A writing prompt caught my eye "Start your story with a sentence that is genuinely happy and upbeat, no double meanings. End it with the same sentence but this time it's chilling, dark, horrifying etc."
(Yo, writing club kids, this is the story.)
Two people are connected in a way that they can't even imagine. A profound connection that leads both of them to recovery in the face of mental illness and abuse.
They both stand through the storm, letting their sadness infect them and sicken them, much like a cancer, but they manage to recover, but how?