Alternate Ground

Loving and feeling isn't something Idthen wants, it was what caused his downfall. Deep into the past, he learned that love was the one thing ruining his life whilst fixing everyone else's. Though Idthen doesn't like his past, everyone has to have a beginning, and this is his.

Idthen and Opal are best friends, always have been. After Idthen's 5th birthday though, things begin to spiral downhill. With Opal wanting a better life and Idthen only digging himself into deeper holes, it's a matter of time before their friendship falls apart. Though maybe... he wanted something else?

All of that is lies take this instead:

When a man loses something it's hard to really grasp reality back in its full capacity. Losing a mother, then a father, then a friend, Idthen is losing the last of his mind. Even when she comes back, and love shows warmth that he's never felt, everything feels fragile. Easily shattered like a whiskey bottle, like the one's he always seems to have nearer than his broken family.