((This is the edited, re-written version of a story I wrote back when I was in my early teens called "Emo Meets Emo: A Gay Love Story. I've changed some stuff around, updated, juggled, etc. The old version is posted under it's original name. Feel free to read it if you wish, but it's only three chapters long. The other chapters were deleted somehow. This is the story I will be working on instead of the old version. Please Enjoy. And don't be afraid to let me know what you think.))
Jason is an average youth of this generation of tattoos and piercings. He is tall and slender, his skin covered in ink. He's smart, sarcastic, and brutally honest, almost to a fault.
But at 17, almost 18, he's being sent away.
From London to upstate New York, where Jason has been enrolled in a private boarding school; Gold Bar Boarding School.
His parents were sending him away for something he didn't even have control over. If they wanted him gone, fine. He wasn't going back.
And he'd be damned if he was going to stay at this school. As soon as his 18th birthday came around he was going to get the hell out of there as fast as his feet could carry him, and nothing was going to stop him.
As least that is what he thought.
But what happens when he gets there and is reunited with people he thought he had forgotten; a guy who had tormented him, and a boy he had been in love with for years?
What he finds in this out-of-the-way boarding school is enough to make this school year one to remember.
With an old crush, an old enemy, a new rival, and a love triangle in the mix, Senior year at Gold Bar Boarding School For Troubled Boys is going to be an exciting time.
With secrets, passion, betrayal, friends, sorrow, and even some love, what's in store for one young man like Jason? What secrets will be revealed, which fires get fanned, which passions will burn hot, or smolder and go out... Which man will Jason choose?
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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