"Go to hell," Zeus snarled, his brown eyes narrowed into slits.
"Where the fuck do you think I came from?" Nika laughed dryly.
Scars wrapped around their arms, hidden beneath tattooed illusions and cruel smirks. Anger clouds their eyes. Blood stains the bathroom tiles and cigarette smoke paints the walls. Silence engulfs the bedrooms. The students mask their fear with terrifying emotions, afraid of letting their true colors show.
Because at Meadowsville High, a pair of metaphorical handcuffs encircle their wrists, a haunting memory of their pasts.
Warning: sexual themes, mentions of abuse, alcohol, drugs, selfharm, sleep disorders, eating disorders, and panic attacks.
The characters will cry more than most do on Wattpad, they will hit rock bottom, they will break down, and they will feel like they're suffocating. If this bothers you in any way, refrain yourself from reading.
Clay is traumatised by his past and becomes cold and emotionless, hurting himself to feel something while his life is filled with emptiness. His parents are hopeless and don't know how to help him anymore while he games all day and skips school.
George struggles with an eating disorder and seeks help on the wrong sites, meeting a coach who is "eighteen" years old. George trusts him and ends up sending him pictures of himself without anything on, not realising the terrible effects of this.
His escape is to game as well, meeting an emotionless person who appears to have a soft spot for him. Will they be able to help each other?
Warnings:
-Eating disorder/body dysmorphia (anorexia)
-Grooming/manipulation/fat shaming
-Suicide attempt (overdose)
-Self harm (blood)
-Panic attacks
-Kidnapping
-Bullying
-Abuse