpose. She devotes herself to a relationship she can't escape from. She doesn't even want to. Colton Lockwood can't handle people anymore. After getting kicked out of his old school because of his violent outburst he gets a last chance. To meet someone fragile and broken wasn't something he wanted. He never thought he could fix someone more broken than himself. But maybe two broken people just fill the spaces for each other.

Hope. Her name. And what she missed. After the incident that happend with her and her brother, Hope fell into a hole she couldn't climb out by herself. But after she moved with her family to a whole new town, her brothers best friend, Thomas, seemed to be the one who was able to build her a ladder. But was it stable enough? A brother's best friend trope. !Trigger warning is in the introduction!