"We didn't know what love meant yet. But we were about to find out." Vincenzo's shadow has finally lifted. But some scars don't disappear with those who caused them. For months, Carina lived in fear. Maya fought to understand what she wasn't being told. The silence, the lies, the choices dictated by fear... all of it damaged them. And yet, something still connects them-something obvious, fragile but tenacious. Now that nothing-and no one-is holding them back... will they be able to love each other without barriers? To tear down what remains of the walls between them? Or is it already too late? All it will take is a glance. A question left unanswered. One step towards the other. Or one step too many. Their story isn't over. It's just beginning.

« We met when we were 17... and this is our story. » When Carina left Sicily for Seattle, she thought she'd lost everything: her bearings, her dreams, her roots. But she never expected to meet Maya. Between two worlds, two languages and two hearts beating out of sync, It Never Ends tells the story of friendship, uprooting and the invisible link that sometimes becomes everything. What if growing up meant learning to love differently? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Volume 1: « When I was 17, I met her. And nothing was ever the same. » At just seventeen, Carina DeLuca leaves her native Catania to follow her parents and younger brother to the United States, forced by the American dream her parents had been cherishing for years. Winners of the green card lottery, they settled in Seattle, a gray, foreign city far from the Sicilian sun and Carina's emotional bearings. She leaves behind her friends, her lover and, above all, her cousin Graziella, a true sister at heart. In this new life, Carina tries to find meaning and stability, even as everything eludes her: her future in medicine, her plans, her sense of belonging. Between vibrant memories of Catania and clumsy attempts to anchor herself in her new reality, Carina vacillates, hesitates and observes the world around her with lucidity and melancholy. It Never Ends is an intimate account of the blurred zone between adolescence and adulthood, between departure and arrival, between what is lost and what is hoped for.

Will the trip to Aspen mark a turning point in their relationship? Between whispered confidences under the starlight and stolen kisses in the snow, Carina and Maya finally give in to their feelings. But as high school draws to a close, they are faced with a multitude of choices: which university to attend, what future to build... and above all, should they stay or go? As their love seems to take flight, shadows loom on the horizon. Because sometimes, what we believe to be solid can crumble in an instant. An unexpected trial could well call everything into question. They met when they were 17. Here is the next chapter in their story.

Imagines for the TV show Stranger Things Request through PM :) ❤= neutral 💓= fluff 💙= sad/angsty

(I do NOT own and characters except Aspen Cullen and anyone else I add all rights go to Stephanie Myers) Aspen Rosalice Elizabeth Cullen is the twin sister of Renesmee Carlie Cullen Bella and Edward do start to favor Aspen more and don't pay much attention to Renesmee. Renesmee doesn't like that and will do anything and I mean anything to get the spotlight back.