One Day At A Time - Revised Edition
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Ava Graham, an autistic teenager with a passion for dragons, fantasy, and "The Elderscrolls V: Skyrim."
Lilly Miller, Ava's best friend since childhood, who has a love for the outdoors and a habit of getting high to take the edge off things. (Not that her overbearing- let's use that word- mother cares, or knows)
Since middle school, Lilly has had a not-so-small crush on Ava, a crush that Ava herself is oblivious to.
Though one thing leads to another, a Christmas party is had, and Ava experiences one of the strangest parts of life, something that's never really crossed her mind: love and what it's like to fall in it.
But she doesn't rush anything, she's never been the type to rush. Through the good days and the bad, through sunshine and rainy days, she takes everything one day at a time.
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-I do not own any form of media, such as games or songs, that are referenced in this story. Those belong to their respective owners.
-This book was written by a queer, autistic author :)
Originally written in the Spring of 2022, then released the following Summer, I wrote this story at one of my lowest points in life, but have since reached a much happier place. I wrote this revised version with the utmost love for the lost, lonesome teenager who originally drafted it, and for the adult who is coming back to it, having undergone so much growth in so many ways, and who is continuing to grow every day.
Word Count: 49,938
Trigger Warnings:
•Homophobic language
•Minor ableism
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