"Two damaged people, trying to heal each other, is love."
—R. H. Sin
Self-destructive Jamie McNamara lives every day like it's his last. Parties, alcohol, drugs, nothing is too much to escape the control of his parents.
Miel Banks is a quiet homebody, drifting aimlessly through life.
When Jamie saves Miel from an incident with a bully, they form a deep platonic bond that will bind them together for life.
We Belong to the Void is an own voices story about queerness and disability, featuring a black main character with tourette's (written by an author with tourettes), two aromantic spec and bisexual main characters, an angsty gay to bi plotline, and a romance without the romance.
Content warnings for: alcohol and drug use/abuse, slightly mean drunk, suicidal ideation and an attempt, description of tics, and sexual content of an undecided level of graphicness.
Everything's beautiful. Everything's beautiful. Everything is just fine and beautiful.
Never mind that the world is a swirling mass all around me. Never mind that I can barely walk straight. Never mind that there's a hand around my wrist holding me in a vice-grip. Never mind that something deep inside me is telling me to run.
I am exactly where I'm meant to be. The only place where I can be.
———This work is in the public domain and anyone can do whatever they want with it.
"You can burn years away doing nothing, but there's beauty in that nothing because it's only a canvas."
「TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING」takes us all the way back to 2008, where skinny jeans, heavy music, and colored hair were abundant. This is where we meet the humble beginnings of Playing With Fire, who are stuck in a seemingly constant carousel of changing members with the exceptions of the brazenly eccentric Erin Edgars and perpetual womanizer Noah Haley.
Along with the duo that kept Playing with Fire glued together, we meet the complicated Mathew "Matty" Cullen, the talented guitarist and vocalist for the rapidly-ascending Hollower.
Then there was the key that brought together all three of the musicians. The formerly homeless, skateboard-wielding Alessa Howard. After a string of events at home, Alessa is all but left alone on the streets. While resorting to the only option she had to fill her stomach, she unwittingly follows the talented Mathew Cullen into the world of music, where she not only discovers her passion, but meets another few specials friends - and more.
But what happens when tragedy strikes the band?
Will they fall apart, or will they come back stronger than before? How will Alessa handle herself when her demons start returning to shore, will she trying to bury them again or will she face them head on? What will Alessa do when life decides to throw her another curveball, will she reject that curveball or will she accept it with open arms? Will time heal their wounds?
Can time truly change everything?