the drumbeat of the rain [coming soon/eventually]

A/N

First of all happy new year everyone!!

Hello everyone, thank you for clicking on my story. I'm Jam (they/them) and here are a couple of things you should know before you continue!

• I won't be posting anything until the entire story has been written + edited so it may be a while — a long while probably over a year (I do have other writing on my profile so please feel free to look at that)

• There are two character playlists as well as a story playlist on my Spotify which is attached in my bio

• There is a Pinterest board for this story which is on my Pinterest which is also attached in my bio

• The story tackles will probably be heavy — heavier than my other stories; it'll look at homophobia and serious mental health struggles. I'll have trigger warnings and have summaries for heavier chapters, but please keep that in mind before deciding to start reading this story

Without further ado the characters:

Keya Vora (she/her)

Ahn Hye-Jin [Hannah] (she/her)

Maple Hall (they/them)

Charlie Moore (she/they)

Jules Zhou (he/him)

Allie Lee (she/her)

Zahair Davis (he/him)

Keya Vora had her entire life laid out in front of her by her parents. What colleges she was going to apply to, what clubs to join at those colleges, where she was going to apply after college, where she would live. All of it started when she told her parents she wanted to be an engineer. But her parents didn't know why she wanted to apply to the college near where her brother lived. And they didn't know that in her room in a small box laid a small rainbow flag. And they didn't know that band that she was part of that her parents assumed was just a "fun high school" thing was where her dreams really lay.

With all of the secrets she kept from her parents, her best friend no longer talking to her, her mental health a mess, and her band not having a drummer, Keya Vora truly felt as though her life was crumbling in her hands. But maybe the ruins would leave something salvageable, maybe even something great.