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Against the Universe

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Reads 20,005
Votes 647
Parts 22
Time 3h 34m

Mature

Grover Simmings sometimes wishes he were dead.

Still in rehabilitation from a disfiguring suicide attempt, he's determined to reclaim his autonomy and hide his literal and metaphorical scars from everyone, but struggles to battle the darkness that almost took his life over a year ago.  

Maddie Lambert just wants to feel normal again. 

After a car crash leaves her unable to walk and tears her family apart, she tries her best to adapt to the changes and recover her sunny disposition, but finds herself spiralling into loneliness and anxiety.

When Grover and Maddie meet in their last year of sixth form, they find solace in each other's company, and together embark on a complicated journey of recovery, heartbreak, and self-acceptance. 

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[Rewriting as of 2022] 

HR: #328 in Teen Fiction - 11/12/17All Rights Reserved

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In The Time We Had

Seventeen-year-old Tate Jameson has known more pain than most. After losing her mother and enduring life with an abusive, alcoholic father, she decides to leave home in search of a better future and help for her dad. Along her journey, she meets Finnlan Bryce, a nineteen-year-old battling his own demons of mental health struggles and the recent loss of his beloved grandfather. As Tate and Finn embark on a series of small adventures, they find solace and love in each other. But as they navigate their fragile worlds, the path ahead holds unexpected and heart-wrenching turns.