A drag path, but it's Zoey ditching music because she wasn't worth choosing.
(An ongoing AO3 fanfiction)
Zoey—in her dorm room, having a mental breakdown, existential crisis, no matter what she did...
She was never enough. For anything. For Anyone.
Then some unspeakable entity—glowing threads, came. Enveloped her. Took her.
Zoey didn't notice.
...
She woke up. Felt like she's been asleep for a long time. Still face first on the desk.
Except.
This isn't her dorm room.
...
Well, It is undeniably her room. Instead of textbooks, Draft lyrics. Instead of her blank walls, album posters with her face. Instead of a single desk, a cabinet full of awards she doesn't recall having.
And there's a ring on her finger.
In the mirror. She's older. Different. Perfect.
"Hey. You."
Oh. My. God.
Rumi. The girl who turned her down in high school. The crush Zoey has never stopped thinking about.
The posters. The awards.
The ring.
If this is a dream. then it's the kind she doesn't want to wake up to.
Oh, and Mira's here too.
Zoey hyperfixated so hard she got Isekai'd into a world where her crush actually loves her back. (AND THEY'RE MARRIED YOUR HONOR)
⚠️MINORS DNI!! THIS FIC CONTAINS MATURE THEMES!! (Read the tags)⚠️
4/4/26: Chapter 2 is OUT AND RUNNING WOOT WOOT!!
It's long...up to 10k words. It's an emotional rollercoaster, I aim to make the fandom cry. And i also aimed to flesh out every KPDH cast. (It was so fun doing it :) )
ALL ABOARD THE ANGST TRAIN
https://archiveofourown.org/works/79738251
(And yes, the summary and tags have been updated accordingly)