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    What if Cynthia was too desperate to let Evan go?

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    When a tragic suicide and a lot of bad luck plunges anxiety-ridden Evan Hansen into a situation he can't escape, he finds himself the only source of comfort for a grieving family coping with the death of their son, and in the case of Zoe Murphy (aka Evan's long-time crush), her abusive brother… under the belief that Evan was his best friend.

    Trauma-shaken Zoe struggles to accept there was a side to Connor she didn't know. But it's not until a rash, emotion-fueled split second decision on Evan's part that there's another confusing feeling thrown into the mix… and she's pretty sure she's falling for her brother's best friend.

    Follow Evan and Zoe’s climb on the slippery slope of romance under the pain and guilt of their situations in this alternate universe to Dear Evan Hansen, exploring the tale of a lie and a relationship that spirals out of control until Evan is given no choice but to do the one thing he wanted least in the whole world: tell the truth, and break Zoe's heart.

    Completely shattered, Zoe has to force herself through each day, barely functioning through her devastation... until she wakes up one morning mysteriously ill... and as it turns out, trusting Evan wasn't the only mistake she made.

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    “I have something here. A note. A, uh, letter. Um.” She cleared her throat and slipped into her best poetry recital voice. “I wish that everything was different. I wish that I was part of something. I wish that anything I said mattered to anyone. I mean, face it, would anybody even notice if I disappeared tomorrow?”

    Alana’s breath escaped in a huff. “Well, that’s a mood. Not mine. I mean, the words aren’t mine, but I know what it’s like. And I bet you all do too.”

    Her voice was small.

    The room was quiet.

    And still. So still.

    It was like she was whispering into the void.

    She closed her eyes. “I’m here. I’m listening. Our lines are open.”

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    It only took two disgruntled beeps of flooding alerts, one half-distressed viewing of the weather channel on TV, and three thunderclaps and preceding faint flashes of lightning for Larry to succumb to his baser instincts: he strode to the closest light switch and raised his voice to a non-neutral level, calling “Electronics unplugged and to the basement!”

    If he strained his ears, he could hear two distinct groans filtering from upstairs as his teenagers grumbled about being removed from their rooms.

     

    (or: Irish-Catholic Larry is superstitious of thunderstorms. Family bonding ensues. For the Sincerely, Us summer gift exchange!)

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    Connor is alive, and then he isn't, and then she really, really is.

    (or, 5 conversations zoe murphy had with her sibling after the suicide attempt. the connie murphy agenda will rise!)

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    connor murphy's obituary, as written by zoe murphy
    loosely based off an excerpt from 'the world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire' by ritika jyala

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    In a world full of soulmates, Connor Murphy is shocked to find that his perfect person is none other than Evan Hansen--one of the most famous teen stars in the world. With a long untreated case of depressive disorder Connor feels hesitant to bond with Evan, fearing he may scare him off.

    Cynthia and Larry just want what's best for their family, both tired and frustrated from fighting with their troubled son for years. When Connor suddenly stops antagonizing them, they jump at the opportunity to reconnect with their child--possibly overstepping boundaries, but having good intentions. They won't let this chance to make things better slip away.

    Will Cynthia and Larry get through, or will their attempts to bond cause Connor to shut them out entirely? Will Connor open up, letting his parents and new found soulmate in, or will he break under the pressure?

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    “Is this some kind of… A Christmas Carol, dream-ghost bullshit?” Zoe demands. She’s so not interested in some kind of supernatural hallucination right now. She really, really needs to wake up. She is an adult. Zoe is an adult, she is thirty years old, she is not seventeen. She is not in high school. She cannot be back in high school.

    Dr. Sherman laughs. “Of course not. In those stories someone watches their past. I’m asking you to reimagine it.”

     

    Inspired by Being Erica, season 1.

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    What if Evan didn't get out of the street? What if he let the car hit him, and died right outside of the Murphy's house?
    How would things change?

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    They decide to keep cleaning out Connor’s room the week before Christmas. Why her mom chose that timing, Zoe has no idea. Maybe because Christmas without him feels off, messy and hollow and awkward. Maybe because now, unlike the past few months, they're facing what he left behind without Evan's lies there to ease the pain.

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    Connor was 13 when his parents split.

    This is his story.

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    She stands at the shoreline, where the water and sand connect. When bystanding people walk by, they see a girl, hair covering her face, but a small smile curled on her lips. They would guess she would be enjoying the view. The sun was angled just enough so the water would still sparkle. Pastel pink, orange, and lilac highlights were blended into the sky, soft clouds scattered across it. It was beautiful.

    What they don’t see are the tears rolling down her freckled cheeks.

    ———

    Whenever Zoe gets sad or overwhelmed, she walked to a nearby beach.

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    It's startling, isn't it, how quickly everything falls to pieces? A carefully constructed house of cards stacked and curated like lies, a picture-perfect dollhouse of a life with the plastic smiles to match, the word love in its truest, sharpest form - isn't it unsettling how with one sentence, one explosion, they're all blown to shards and shrapnel?

    Breathing is always harder in the aftermath, with the dust settling and revealing a world left, otherwise, unchanged.

    (written for the Sincerely Us summer gift exchange!)

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    It's 2006. Connor Murphy's back in California high society after getting kicked out of boarding school. Evan Hansen just got arrested for stealing a car. It's a little easier to be an outsider when you're not alone.

    An AU inspired by The O.C.

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    “Who are you? What do you want from me?”

    “Do you want your brother back or not?”

    “You didn’t answer my question.”

    “Those things are unimportant. Do you want your brother back?”

    Zoe paused for a moment. He had hurt her so much. He was a monster, and now he was gone. She should be happy. But she wasn’t. Why was it that she missed that monster? No, she didn’t miss him, she missed the Connor she had known when they were little; the Connor who had been her best friend. Slowly, she nodded her head.

    “I will give you the chance to get your brother back, the brother you used to know. I only have one condition.”

    “And what’s that?” Zoe inquired, stiffening as she grew more suspicious.

    “You have to save him.”

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    Alana is a lost girl in high school who tries too hard to fit in with those around her.

    Zoe is a broken daughter in a broken family who needs something good to hold onto.

    Evan is an anxiety-ridden boy who doesn't know how to connect with those around him.

    Connor is a troubled teenager who can't seem to find any light in the world or himself.

    Jared is an insecure loner who uses humor to compensate for how he feels inside.

    But when Connor's attempted suicide fails and all five are connected to the event, how will their stories unravel? Will they find love and friendship, or will they continue to face the world alone?

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    The dreams of a grieving girl, of mistakes that can't be mended.

    Of what is, what was, and what will never be.

    “I had that dream again,” Zoe finally says, breaking the silence.

    “The one where Connor’s alive.”

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    Even through the haze of grief right after Connor died, there were moments that stuck through. Moments of clarity, of happiness, of extreme sorrow. Moments when she could see everything through her old viewpoint, even when she could barely stand without feeling like she was falling.

    Even years later, Zoe remembered the endless arrival of cut flowers.

    ***

    (or: grief and cut flowers make a bitter mixture)

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    We crave human contact; not long-drifted, glassy eyes separated by a plane ride and a glint of glass and a thick layer of dirt and words printed on a page. There’s something quite different in finally finding a pair of eyes that look into yours and don’t look right through them.

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    (or: everyone leaves)

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    Now, she’d toss and turn all night until eventually exhaustion took over, forcing the echoing voices inside of her head to silence. Ironically, that was her favorite time-when she was forced to have a clear mind as her body finally couldn’t handle any thoughts. The hours before, however, were the worst. With only dark and silence, she was forced to confront the angry, taunting voice in her mind, and the little boy that always looked so damn sad, and the anxious smile that seemed to be the image her brain most reverted to.

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    (or: Zoe Murphy’s fall from grace)

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