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Ongoing, First published Apr 19, 2022
Mature
Juniper Katz is a determined artist and an absolutely hopeless romantic. She was desperate to leave her past behind her to forget about her ex-best friend, but he is just as determined as her. He wanted to show her his point of view. 

He wanted to be her muse.



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I tried to make my way down the narrow hallway, but I heard the door creak open and a hand gently grab onto my forearm. I should've made a run for it, I knew he was going to follow me out --- He's too determined.

I ripped my arm out of his hold and took a defensive step back. "Why do you keep bothering me?" I exclaimed with my hands, far past exasperated at this point. I know, another stupid question on my part. But like I said, momentary lapse in judgment. He doesn't know when to quit.
    "I want to talk to you, Juniper!" He gestured his hands out to me. He was out of breath, like all of this stress came crashing down on him at once.
    "Fuck you. You lost that opportunity a long time ago." I said harshly. I felt bad for cursing at him, but part of me said he deserves it. I turn to walk away from him, but he grabs my arm again and pulls me closer to him and his chest. I was on the verge of crying, and if he didn't stop now, tears would spill out of my eyes.
    "There's a lot you don't know, Juniper." He said seriously. My eyes widened a bit. "You don't know the whole story."
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64 Pack of Juniper

8 parts Ongoing Mature

After three weeks of her high school sweetheart strangely acting like the biggest asshole towards her, Juniper's boyfriend breaks up with her and seemingly that's the end of that. Embarrassed, heart broken, and unsure what to do, Juniper says nothing to her friends about the breakup, not three days later when Abel makes it official by dropping off everything she ever gave him, and not two days after that when they're forced into each other's proximity for their friend group's weekly game night. Strangely enough, Juniper finds out that Abel has ALSO not said anything to his friends about the breakup. The biggest reason? Abel's best friend just so happens to also be Juniper's big brother. What would Hayden do once he found out about their breakup? Would he and Abel still be friends? Would Juniper WANT them to still be friends? They'd been friends twice as long as Juniper and Abel had dated. Hayden would drop Abel in a heartbeat for his sister, but he would be just as heartbroken as her. She didn't want that. But she didn't want to be stuck seeing Abel all the time after what he'd said to her either. Juniper agreed to not tell Hayden about their breakup until they were both ready. But that meant, they'd have to still act like a couple- like the couple they were before- in order for Hayden not to find out. As the 'pretending' goes on, and neither one of them seems closer to being 'ready', both Juniper and Abel start to wonder if Hayden is the only reason the other person won't let go.