AU where the Sides are all real people going to college. The college they all go to is a big fictional college in Florida (the state where Thomas lives) (me too). I'm sorta mixing FSU, FIT, UF, my hometown community college, and the college I go to, UCF (go knights), all into one fictional college. This is going to be a very slow-burn, pretty technical book. I apologize in advance because I will not be including trigger warnings within the chapters. People can be triggered by really anything (myself included) and I honestly can't guess and warn about everything. Sorry; truly. Message me if you want me to include a warning about something specific (I don't want to stress over deciding what would and would not trigger people). There's literally a character in Thomas' stuff called 'Anxiety'. If anxiety attacks trigger you, why are you watching the Sanders Sides. General trigger warnings: occasional panic attacks (typically brief), suicidal thoughts (it's college), minimal swearing. Side-note! If I ever write anything you notice is wrong, whether content-wise, grammar-wise, or if you read a chapter and want me to add a trigger warning to it, please please please let me know. I won't yell at you so long as you don't yell at me, I swear.

[Completed] Virgil texts a number thinking it's his friend Logan, but it turns out that he accidentally texted the wrong number. Oh well, happens all the time, right? You apologize, wish one another luck, and then go your separate ways, and never speak again. At least, that's what Virgil expects, until one day, the stranger texts him again. Over time, he may find that this stranger is the best friend he's ever had. Or maybe, just maybe, a little bit more...

Please don't click or scroll away from this book just yet, what I have to say is important - I promise it will be worth your time. This book is to bring attention to subjects that society avoids talking about: things like alcoholism, addictions of all sorts, depression, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, self-harm (in all it's different forms), eating disorders, mental disorders, abuse, homophobia, abortion, and certainly more that I've yet to name and properly educate myself on. Each chapter will have real statistics, real solutions... and also the awareness that some of these subjects that I'll talk about don't have real solutions. This is not a one-size fits all type of conversation. I'm done with letting myself be ignorant to all the topics that no one likes to talk about. And yes, I understand that these topics are really hard to talk about... But they need to be. Desperately. Perhaps some of the stories you read here will feel like they are based on your own. I can guarantee that some of them will be based on mine. __________