Unwanted publicity has taken a toll on the well known guitarist, Luke Hemmings. Since he is incapable to have a regular relationship, Luke has yet to have a normal date without the unpleasant feeling of being with a gold digger, or user. And after meeting the beautiful, yet ambivalent, Skylar, Luke hatches a plan to fool the girl into believing he has no connection with fame, in hopes he may find a girl who will truly accept him as a person and not a bank.
However, Luke would be living a lie as he becomes more involved with Skylar, and soon realizes he may like this girl more than he intended to.
Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
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Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
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Cover designed by Holly Thurston