Ode to Remedy

WARNING! - This story contains really dark themes you may not want to read if you are sensitive to such things!

Markus Hathaway is a college freshman struggling to balance the stress of a faltering relationship with what he considers his sanity. Waning sleep schedules, alcohol, and the constant, lingering desire for escapism. Still, he displays a mask of false emotion and wishes the best. It was as if he was determined to find out how long he'd last.
Valentine Low is a nineteen year-old desperately and restlessly attempting to work to prove that he isn't completely futile. Though he wasn't exactly sure who he trying to prove that to. His own tormentingly conflicting thoughts, perhaps. They often doubted him, which caused him to doubt often. But that was all until he had been diagnosed with a Panic Disorder.
That was until it really began.