More Than Nothing
Summary
There is no happy ending for me - I know that. No one is coming to save. This hell hole is my life and I'm never going to be able to escape it. I know what my life is. A new neighbor can't change that. Can it?
**TRIGGER WARNINGS**
Self-harm, abusive relationships, self-loathing, toxic relationships, drug abuse, nonconsensual sex/rape, coerced sex
Characters
Brian Haner
5'10", 25 years old, caring, protective, funny, kind, generally good guy, Lacey's new neighbor, doesn't take kindly to bullies
Lacey Smith
5'5", 23 years old, timid, depressed, anxious, survivor, quiet, protects her heart at all costs, just trying to stay alive to see tomorrow
Maria Vega
5'7", 42 years old, Lacey's mother, drug addict, neglectful mother, selfish
Matt Sanders
6'1", 26 years old, Brian's best friend but basically like Brian's older brother, protective, good guy,
Michael 'Mike' Smith
6'0", 28 years old, Lacey's oveebearing & abusive husband, selfish, egotistical, cold, calculating, charming, devious, intelligent
Nick Grayson
6'0", 27 years old, sly, charming, sarcastic, not so secretly deceptive, possessive, jealous, smart, abusive
I think Michael isn't that bad as I first thought. But eh, who knows what he can do later??
8/15/16