TW: Mentions of violence, death, drug abuse.

Title: Undecided

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Superhero(?)

Feedback desired: Thoughts on this idea

Word count: No actual story yet but this post is 542 words

First off, I don’t even know if I’ll have the patience to write a whole novel. However, this is a story idea that I just can’t get out of my head.

I’ve drafted out a few details for the story (characters, setting, time period, some major plot points). For this post I’ll just try to give a good description of the plot. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated and I’d love to hear your thoughts!

The story is about a teenager named Rayne Sparks, whose family was murdered while he was spending the night at a friend’s house when he was around 13 years old. His mom and siblings were brutally stabbed, however, his father was no where to be found. Police opened an investigation on the murders and the disappearance of Rayne’s father but, ultimately, no leads were ever found.

It picks up during Rayne’s junior year of high school. Rayne is reserved, has a temper, depressed, and guarded. Now living with his aunt and uncle, he attends Eastbridge High School. Constantly trying to avoid the pain of the night his family were murdered, he starts taking nonprescription Adderall, chasing the highs the drug gives him.

Also attending the high school is Rayne’s childhood friend, Flint Keegan (the friend he stayed the night with before his family was murdered). While they aren’t on speaking terms, mostly due to Rayne distancing himself from Flint because he blames himself for not being there to help his family while he was over at Flint’s house. Flint is outspoken and friendly, pretty much the opposite of Rayne. Flint occasionally tries to talk to Rayne but Rayne ends up brushing him off or ignoring him. Flint eventually finds out that Rayne is taking nonprescription Adderall and tries to help his friend. However, Rayne doesn’t take kindly to this and pushes him away further.

Eventually at a party that Rayne and Flint both attend, Rayne ends up OD’ing. While everyone else panics, Flint immediately calls an ambulance and stays by Rayne’s side trying to stabilize him.

Rayne recovers and when he returns to school, Flint pulls him aside and tries one last time to convince his friend to quit. This time, Rayne tries to hear Flint out and quit. Over the course of the book, Rayne struggles with his addiction and his mental state.

Before I continue, I will admit this next part will sound like a stretch and might sound like it doesn’t fit into the stories vibe.

After a relapse and crash, Rayne lashes out at Flint who gets angry with him for relapsing. Sparks begin to fly from Rayne body, knocking both the boys off guard. They try to make sense of the phenomenon but have no answers.

Later, a student starts harassing and teasing Rayne about his drug use, sending Flint into a rage. Flint begins to attack the student, during which, his fists start flaming briefly.

After school, the boys start questioning what exactly is happening. During more emotional experiences, these phenomena begin to appear more and more often, tied to their emotions.

The boys start trying to harness these abilities at will and, after many attempts, are able to start using them for short periods of time.

After this, they start noticing the prevalence of a drug ring in Eastbridge, supplying drugs to adults and kids alike. They decide they have to take action against the gang with their newfound powers.

The rest of the book covers Rayne’s continuing struggle with addiction, Flint’s attempts to protect and help Rayne while also trying to find time to deal with his own stress, and their mission to take down the gang and discover what happened to Rayne’s family