Best friends in high school, Madeline and Julian were once partners in crime - until an unfortunate tragedy leads to Madeline moving away. Four years later, Madeline's life gets turned upside down when she crosses paths with her old accomplice. When unresolved trauma starts to rise to the surface, Julian offers an unconventional approach to assist in helping her overcome it. While struggling to navigate the complexities of a past she feels responsible for, new troubles emerge, ...and so do old feelings. • • • ⚠️ •Discretion• ⚠️ Although this is purely fictional, this story consists of themes and material that may be distressing to some readers. Timeline of Story: Past:1995 Present:1999 (RPF:The Strokes/JC)

An irritating ignorance of a self-absorbed man had never been an attractive trait to the likes of Sheffield girl, Rose Harper. Although the flirtatiousness of the obnoxious frontman plays it's toll as she develops unwanted feelings towards the singer that she lives in denial of. However, powerful and confused emotions bubble under the surface and the constant bite from the Monkey lead Rose and Alex into a love-hate relationship. Luckily, the likes of Miles,Matt,Jamie and Nick are what keeps the two from killing each other, but not from sleeping with eachother...

A burnt-out musician can barely stand the life she leads. An alcoholic rockstar doesn't believe in love. Both of them like to make pretentious music references.