Love in the dark
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Love in the dark

This story contains themes of: self-harm, suicide, homophobia, eating disorders, depression

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Summary

📱💔🏳️‍🌈 In this heart-wrenching novel, Marissa, a young woman who identifies as LGBTQ+, struggles to come to terms with her parents' homophobic attitudes. As Marissa navigates the complexities of her identity and her relationships, she is bombarded with hateful messages from her parents, causing her to question her worth and her place in the world. With the support of her girlfriend Ily and their friend group, Marissa learns to stand up for herself and fight against the bigotry aimed at her. Through her journey, the novel explores themes of love, acceptance, and the power of community in the face of hate. Will Marissa be able to overcome the hate and embrace her true self?

Genre
Romance
Author
Raven
Status
Complete
Chapters
9
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Age Rating
16+

Meet marissa

Marissa was a tall latina girl in college she was and still is a bit of a rebellion. She had long black pin straight hair. She had a beautiful body and features. She had a secret that she was afraid to tell anyone. She was secretly trans. Marissa had thought her parents would dis own her if she ever told them so she just made herself belive it. She was also pansexual she likes guys and girls no matter gender. She was afraid to go to college because she thought shed be the lonely no friend gay girl that shes seen in so many tv shows and movies. She thought the whole school would find out she was pan and trans and they would bully her. Before she walked in the building her mom yelled YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO DATE. Marissa kept walking as she felt it was getting hard to breathe. She didnt know if that was becuase of all the perfume in the air from all the pick me girls or if she was having a panic attack. She quickly made her way to her dorm room locked the door and sat on her bed she grabbed her backpack that seemed like it was holding 5 metric tons of bricks. She dug to the bottom of the bag and grabbed a medicine container. She took one and then unlocked the door she crawled in her bed crying because she was so overwhelmed. She ended up falling assleep but she woke up to someone walking in. Hi a quiet soft voice said my name is emily. U can call me ily startled marissa jumps and almost hits ily. Ily says its ok and tells marissa that they are dorm roommates. Marissa still confused and tired says oh hi my name is Marissa. Ily looks at marissas eyes and thinks she is taking drugs. So ily asks why are your eyes red? Are you taking drugs? Before marissa could even answer marisss lets out a loud sniffle. Uhm no I was crying lol.

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