Life just can't get worse for Jennifer White, Austin Millards, and Deborah James. All are victims of bullies, and dealing with their own personal problems. Through all the layers of bad, each of them has their own way of relief and paradise. Together in each other's worlds in ways they've never noticed, these three will stand together in a world against them. Meet Deborah: So, how does it feel, having someone so close and blood-related to turn on you once intoxicated? Painful; Deborah James could tell you personally. Bruises cover her arms everyday, wearing long-sleeves to hide her life. But she's fierce, fiery and full of the fear she lives with; and sometimes she thinks, maybe one day, she'll be free of it all. Meet Austin: The weight, the braces, the loneliness. It all haunts Austin Millards every night, crying himself to sleep with the radio. Austin can't figure the secret to popularity, and can't pull himself to try. But every once in a while, life is giving and could Austin finally gain the social life he never had? Meet Jennifer: Illiterate, stupid, dumb, unfit; Jennifer White has been called all of these - only because a silly mind disorder has her plagued. Dyslexia. Jennifer ponders every day: "How could something so small, affect something so large?" Why should something like having problems interpreting words, turn the tables and she can't make any friends? It doesn't make sense. With one shadow of a thousand wounds, these three are under the radar together, unable to break the seam of judgement, to be themselves.
Mia Rives
18 year old Mia lost her parents in a tragic accident when she was 15. She found herself in an abusive relationship, shes lost in her own head, she doesn't know her worth. That all changes when she meets him. She keeps him separated from her pain, but will it last? Can he prove to her she's worthy of love before it's to late?
Aiden Becker
He's 19 and feels as though he's nothing on this earth. Aiden has a heart condition, when he was 8 years old he had a heart transplant and suddenly his body is starting to reject it. His parents are drunks and they abuse him. When he meets her he wants to shield her from his condition and his parents. He wants to put her first. Will he be able to keep his secret from her or will things turn crazy?
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"Aiden we can't do this, Im with Elliot." I say breathlessly. It's not him I'm trying to convince. It's me.
He grips my waist harder and gently pushes me against the sink "You mean that piece of shit who doesn't know how to show u real love, that piece of shit who I just beat into the concrete because he touched you without your permission?" His tone is deadly, he's angry and he's holding me like I'm the only thing that can calm him. He gently grabs my neck and brings our faces closer, I can feel his breath on my lips. He's trying to control himself, but I'm not sure if I want him too.
"You drive me fucking crazy Mia, and the thought of his hands on you makes me want to do very bad things to him." He pants out, slowly gliding his fingers along my birthmark. His hands are everywhere on me and I can't take the burning sensation in my lower stomach as his eyes bore into mine.
"Kiss me Aiden, touch me. Please just do something." I beg.
Trigger warning and mature themes⚠️
(Physical, mental and emotional abuse
(Drug abuse
(Suicidal and homicidal tendencies
(Sexual assault
(Blood, aggression.
Chapters that include these things will have a warning.
Started: December 28th, 2022
Finished: March 18th, 2023