But he's here, in his room. Doing the one thing he really shouldn't be doing the night before his first day. Stressing. Someone better come and save Jake before he internally dies and vanishes into the depths of the earth. Or; Jake, a new transfer student that has only just moved from Australia to come and live in some washed up town in Washington, goes through a series of unbelievable events that range from odd to life-threatening, which also ends up to the point where Jake gets undeniably stuck between the tight, warm embrace of fate. ** cross posted on ao3 under the same name!!