Coming Soon: Whirlwind Romance AU
Whirlwind (noun): someone or something characterized by great energy or swiftness, often with an atmosphere of chaos.
Romance (noun): feelings or demonstrations of love or desire, especially idealized love.
Whirlwind Romance: a passionate and intense relationship that develops rapidly, often characterized by a strong emotional connection and a sense of urgency.
“[…] and I turn away when my face gets hot, and for some reason, Mya’s face gets red, too.” [Page 23, Chapter 3, Missing pieces.]
“The sound of girls laughing wafts over my head […]
[...] one of them says, ‘I dare you to go say hi,’ [...]
The shortest one emerges […] then brushing the hair from her face to wave to me. I recognize Mya and wave back […]” [Page 46, Chapter 5, Missing Pieces.]
“‘So if you eat farts, does that mean you burp farts, too? Is that why you always smell so bad?’
Mya flushes pink and glances at me.” [Page 98, Chapter 11, Missing Pieces.]
“‘Mya, what the—? Why are you here?’ I sputter.
‘I left you a message,’ she says, looking betrayed, like I should have known it was her writing me a note […]” [Page 150, Chapter 15, Missing Pieces.]
Whirlwind Romance is a story that covers middle school romance and loss in a reimagination of the “Hello Neighbor” series of books.
Read the story of Nicky Roth, an inauspicious man that finds himself stuck with his traumatic past while having to deal with daily challenges of being an adult in the present. Seeking advice, Nicky attends weekly therapy sessions that soon show to be mostly fruitless.
But fate doesn’t turn its back to him. When all seems worst, Nicky starts to practice the activity of writing his own emotions, rather than directly expressing them. He reluctantly complies, and soon each page of an ordinary notebook contains extraordinary recollections of a failed past.
And so—with each entry—Nicky connects the pieces back together and gradually learns how to move on.
Or does he?
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Story written entirely by one person. You can tell I had fun finding and picking those excerpts from the original book. It will all come sooner than you think...
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