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Ely's Guide to Saving the World

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Reads 82
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Parts 16
Time 4h 4m

No one knows the meaning of keeping things bottled up like Ely does. On the outside, he seems like he has it all together, albeit being cold and reserved. But on the inside? On the inside he's a mess of frayed lines and edges that causes him to feel uneasy in his own skin. 

Unable to find a healthy way to deal with the aftermath of the physical abuse at the hands of his father, he's found that keeping everything about himself; his pain, his depression, his anxiety, and even his sexuality, away from his best friend Grant, bottled up works best. Ely knows Grant would go to the moon and back for him, but he can't even begin to spill all of the secrets he's come to possess. Instead, he turns to a journal to siphon things out helping to take the edge off as much as possible. Things for Ely begins to look up as more people try and worm their way into his bubble, and even his heart.  

However, when his dad begins trying to come back into his life with promises of being a changed man, the bottle begins to break, and so does Ely. Slowly, the world around him begins to close in and it's taking everything he can not to shatter into pieces, like the force of his fists that have begun to find vestiges in walls near him.All Rights Reserved

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