[ Re;New Ver. of a friend's 'everywhere at the end of time' ( with permission! and requested not to link the original.) ]
Trigger Warning.
Death, strong language, and just overall depression.
Cecil Acker, a 70-year-old man in his retiring phase, goes for a stroll one fine morning. A few minutes pass, he's walking down the street when he hears sirens approaching in the distance. He brushes it off, it happens every day.
But the ambulances quickly drive by, and into the driveway of a house on his road. Cecil knew the lady who lived there, it was Janice, the sweetest little old Catholic lady he had ever met. No, no, no, that can't be right. This can't be happening.
Cecil runs, runs as fast as his aging legs can run. He spotted, in his blurry vision, Janice being carried away by the medical professionals, and then, it happened.
He tripped, fell, and then, in an instant, he was on the ground. His vision slowly started to fade to black as he slipped into unconsciousness.
And just like that, he woke up suddenly, drenched in sweat, in a hospital bed, surrounded by doctors.
Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
*****
Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
[[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]
Cover designed by Holly Thurston