My Quarter Life Crisis | BxB
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At 21, Tom Harrison's life was supposed to be coming together-but instead, it's falling apart. Broke, drowning in college deadlines, and stuck in a soul-crushing job, he's barely holding it together. The future he's chasing feels more like a trap than a dream.
Between fleeting romances and gut-wrenching betrayals, Tom is forced to confront the harsh realities of love, identity, and adulthood. Every failure feels like the end of the world, and every success is just out of reach. But as he stumbles through heartbreak, chaos, and the weight of his own expectations, Tom begins to discover something bigger: the messy, beautiful truth about finding your place in the world in the midst of your twenties.
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Theme: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+, Romance, Coming of Age, Interracial
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