"The first time he sees her is out in the school courtyard, cigarette smoke billowing from her nostrils like a furious dragon. He is surprised at himself for noticing her. He doesn't normally notice people, he observes them..." AU. Violate.

*Violate AU* What happens when Violet comes back to the Murder House, new husband in tow, 7 years after running away when Tate tried to get her to commit suicide. Rated M for Ch. 3 on. Loosely based on The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

When Tate Langdon escaped his old neighborhood for Hollywood and fame, he thought he'd never go back. Now, seventeen years later, visiting his mother to plan Adelaide's funeral, he meets a girl that begs the question: Could he ever leave?

Violate AU. What happens when two messed up kids fall in love and save each other.

Violet and Tate are dying and they know it. Bound by their shared illness and limited time, the two make a pact to live one last summer to the fullest before they commit the unthinkable. Yet the two find that there is much more to be learned about death.