"Is it worth it?"
"Is what worth it?"
"Sacrificing everything that's good in your life for a couple of pills."
Raphael's ignorant words caused Pierre's body to shake with the laughter that ripped through him.
"Everything that's good in my life? Clearly you do not know what my life consists of."
TW!/ This story contains substance abuse, substance addiction, overdose, suicide, self harm, eating disorders, child neglect, transphobia, and abuse. These topics are HEAVILY PLAYED OUT! viewer discretion is advised.
BOOK THREE
Ben Morris never meant to become the center of anything.
He's used to orbiting - around friends, around drama, around people louder and brighter than him. Julian and Paul have always been that kind of gravity in his life: familiar, steady, a little chaotic.
But this year feels different.
Closer. Charged.
Lines blur, loyalties shift, and suddenly Ben is caught in a place he never expected to be: noticed.
[experimental, could be read first but will allude a lot to the previous books]