[TW: Abuse!] [Scroll to bottom for ship.] Y/n, Alexa, and Katie have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Then, Alexa got cancer. Y/n and Katie make it their top priority to make sure that Alexa never has to go through anything alone. However, Y/n and Katie share something that's not particularly pleasant. Anxiety. Pretty bad anxiety, too. Y/n and Katie have both social and general anxiety. Y/n struggles with social anxiety so bad, she sometimes gets nervous to the point of being temporarily mute. She has a very slight stutter. Sometimes, she has panic attacks over meeting new people. Not only that, but her general anxiety often keeps her awake at night. She also suffers from depression. Katie's anxiety is pretty unpleasant, too. She worries over a lot of minor things that seem major in her mind. Y/n and Katie help one another with eachother's anxiety, while also helping Alexa with anything and everything she's going through, as well. On their first day of high school, Y/n meets someone with worse social anxiety than her. He has a much worse stutter than her, and he's cute. Not only that, but he's also a cinnamon roll! She ends up falling for him, and hopes that he feels the same way about her. Later, she finds out something horrible that he's going through at home. She does everything she can to help, but with her severe anxiety, there are some limitations. [Eric Derekson x reader]