The light was switched off, leaving the room dark and somewhat eerie. There was no noise except for the soft gust of wind blowing through the cracked window, the only sign that someone occupied the room being the dark silhouette in the corner.
Nico rocked back in forth in the dark room, his knees where pulled up to his chest and his head hid in between them. Nico's hands where shaky and his heart rate sporadic, he took deep slow breaths, desperately trying to regulate his breathing before he had a full on panic attack.
What had he done?! He hadn't meant to- he hadn't been trying to cut that deep! Nico shakily looked down at his blood covered wrist, he needed to stop the bleeding, he wasn't ready to die!
Sobs racked his body as he started to go light headed, he wasn't ready, he wasn't ready to go.
And that when his door swung open, and Nico had never been more happy to see the ravened haired girl.
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Meet Nico di Angelo, foster kid, diagnosed with depression, anxiety, anorexia, and schizophrenia.
Nico enjoys music, drawing, being alone, and talking to his sister- who, by the way, is dead.
Nico's got this foster sister, who is pretty ok in his opinion. She has good music taste, a pretty unique style, seems to actually tolerate his existence, and he's starting to think she may actually care about him too.
Nico's got a lot of shit going on in his life right now, everything from mental breakdowns to that annoying sexy straight guy at Starbucks, the last thing he needs is a crush on his foster sister. But the world must really hate him, cause that's exactly what he gets.
Overthinking makes the voices in your head imminent and you begin to listen to them. You listen to them because they are the only thing there,the only thing telling you how it is.
So you believe what they say; believe you're not worth the good things, believe you deserve the negative things that happen to you, believe that you could have stopped a bad incident from happening and believe it was your fault
And that belief grows, it grows unto depressed thoughts and feelings and you start sinking until you become a shadow of your former self
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Alexa sees life as a gloomy abyss of darkness
Yes,she moved to a new city in a new state but it didn't change the mistake she did.
Her past which was filled with colour is a contrast to her present bleak life
The voices speak for her,her nightmares are a reminder and her attacks are her punishments
Or so... she believes
Blaze doesn't think his life is anything than his version of perfect
He has a girlfriend,he is surrounded by two friends he would do anything for and his grades are always...perfect
Until Alexa barges into his version of a perfect life and unravels the imperfections.
But she's not the only one unraveling imperfections
He sees the fear in her eyes,he feels a sense of protection over her and one question clouds his mind
Who is Alexa Magnus and what happened to her?
They'll both need help, care, confrontations from the past, patience, friendship and as they navigate through this roller coaster, they'll find discoveries that'll leave them shocked at the end.
Trigger warning: Incidents of self harm is mentioned.
Cover by @saphire_skye
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