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Complete, First published Aug 23, 2015
Mature
Woodstock, 1994.

Collin Grey doesn't belong in the fluorescent lit future that haunts her. 

A safe, quiet life that fits like someone else's jacket.  The cookie cutter American dream.

She doesn't quite belong in the chaos, either. 

So when her best friend drags her to a muddy music festival halfway across the country, she goes, not to rebel, just to breathe.

She's not looking to be found. Especially not by Billie Joe Armstrong.

He's the kind of alive that makes her nervous grinning through the wreckage, loud without apology. The lead singer of a band she barely listens to, the kind of person who sees right through people like her: the quiet ones. The scared ones. The ones who want more but don't know how to ask.

When a rainstorm turns the festival into a swamp of music and chaos, Collin is forced to face everything she's been avoiding, herself included.  

But Billie? He's not just a distraction. He might be the reckoning. For all his noise, listens in a way no one else ever has. 
 
He doesn't try to fix her. He just sees her.

It's not a love story. 

Not yet.

But it's the start of something. Something messy & loud.

Something real.

[completed - fka castaway]  
[started 2015, rewrite x2]


𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜:

This book contains strong language, alcohol and drug use, sexual content, mental health struggles, and references to suicide and suicidal thoughts. 

Reader discretion is advised.

𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧:

This story takes place in the '90s. While the timeline of tours, releases, and events may not be perfectly accurate, care was taken to keep it as close to reality as possible.

All original characters and storylines are the intellectual property of the author. This excludes the real life figures of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, who are used here in a fictional context. I do not claim ownership of any music referenced.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. If you suspect
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