StoryTree
you are here

The Substitute Season

drama◐ Teen
5 contributors · 4 paragraphs deep

Theo wrote the truth and submitted it before he could second-guess himself. He didn't tell Marcus until breakfast. "I sent the real one," he admitted. Marcus put down his fork very slowly. "You did WHAT?"

Marcus didn't speak to Theo for a week. The submission couldn't be undone. When the acceptance finally came, Marcus showed up at Theo's door holding the letter. "I'm still mad," he said. "But thanks for knowing me better than I know myself."

↔ version 2 of 2 of this paragraph — hover its sides to flip. The card below is what happens next.

What happens next?

0 ways forward
Vote share across the top 0 branches
No futures yet — be the one who decides what happens next.