Bruised Knuckles
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[boyxboy] [#143 in teen fiction] [completed]
*TW: Trauma, death, drugs, bullying, attempted suicide*
His parents are drug addicts and alcoholics.
His brother is in a gang.
His sister doesn't talk much.
He plays baseball and knows how to stand up for himself.
What's one more thing added to the list going to do? A lot.
Orion is gay, and that one little uncontrollable identity pushes him over the edge, when it should set him free.
Cover thanks to @-normality
Completed 12/16/2016 @ 4:49 PM EST
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