Loosely based off of my interpretation of the song Roman Holiday by Halsey.
(Multiple ships) Bertolt Hoover's life had been rather happy. His family was in tact, his adoptive brother was a good friend of his, and everyone loved him. He had grown up in the church along with his friends and never found himself doing anything wrong. Being one of the nicest people around, him and Marco were given the responsibility to welcome every new student when they arrived. Reiner Braun was a bad kid, and was rather rude to those around him. Bertolt had never been a social person, but Reiner just seemed like he needed a friend.
Disclaimers: This story will contain the following; homophobic slurs, the belief system of Christianity, harsh language at times, possibly triggering thoughts or statements, mentions of suicide may occur, there will be sex scenes between two male characters, there may be some actions that could be related to abuse or bullying. If anything else is to occur that I did not mention here I will put a warning for those of which may be offended. The thoughts, statements, and actions are those of the characters and do not reflect my personal beliefs.
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edit* there is ereri as a side ship in these side stories, this story was written many years ago when I was very young so please don't comment hateful things about it. I understand why it is not a good ship, but I am not going to remove things because that sounds hard
Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
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Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
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Cover designed by Holly Thurston