Keegan is a boy who loves affection. He's usually quite peppy and excitable, but everything in life has turned against him. He ends up locking away his emotions and making himself distant from the world, trying to avoid further suffering. He's left a shell of his former self, struggling to get through life. He decides...
Marshall Lee is that bad boy if the school, very popular. Gumball isn't, he's a nerd and a straight A student. Gumball's madly in love with Marshall, and he knows. What's going to happen when Gumball has to tutor Marshall so he can graduate?
Marshall and Gumball discover new things about themselves and each other. This is an Alternate Universe (Earth) fanfiction of Marshall Lee and Prince Gumball. trigger warnings!!! (rape, sexual abuse, self harm)