Lessons in Falling (A Tyler Joseph Fanfic)
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Tyler Joseph. A star basketball player at his high school, and an all-around popular guy.
Erin Brady. Known to her classmates as the perfect student with above average grades, but also as the quiet girl who nobody really talks to.
On paper, the two of them are worlds apart. But Tyler and Erin are surprisingly connected, because of the long-standing friendship between their moms. When Tyler's mom asks Erin to tutor him so that he can achieve good grades, and combine them with his basketball scholarship to get into college, Erin has no choice but to accept. Her mom tells her she has to do it, plus Tyler's mom says she will pay her, and she needs the money for her own college fund. She doesn't know how she'll deal with having to spend so much time with Tyler though, when they seemingly have nothing in common.
But when Erin actually gets to know Tyler, she soon finds that there is much more to him than meets the eye. Behind the cool guy act that he puts on for everyone at school hides a smart, sweet individual, who is also battling inner demons nobody knows about. Soon an unlikely friendship begins to emerge between the two of them, and what started out as after school study sessions turns into deep late-night conversations and sharing secrets.
Is it just a friendship, though? Or could their connection be something more?
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