To See Me as You Do

#1 in MeandYou (06/14/25)
#5 in QuietBoy (07/09/25)
#4 in Quirky (02/24/26)
#1 in Smile (09/6/26)

*Mentions of Addiction/Abuse/Mental Health*

(Under the process of being rewritten/editted, OGs know what's up)

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Before I can help it, I grin ear to ear, and his softened gaze starts to fade. His eyes narrow into slits, "Don't you dare-"

"What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie?"

Instantly, Sawyer frowns, an unimpressed expression on his face. I smile, grabbing his cheeks and squishing them, "Don't make that face!!! C'mon, you gotta ask!! What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie?"

Glaring, he mutters, "We're not doing this shit, Mari-"

"Yes, we are!!" I let go of his face, "You ready?!!"

"No."

"I'm gonna say it."

"You better not-"

"SoFISHticated."

"You're an idiot."

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Senior year is coming up, and things seem normal. Friends are doing the usual, family is, well...familying, and life is as is. But after a chance encounter at a thrift shop, everything changes in a matter of seconds.

What happens when a broody boy meets a bubbly girl who suddenly brings color to a world he thought had permanently lost it?

Well two things occur:

1 - He isn't coping well, a little upset about it honestly.

And 2 -

He can't stop thinking about HER.

And to make it all the worse, she's suddenly everywhere.

Even at his school.

Started August 2023 - ????