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Against the Universe

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Time 3h 34m

Reads 19,935
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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