this is a book of me and you, a book of who we are and how we came to be, a book of our firsts and how sweet they are. so please, my lovely, enjoy. - with best regards, your best friend, troye (short story & chapters, lower case intended)

Don't let them in. Don't let anyone in. Keep to yourself, or you'll just end up hurting more people, you worthless piece of shit. She's right. He's right. They've always been right. It's your fault they do this. You caused it. She told you so. Troye Sivans parents are alchoholics. That's how its been ever since he was young. His father is nowhere to be found. Not that Troye ever really considered him a father anyways, more just a man who beat the shit out him whenever he drank. And Troye believes it's all because of himself. When he was smaller, he was too scared to tell anyone. He can still hear the threats. And now, it's too late. He has nowhere to go, even if he did tell. He has no friends, no other family. He used to have a brother. Tyde. Oh, sweet, caring Tyde who would never hurt a fly. He had been Troyes lights, his only strength. But he was gone now. Not dead, just gone. Part of a different family now. A better family. One who could care for him, and love him, better than Troye ever could by himself. And it was all Troyes fault. How is he supposed to go on now? How is he supposed to go to school, and work a job, and provide money for himself, and his....mother. If only there was someone who could teach him how to capture the best moments in life. If only....

What if you could hear them? The thoughts they deigned not reasonable enough to say out loud, the things not suitable for even a giggly teenage gossip conversation. Would it be a blessing or a curse? Troye, the unlucky teenager bestowed with this 'gift', thinks of it as a curse, with good reason. Do you know how hard it is to keep a relationship with someone when you know exactly what they think of you? Impossible. It's impossible. Or at least that's what Troye thinks, considering he's given up on even trying to make it work. He's different, people shun different. People hate different. And it's better to go under the radar, to be nothing, than to be hated. Right? Tyler, on the other hand, has taken a different approach to a similar problem. No, he can't 'read minds', but he does have a part of himself he doesn't want a soul to know about. He's quarterback, every girl's dream guy, an academic mastermind, and he's also gay. He's seen how different kids get treated, hell, he's been the one to treat them that way before. Why on Earth would he ever wish that on himself? No, it's easier to hide, to be someone you're not, than to be hated. Right?

a collection of tronnor oneshots (cover made by @troyesboi

It's 2022 and many things have changed. prepare. (oneshot)