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Tranquil Falls

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Reads 2,243
Votes 174
Parts 25
Time 4h 2m

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Gatlin Arlington has been keeping a dark secret about his best friend Taylor. It weighs heavy on him, even after Taylor took his own life. The Arlington family took Taylor in after his parents were killed in a boating accident, but as Taylor settled into the Arlington family and began to face his grief, he began to find outlets to relieve that grief.

Now, Gatlin is left behind and has to learn to live with the trauma he has survived while carrying the secret no one alive knows. And as people keep pressuring Gatlin to get back on the straight and narrow, he begins to feel like his world is spiraling out of control. Plagued by suicidal thoughts and depression, Gatlin has to fight if he wants to live.

But sometimes...the darkness is too thick to cut through.

**Trigger warning: alcohol, drugs, sex, suicide, abuse, and rape.All Rights Reserved

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