Discover characters collected under the NoMansLand tag.
The story begins with Sky falling in love. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ Sky is the kind of person who feels like a dream you almost remember—glitter-smudged, sun-warmed, already halfway gone. The band’s frontma ...
Diego runs into someone who never forgot him. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ Diego Villagrés was never meant to stay. Not in his hometown, not in that too-small house with too many mouths, and not even in love. At ...
Quentin breaks something he was trying to protect. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ They’re in a gas station bathroom somewhere off a backroad in Ohio, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead, cracked tiles underfoot, a ...
It was the summer of '73, and neither of them knew everything was about to change. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ August, 1973. The sun hasn’t risen yet, but Diego Villagrés is already awake—sitting barefoot on th ...
They looked like summer. Like warmth. Like trouble. Fucking trouble . ✦•················•✦•················•✦ Backstage haze, hearts racing, laughter echoing off stained tile walls; Sky’s never felt this kind of high before ...
He wanted to tell them he watched the way they looked at the stars. That he remembered every sticker on their lighter. That their laugh made the whole room feel easier to breathe in. ✦•················•✦•················• ...
He didn’t know how to be safe. He didn’t know how to be clean. But he did know how to love. That part was easy. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ Sky never thought he’d live long enough to hold something this pure. It ...
Everyone in the band knew what it meant when someone called after midnight. Nothing good ever followed the buzz of that line. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ Quentin Delray doesn’t cry. Not when fists fly. Not when ...
“I thought he might come in late, like always. Half-drunk and grinning. Jacket inside out.” ✦•················•✦•················•✦ The lilies are too strong. The chapel too clean. Grief makes everything feel sticky. He do ...
He looked at them finally. Just looked. Just to let them see what was already understood. His eyes flicked once toward the puppy, then back again. ✦•················•✦•················•✦ A few months after everything fell ...