Just friends
xPoetka
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xPoetka
Ongoing, First published Mar 31, 2022
Mature
anxietybestfriendsdepressiondistancehatelongpastlovememoriesmentalhealthromance
Once Emily Penrose returns to her hometown, she sets herself a new major goal in her life: succeed in her dream career that she had worked for so hard all her life. Fresh start was all she hoped for, but all the familiar places and heartbreaking memories from her past cross her plans. Soon her world comes crashing down when she meets her old friend, the very same one who had made her leave the hometown in first place. 
Will she be able to get over the past and move on with her dreams?
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Dream Catcher

27 parts Complete Mature

Alex Carver always thought himself to be borderline average. He doesn't have that many friends and he's raised by a single mother. It's not until he gets acquainted with Mae Park, that he re-thinks that theory completely. When Mae disappears Alex Carver is about to find out just how extraordinary his life can get. One where dream catchers are living breathing humans, people dissappear under strange circumstances, and nightmares bring him closer to the truth than he could ever imagine. What happened to Mae Park? And what could all of this have to do with him? Turns out, average, is just an understatement.

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