Description
Everyone's got something they can't let go of. Nate and Xia. Xia and Nate. That's how it's always been. Xia writes the songs, Nate sings them. He couldn't ask for anything else. Nathaniel is reeling back from his rockstar fame after a stint in rehab. At his lowest, he reunites with a high school fling, Cindy. In a world of chaos, Cindy becomes his one safe haven. Cindy's down on her luck, so they strike a deal. His money for her time. What starts out simple soon reveals the ugliness of addiction and exploitation that they can no longer hide. It doesn't help that he is forced to witness the unravelling mental state of his best friend. Nate has always been able to abandon everything for Xia, but Cindy makes him hesitate for the first time. Hesitation is what sends Xia into a pit of resentment and doubt. A betrayal from Nate would only send him spiraling deeper into addiction to never return. Cindy gives him the normalcy he had always craved, but Xia is all he's ever known. Nate has to question how much of his identity is dependent on Xia's control and paranoia. Can he escape the cycles he finds himself trapped in before self-destruction swallows them both whole?
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