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Everyone has a reason to live some know it, some need help finding it.
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Justin Foley had his life together. No, really. He said he’d get clean, and he did. He lived with the Jensens and even had a cool flat with Clay out the back of their house. He was turning up to school. Everything was great.
Until it wasn’t.
On a walk home one afternoon his world was flipped once again.
“Arms up to protect his face, fists clenched, eyes narrowed. He didn’t stand a chance.”
Can things just go back to normal already?
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This story will be canon until S3/Junior year and then take a left into alternate ending. The timeline will not always meet up with the TV show. I do hope you’ll enjoy reading.
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Was sort of hopin' that you'd stay
Ever thought of callin' when you've had a few?
Goes both ways 'cause I always do...- Language:
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"Sometimes you get the feeling that it can't be worse. That you've reached your limit, the limit of any human being, and you simply cannot endure anymore. He felt that way, lying on this cold floor, bruised and battered. With dizzy head and broken shoulder. Shattered ribs and sore guts. Wounded leg and bloody mouth."
Both boys struggle to deal with their demons, while another demon crawls out of the ground, casting a shadow on the brothers' lives.***
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Clay Jensen experienced dramatic changes in his life before. The earliest, most significant shift was when at the age of seven he became a brother.
It didn’t happen the common way that included nine months of pregnancy and preparation. Instead, Justin’s arrival pretty much happened overnight. And Clay’s brother didn’t arrive as a baby, but a five year old boy, insecure and sullen and miserable.
But in a way it was a process, too. And it took even longer than the usual nine months of pregnancy — between Justin’s first day in their home and the day he finally became an official family member, a year and a half passed. A year and a half that affected the whole family’s lives and future.
When his cell phone rings on a quiet Friday night in early January, roughly twenty-five years later, Clay has no idea that it’s going to be the start of a whole lot of new changes — life altering changes for each member of his family.
He just answers the phone.
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- Part 5 of A Life Worth Living
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Justin Foley is found on the side of the road after a week missing—barely clothed, covered in injuries, and lost inside his own mind. As the Jensens rush to his side, they’re faced with a brutal truth: Justin didn’t just disappear—he was tortured, broken beyond repair.
What follows is a long, painful road through trauma, madness, and the fragile hope that just maybe, Justin will recover.
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It was supposed to be their wedding day. Instead, they are hiding in one of the guest rooms, Zach's wife no doubt wondering where her husband of two hours went, trying desperately to keep their hands to themselves.
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Clay Jensen gets admitted instead of escaping the hospital.
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threads of a fractured soul by procrastination14
Fandoms: 13 Reasons Why (TV), Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
08 Oct 2025
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In the town of Crestmont in Vallejo, California, two teenagers whose lives are bound by unseen threads, lead them on a journey of unexpected connection. Clay, haunted by a recent suicide attempt, finds solace in Hannah, a new girl with a troubled past. As they grow closer, a deep, fragile bond begins to bloom, offering them both a chance at healing.
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Season 4 Episode 5 of 13 Reasons Why a bit different:
Clay thought pills would quieten the noise for one night. Instead dragging him deeper into the ghosts he cant escape.
Clay isn't ready to die - but he isn't sure how to live, either.
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How does Clay manage his life after this fateful night?
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- Part 2 of changes of life
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The night of the prom a bit different than in the show. Jeff is alive. Tyler pulls the trigger and Clay Jensen only wants one normal day.
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- Part 1 of changes of life
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"wanna kiss you on your cheeks but i also wanna punch your teeth..."
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Zach & Alex Post Graduation by Apple_Juice78
Fandoms: 13 Reasons Why (TV), Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why (TV) RPF
12 Sep 2025
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The 13 Reasons Why characters meet up after their graduation, after being in collage for a few months. They reunite after some time and deal with some unfinished business, specifically Zach and Alex. They realize that there’s no reason why their relationship should be strictly platonic…
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inspired by: let me down slowly- alec Benjamin
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- English
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- 910
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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All the Bright Places by Daisyflower20
Fandoms: 13 Reasons Why (TV), All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
07 Sep 2025
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Hannah Baker was on the edge. She tried to give it one last try. But with the bulling, the rumors, the isolation- it was becoming all too much. Then Elliot Grayson moved to Crestmont, California after getting expelled for beating up a kid. He was strange, unpredictable, and endlessly curious, dragging her to rooftop sunsets, forgotten train tunnels, and midnight dinners. With his quite persistence and offbeat charm, he pulled her away from the darkness and showed her reasons to stay.
Months later, Hannah's life us slowly piecing back together. She even learned to laugh again. But Elliot is changing- skipping classes, vanishing for days, hiding behind bigger smiles that don't quite reach his eyes.
Hannah is determined to save him, but as she learns more about Elliot's past, his secrets, and battles he never let her see. She realizes saving him won't be as simple as dragging him back from the edge- because some people hide their pain to well. -
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Kayla Chorro knows how to keep things looking perfect.
Cheerleader. Popular. Smiling in all the right places. But beneath the practiced routine, she’s barely holding it together. After the suicide of a classmate she barely knew—yet can’t stop thinking about—Kayla finds herself haunted by guilt, by silence, and by everything she didn’t do. She knows she could have done something, yet she didn't. Caught between a past she can’t rewrite and a present that’s spiraling, Kayla must decide whether to keep pretending—or face the truth, no matter who it breaksRewriting the story 13 Reasons Why with some more twists and turns.
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Monty De La Cruz struggles with many things— his family life, his school life & his sports life. Although seemingly he begins to struggle with his own identity after an unforgettable encounter.
[ Inspired by Meddle About - Chase Atlantic ]
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Alex gets an unexpected ego boost.
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Zach & Alex share a "moment".
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Beneath the Surface: The Life of Montgomery De La Cruz by AtlantaG1912
Fandoms: 13 Reasons Why (TV)
07 Aug 2025
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Before he became a bully, Montgomery De La Cruz was a boy trying to survive in a home where silence was protection and anger filled the rooms like smoke. This fanfiction explores his life from the moment of his birth to the tragic end, diving deep into the emotional and psychological damage that shaped his identity. Through moments of fear, brief glimpses of softness, and the devastating weight of internalized pain, the story asks: what makes someone cruel? And who might they have become if someone had intervened? Set against the backdrop of broken homes, high school locker rooms, prison cells, and unspoken truths, this is not a tale of redemption — it’s a confrontation with legacy, masculinity, and the way trauma echoes from father to son. It’s about the boy behind the bruises — and what it means when no one sees him until it’s too late.