[COMPLETE] Jackson "Jax" Wyatt is haunted by a mistake he committed in the past and broken and bruised by his parents' ignorance. His anxieties prevent him from interacting with people. They only worsen when he's forced to move to a new town. Orlando Lewis is broken, but his imperfection is on the outside. Jax doesn't even know he likes EDM until he meets Orlando; and sometimes just a common favorite song is enough to ignite a spark. Theirs is a tale of two boys with different lives who come together to enjoy the beat that speaks to their souls in one color, their "monochrome beat"

When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart. ***** Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence. [#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]