How to Redeem a Broken Student

Teacher and student. Bittersweet and angsty. A story set in a county town, with some rural and earthy elements.

Their relationship is no longer teacher and student when they fall in love. They are both adults.

There is some school bullying. The setting is a conservative county town, and their same-sex relationship is not accepted.

Some of the school bullying is drawn from personal experience.

A story about helping a broken bud bloom into a beautiful flower.

I never had a teacher in high school who could save me, so I wanted to write the story I wish I could have read.

Theme: Striving to become a better version of yourself and live a better life