Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

Kiran is a writer. Strange things have been happening to him ever since his mother passed away four years ago. Nobody knows exactly what happened to his father. He's been feeling things, the terrifyingly powerful kind - seeing things, the terrifyingly dark kind. And lately, they are overtaking him completely. Lilith is a middle-aged psychotherapist and dear friend of Kiran's deceased mother, who makes the costly mistake of taking him on as a client. Amara is, well, something. This is a story of two worlds and the curious bridges between them.