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?

In the assumed year of 2332, approximately 280 years after a devastating nuclear attack changed the course of life on Earth, a once great city rose from the ashes. New Dallas had become a thriving post-war metropolis, and the ruling council sought to keep it that way. Books containing the sins of the past: racism, misogyny, radical religious ideology... all were kept from the population to avoid history repeating itself. This is the story of Indigo, a tough and tattooed street-smart young woman who tries to fight the system from behind the scenes. As she learns more and more about the past, she discovers that her future is threatened not by the council, but by a man with aspirations of dictatorship. She is suddenly thrust into the unlikely role of savior, with the lives of the lower class hanging in the balance. *** The first person who read this described it as The girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Divergent. Indigo is not only an unlikely hero, but she has to battle her own demons, including the loss of her parents and her own promiscuity. Contains violence, language, implied sex, and: **rape trigger** (one discussion, and two attempted). If you like stories where the unlikeliest of people can make a difference, then this might be for you. Original story, all original characters. Part 1 of a three part series.

Dan is different. He's learned to accept that. Well, as best he can anyway, considering he's never really had much of a choice. It's been this way for as long as he can remember, the constant runaround process of trying to feel normal. His life is built around it, trying to trick both himself and everyone he interacts with into seeing him as your average person. The isolation as he desperately tries to keep others from finding out, the bitterness that wells up inside of him each and every time he's reminded that he'll never be like everyone else, the fear that nothing will ever change. He's fated to be this way forever; a misfit from society. Isolation can only go so far though, so when he's struggling to make ends meet and he's faced with the option of looking into a serious job or taking on a roommate, he opts for what seems like the easier option at the time. It doesn't seem so easy ten failed roommates into the process, or when he sits down at a table to meet with prospect number eleven and ends up with a coffee spilled all over his lap. Potential roommate number eleven, Phil, turns out to be an insufferable optimistic ball of sunshine that Dan wants nothing to do with. His options are running out though, as are the savings he's been using to pay his rent, so he finds himself begrudgingly agreeing to let the other man move in. Neither of them have any way of knowing just what they've gotten themselves into as they shake on the matter, but time will tell.

For Lily Matthews, it's a lot of work being the makeup artist for Fall Out Boy. It's even more work when there's a certain lead singer who can't keep his eyes off of her. It's all a blissful fantasy for anyone associated so closely with Patrick Stump, but...the sweetness never lasts, you know.

Skye was close with her dad. He was not only her father, but her best friend and her second half. When her father is diagnosed with cancer, Skye's life begins to crumble. For the next two years, her life is a cliché, a roller coaster that has its ups and downs, its twists and turns, as her father battles cancer and her mother turns to alcohol and violence. But after two years, Skye has had enough. Face down in the dirt, she said "this doesn't hurt," she said "I've finally had enough." #14 fob 5/10/18 #24 falloutboy 5/16/18 A Patrick Stump / Fall Out Boy Fanfiction / complete ✓ WC: 52,882