upcoming british artist oliver knowles, who's stage name is knowlz, is proposed an opportunity of flying out to the states to write his debut album with a few producers in los angeles, and is offered free five star accommodation for as long as he stays. whilst on his stay in the states, one of the main producers he works with, ryan tedder, unintentionally introduces him to his new infatuation;
tatum rosner 'tate' mcrae.
tate becomes the light in oliver's life. oliver, coming from a broken family, coming from 'the streets', coming from poverty and selling drugs at only fifteen to fend for himself and his younger siblings whilst his mother dosed herself on all the drugs she could find, struggling without the presence of his father.
tate, coming from a stable family, with her parents both present, in oliver's eyes she was one of the 'snobs' who had everything. yet they both shared the struggle with mental health issues, oliver being diagnosed with bpd at the age of sixteen.
tate and oliver, whilst complete opposites both music wise and personality wise, find themselves in a year long situationship with more ups and downs than a roller coaster at thorpe park, yet both manage to find themselves collaborating on an album with songs written dedicated to each other and their situation.
but what will the outcome be?
this story contains heavy topics including: mental illnesses (bpd, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, ptsd), struggles with eating disorders, drug and alcohol addiction/abuse, mentions of self harm, sexual references, adult humour, smut (soft to heavy-ish), violent scenes and references. if anything in this list may be sensitive to you, i suggest you click off immediately.
"Why are you acting so weird?"
"Well, you're kind of naked." I say matter-of-factly.
"Nothing you haven't seen before." Sky says casually.
I feel a blush rise to my cheeks. He does remember. Sky never talks about that time.
"You remember." I mumble.
"Chase, I can't hear you from all the way over there.."
I walk into the bathroom feeling awkward and like I'm intruding on his privacy or something. But Sky just keeps on showering like nothing's going on.
× × ×
Chase and Sky had sex.
It happened two years ago on a whim.
Sky (who's also the father of Chase's niece) seems to have forgotten all about it.
Chase definitely hasn't.
Anxious loner Chase Chambers was never popular in high school. In his third year, this suddenly changes. As the girls begin to notice him, he begins to notice an emptiness inside. Desperate for real connection Chase seeks it in the darkest of places.
Oliver Sky, Chase's longtime crush and sister's baby daddy goes through his own struggles as he reconnects with a ghost of the past.
Chase and Sky help each other through difficult times and grow unbelievably close.
...Maybe even too close.
Love, trauma and a complicated family.
The story of Ghosts of the Past continues.
=TRIGGER WARNING: Depression (and everything surrounding it), abuse and more=