Jeremy Heere is a junior in high school, and all he wants is to survive. This turns out to be harder than he imagined seeing that his father is depressed, his mother left, he only has one friend, his crush doesn't know that he exists, he faces bullying by his peers, and just wishes that someone would help him out. After a peer tells him about a pill he can take to help him, Jeremy takes it and it goes downhill from there. Michael Mell is a junior in high school, and all he wants is to be happy. He is tired of being stuck in an abusive household and he is trying to ignore the fact that he is crushing on his best friend of twelve years. After Jeremy gets into drugs, Michael has to decide if he will follow his friend and try to save him from himself, or if he will continue to be stuck in this cycle of terrible that is his life. (Also on AO3, called "Be More Chill, Two Person POV) (There is another part of this work, it is called "Loveb Irds" see story for more details) coverart by scribs