Shawn Mendes is on his second tour in the US, when an unforgettable girl and an unforgettable experience changes his life.
Will it change hers too?
Trigger warning for mentions of suicide, self harm, etc.
He walked out on stage and it was empty, but he could hear the crowd. He looked around and remembered the pain and frustration and he screamed at the top of his lungs.
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But all he heard were his echoes. No one was listening.
He turned around and he was in a room he didn't recognize but he saw... himself. He realized that he was looking at a mirror. The "Shawn" looking back at him didn't even see him. He watched as this Shawn tied his shoes. He looked right at him. It was himself looking at himself only... he didn't see him.
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He reached up to touch the mirror and it shattered silently.
Then, he was in a gym, his gym. It was empty. He looked down and his hands were wrapped in the way they would be when he had a session with the punching bag. He looked down at this hands and clenched his fists. There was a punching bag in front of him, but he didn't want to hit it.
"Fight."
He heard it faintly at first. A disembodied voice that gave him chills.
"Fight." There it was again. He looked around, but no one was there.
"Fight" it was his mom's voice. "Fight" his dad's. "Fight" his bandmates "Fight" Andrew's voice.
"I don't want to fight anymore!" he yelled to no one in particular. He closed his eyes and collapsed to his knees on the floor. The cold cement turned to soft grass beneath him and he looked up and followed a butterfly with his eyes until he saw her. He sat up and looked at her.
"Fight," she said.
"Camila..."
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