[completed] whilst tackling adulthood and the struggles of growing up, ryland falls apart, and shane tries so desperately hard to piece him back together. - ryland adams is broken. really, he is. people who walk past him and enter his life for just a millisecond leave with shards of glass in their bare feet. he's just moved to california, carrying a suitcase full of cheating ex boyfriends and fake friends behind him, and his parents are forcing him to wipe the slate clean and start again. to get better. after realising that shane dawson - class clown and local heart throb - lives next door, he has the opportunity to let the boy heal his cuts and bruises. but is someone still holding onto shane's heart by a single thread that's far more powerful than ryland will ever be? © wattpad 2019

[SOCIAL MEDIA AND REAL LIFE] ---- "ryland, i think i love you. but i'm scared to." "i promise you babe, i'm not leaving."

"everyone calls me the bad boy; what do you think of me?" contains: swearing, drug use, breaking and entering, depression, cutting (only a little bit), and abuse/references to abuse

part 2. of 'badass / shyland' warning: contains swearing, alcohol, drugs

in a summer full of broken promises, shane can't function without things being pretty, and ryland can't function without shane. - ryland adams is your run-of-the-mill boy from california. he's seventeen, addicted to smoking, sick of seeing his two best friends make out and hiding the fact that he knows his parents are sleeping with other people. the only way he wants to forget about these things is by getting hammered at parties and maybe erasing the label of 'single' written across his forehead. shane dawson, however, is far more layered. the last few days of his life have felt like he's been in a movie, and moving into a strange house in a strange city for the summer isn't exactly helping him press pause. he can't function without everything in life being pretty, and when he finds out he's going to be spending the next three weeks with ryland, the need only intensifies. with a suitcase full of secrets and a mental illness he's too terrified to even come to terms with himself, can shane give ryland the summer he really deserves, or will the two end up starting something neither can finish? [ongoing]

two teenage boys living in a dirty nyc apartment, and their only escape from reality is theatre. contains: swearing, drug use, drinking.

shane gets a message on kik {completed}

[completed] shane dawson was everything your parents warned you about; not just reckless, but a trouble maker too. the boy who got held back a year. the boy who drinks and smokes and parties and sleeps with every girl on campus. and ryland adams? well, he was the boy stupid enough to fall in love with him. © wattpad 2019 top rank - #1 in shyland and #7 in short story

was i actually falling for him? or was it all some sick joke?

in which a tech boy finds himself falling for the lead role. "i hate mess, but i love you." - - - - (i do not own any of the musicals i will mention in this story, or any of the lyrics referenced. i am not being paid in any way to sponsor shane, ryland, or any of the tags) - - (contains mentions and depictions of mental illness, alcohol, drugs, and violence. i recommend not reading this story if mentions of mental illness triggers you, considering it's a large part of the story and i don't want anyone to feel overwhelmed or triggered)