Sweet Descent

After 8 years away, Lucas has returned to Shelburne Falls for one too many reasons. He's grown bored with his life, and although he's more successful than ever, he's missing the passion he used to feel about his career. The secrets he uncovered about his late father still haunt him and have created a rift with his widowed mother. But mostly, he still dreams of the girl he left behind and craves to discover who she has grown to be.

After 8 years of silence, Quinn has learned to live with the ghost of a man she knows will never return. She's stayed busy with school, her business, and a boyfriend or two, but there's a hole in her heart she fears will never be filled. Surrounded by her family and feeling the weight of their growing concern, she knows it's time to move on from her fantasies and actually start living.

Sweet Descent is a reimagined fan fiction story based on Penelope Douglas' "Next to Never"