Did you fall, or did you let go? | DEH - TreeBros

Evan has severe social anxiety. His mother struggles to communicate with him but still urges him before he leaves for school to make friends by asking people to sign his cast.

Connor tends to isolate himself. His family berates him about being high before going to school, and in the argument, his mother realizes her family is falling apart.

[TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide mention, self deprecation, foul language, self harm, drugs]

A/N: The AU where Connor doesn't kill himself but instead helps comfort Evan with his problems, while struggling to open up about his own.