Status: On-going
Rose Celeste Salvaterra is the only unica hija of her Mom and Dad. She knows in her heart that she would do anything for her family that she loves. She's the very talented girl of the Salvaterra clan. She's got it all. Brain, beauty, and the best family. Adored by many, loved by all. She's perfect in the eyes of everybody, except for her own. Because she knows that nothing could ever be perfect. Especially when she started falling in love for the first time and realizes the obstacles she has to push through. That the happy life that she ever so protects might disappear. That if she goes all out to the people she cares about, it will all go away the moment she chooses her own happiness. That's why she can't sacrifice this family that she loves. But then again, some love are too hard to let go. Too beautiful to keep. She knows that nothing could ever be perfect, not even herself, her life, or this family she holds onto so tight. But this one love, she hoped for it to be one. Hope. One thing she can only wish for.
Rose has a gentle but fierce heart. She'll fight for the love she only ever had and known. Even if she loses the only one she hopes to be hers. But if she fights for it, how possible is it that nobody will get hurt? Will she be ready to lose everything if she chooses him? Is love enough to sacrifice all that she had? For a love that isn't hers? Because if you fight for a love you badly want to own, if you're holding it so tightly fearing that it will slip away, was it ever really yours to love in the first place?
#260 in Teenfiction (July 26, 2023)
#247 in Teenfiction (September 18, 2023)
Date Started: July 16, 2023
Date Completed:
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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