It's been just about a month since the disaster. Many have died, and those who haven't have been separated into two groups: Corrupts and survivors.
Dawn, a loner, has closed herself off from the other survivors since the disaster. She has a habit of pushing people away, and has refused to truly have a team mate through all of this. When a plan and a small mistake leads her to run into Quinn, she begrudgingly has to allow the other survivor along. Dawn now has to learn how to open up and communicate with someone all over again.
Quinn had been separated from her party and has been surviving by the skin of her teeth, and has been on edge of people breaking in to her makeshift base and ruining her survival chances. When that does happen, Quinn decides that for the sake of both of their survival, that she will accompany Dawn to keep them both alive. It's a lot more difficult when your team mate won't open up to you or cooperate as well. It'll just be something to work on.
Trigger Warning: There will be talks of blood, guts, adult activities, and suicide at times, if any of these make you uncomfortable please read cautiously or not at all.
Inspired by "The Enemy" By Charlie Higson, I highly recommend you read it.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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