Never Meant For It To Get This Good

Catfish and the Bottlmen AU

Note: there is drug use, drinking, sexual scenes, mild depictions of violence, and swearing

"Are you sure this is safe?" I ask, hands gripping the cold ladder, continuing to climb.
"Safe, yes. Legal, no" Abby says with a laugh, reaching her hand down to pull me up and on to the rooftop platform. I stumble a bit, falling into her, and grip her arms steadying myself. It's dark, but I can make out the freckles on her cheeks, and see the flecks of gold in her piercing ice blue eyes. She holds my gaze, and I blush, realizing I'm still holding her arms.
"Turn around," she says, nodding behind me.
I do as she says, and inhale sharply, taking in the beautiful sight in front of me
"Welcome to Seattle, Van"

Or: depressed 16 year old Van McCann moves from his small, sheltered town in Wales, to the pulsing, electric, bustling city of Seattle in the Pacific Northwest.
He meets his neighbor, mysterious, intriguing, and very beautiful 17 year old Abby Sage, and her hilarious, bandana wearing 15 year old brother, Larry.
They bond over music, and art, and Abby introduces Van to her best friends, Bondy, Bob and Benji. As their friendship grows, Van slowly starts falling for the fiery, white haired, doe eyed girl, somewhere between the late night adventures, 4 hour phone calls, and hand written notes left in his notebooks