Drowning Lessons
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  • Reads 1,688
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  • Parts 32
  • Time 7h 14m
Complete, First published Sep 09
Mature
7 new parts
Beautiful cover designed by @sulkytae 💖
Lola Miller works for The People Agenda, a non-profit dedicated to bettering the lives of everyone by working to unite the straight and LGBTQ plus communities, and she just got a big assignment to find a compelling story to turn into a series or movie. Lucky for her, the biggest story of the year falls right into her lap when her favorite band's lead singer, the world-famous Chris Ellington, is seen kissing another man in a hotel room in Spain. 

The road to landing this story for a greater cause is a bumpy one, and she feels the aftershocks of her quick decisions for months. While she works tirelessly to produce something the entire LGBTQ plus community can be proud of, she is faced with the need to confront her spiraling mental health and coping mechanisms head-on, or potentially miss out on her own budding love story.

🚨⚠️SENSITIVE THEMES INCLUDE: alcohol, sex (non-explicit talk and 2 explicit scenes), drugs, religion, grief, mental health disorders, infidelity
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