What if Neil did witness the scene at the lake? An AU to my AU Meet Me In The Woods. Still a fix-it, of course.
The title is a line from Line Without A Hook by Ricky Montgomery.
(FINISHED) Neil was dead long before his mother and father had left the room. He died when he realized it was too late.
Maybe if he had done it differently, this wouldn't had been his only way out.
The easy way out.