"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!

What's a Fault Town? A Fault Town is a fictional term for a symbolic location in a person's personal mythology, tied to the moments that define us, the people we lose, and the memories we cannot leave behind. When Hazel "Marge" Young suddenly disappears and is presumed dead, her childhood best friend, Miles Lancaster, refuses to accept the story everyone else believes. Determined to uncover the truth, Miles gathers a small group of friends and follows a trail of clues left behind by Marge herself. Their search takes them across Oregon, through abandoned buildings, hidden messages, forgotten photographs, and the three mysterious places Marge once called her "Fault Towns." As the mystery deepens, Miles and his friends begin to realize that the people we love often carry secrets we never knew existed. What begins as a search for a missing girl soon becomes a journey through friendship, first love, grief, growing up, and the complicated truths that shape who we are. Looking for the Fault Towns is a coming-of-age mystery about the people we lose, the memories we keep, and the places that change us forever. Author's Note This story is heavily inspired by the novels of John Green, especially Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. Readers may notice similarities in certain themes, character dynamics, humor, emotional moments, and coming-of-age elements. Some characters and ideas were inspired by the feelings those stories gave me as a reader. However, Looking for the Fault Towns is an original story with its own plot, mysteries, characters, settings, and narrative direction. It is not intended to be a retelling or continuation of any existing work. This is my first published story, and I hope you'll join Miles and his friends on this journey of mystery, friendship, and self-discovery. Thank you for reading.

"Wir hätten es fast überstanden. Fast wärst du Mein gewesen, fast hätten wir unser Leben geteilt, fast hätte ich dich festhalten können. Und nun bricht dieses 'Fast' für immer mein Herz." Die Geschichte eines amerikanischen Soldaten, der während des zweiten Weltkrieges in Kontakt mit einem deutschen Mädchen kam. Sie waren verschieden, die Welt, in der sie lebten grauenvoll und düster. Doch ihre Geschichte steht geschrieben. written by @articulair Cover by @Little_Ophelia