! NOT A CATFISH THEORY FIC !
BADEGG, a self-proclaimed title for a self-proclaimed boy.
HEAVENSNOEL, a romantic title for a romantic boy.
To be a flamboyant salmon in a school of carp, you got to stick with your intuition. Ride that tide like it's the only thing holding you back from happiness, and sail through it.
That is, unless you are Noel Gruber, and the only other salmon to romance is the reflection in the water. Noel Gruber, the only queer in Uranium. He had to fit in, hope the river of life rides him into an offspring where all the happy salmon lives. But like his mother says, stick in more. Cut out that nail polish and the little flags on your backpack. Like his classmates say, "Yo, you got to check out this new beat!" Basically, the same thing.
For Mischa Bachinski, he is a carp that needs to act like a salmon to get out of the harm of living in Ukraine. He needs to jump into a spare pond to save him and his mother. What better way to lead him out of Ukraine than music. Live tours, travel busses, money and the sweet feeling of the absence of famine. So, he boots up his old Windows Vista and starts making the most.. ..interesting beats of his life.
What happens next is called the fate of the internet algorithm.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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