To all my incredible readers who’ve stuck with me through heartbreak, chaos, and the emotionally scarring events of Chapter 35 (yes, I’m still not sorry)
You’ve walked beside me for over ten years. Through every gut-punch and plot twist. Through grief, rage, and that one time you all threatened to throw me into the sun.
So here’s the question:
Would you follow me into something original if I told you Riley will be coming back?
New world.
Same names you know and love.
But this time
He lives.
(For a while anyway 😏)
I’ve finally found my love for writing again. These original projects I’ve been quietly building for years are coming together faster than I ever expected and they’re just as full of heart, heat, grief, and chaos as the stories that brought us together.
Some basics to get you started on my original story :3
BLURB:
The world is not as it once was. Years ago, with The Collapse, entire cities started literally falling down and burning into the ground. Today, buildings are still falling, cities are still burning, and gangs have taken control of the wastelands left in the wake of destruction. After losing everything, Ari found a new home in one of those gangs… But how much does a place have to hurt you before you stop calling it home?
CHARACTERS:
*Ari (she/her): Late 20s. Fighter in Adrien's gang. Adrien's protegée. Loyal, hardworking, good-natured, insecure. POV character.
So don't go running from my loving everything's gonna be alright
When you and I crystallize
Crystallize, crystallize
Oh-oh whoa
And now that we are suddenly
Able to take ourselves away
Want you to know I won't let go
Baby I got you all the way
When you don't know if you should go or stay
You only have to turn my way
Baby you can always count on me
Just come and look deep into my eyes, crystallize
So don't go running from my loving everything's gonna be alright
When you and I crystallize
Feel the light
In the darkness
When it's all a mess
And when you're swimming Through a sea of broken promises
You can find me
Shining like a laser beam
Songwriter:
Baby you can always count on me
Just come and look deep into my eyes, crystallize
So don't go running from my loving everything's gonna be alright
When you and I crystallize
Devonte Hynes / Kylie Ann Minogue / Scott David Hoffman
SongFacts:
"Crystallize" is a song by Australian artist Kylie Minogue. It was written by Minogue, Dev Hynes and Scott Hoffman. The song was originally recorded for Minogue's 2014 album Kiss Me Once, but did not make it into the final cut. "Crystallize" was released on May 26, 2014 as a charity single for the One Note For Cancer fundraiser.
In the United Kingdom, "Crystallize" debuted and peaked at number 60 with 3,278 copies sold, but fell out of the top 100 the following week. The song made it into the top 40 of the charts in Flanders and Wallonia. In Spain, the song charted at number 44 in the top 50. In Ireland and France, the song was less successful, charting at numbers 88 and 139, respectively.