HeyImZackC
Isaac Brooks is a viral YouTuber who recently hit a million subscribers. Chase Cooper is a star athlete and overachiever who seems to captivate the entire town of Pleasantview. Bitter rivals since Isaac moved to Florida last fall, the pair's worst nightmare comes true when they get stuck together on a Spring Break cross-country road trip from hell with fellow seniors Connor and Skye. Enduring everything from roach motels to car trouble and even a touch of food poisoning, the group faces roadblock after roadblock as tensions run high. Arguments are had, secrets are revealed, and relationships are challenged...but through it all, an unexpected bond develops that threatens to shake up the status quo and change the group's dynamic forever. A coming-of-age story about friendship, love, loss and hope.
π§ As of 12/5/2025, Road to Rockdale is around 75% complete with 41 chapters. 24 are currently published, and the rest will be re-published soon! I recently went through and made some major rewrites to the first few chapters to bring them up to a higher quality, and as a result all of the subsequent chapters were unpublished so I could go through and make sure every detail is consistent. I'm still working through the chapters and re-publishing them as I make small edits, but should have them all up within the next few weeks or so. Beyond that, I don't have a definite timeline to finish writing the rest of the story, but I'm aiming for Spring 2026.
β οΈ CONTENT ADVISORY: Please be advised that this story is PG-13 and contains profanity, light alcohol and drug (vaping/marijuana) use, sexual themes, mild violence and crude humor.
β οΈ TW: Kidnapping, homophobia/transphobia, mental health struggles (including loss of family members, depression, and anxiety), alcoholism, blackmail, drowning. If you have specific questions about triggers before reading, please feel free to ask.