One Reason

There was no beating around the bush, Jeremy was suicidal. After years of struggling with his depression, life dealt him a couple of finishing blows to push him over the edge. He didn’t want to live anymore, not with his dad, not with his brother and certainly not without his best friend.When he somehow befriends a couple of ghosts in the attic of their new house, Jeremy finds himself feeling hopeful for the first time in months. That hope only grows when a certain demon offers him a chance at everything he’d been missing in life. But when hard choices have to be made and Jeremy’s love and loyalty is put to the test, will he survive or will his one reason for living actually be the death of him?

Hey Lovelies! It’s Mara here(e), aka what-in-the! So, bit of backstory for this one: at the time we started writing this, I had never seen Beetlejuice! I had heard of it, I’d heard of the movie and Ofc I had seen the iconic dinner party scene on YouTube, but otherwise I was clueless. While we were in planning phase, Ari sent me a bootleg and now I can’t stop jamming to the soundtrack! It’s seriously one of my favourite musicals now, and I really regret not going to see it while I was in New York last summer (has it really been a year since I last saw Ari in person???)This story is heavy. If you think anything in the tags might upset you, it’s probably not the story for you. Please do take them seriously, they are there for a reason.In other news, this story is going to have a slightly different upload schedule than normal due to me being back at work. Instead of daily uploads like we've done in the past, this one will have uploads twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. It’s the only days off I get at the moment, so we decided that they would be our upload days just to help with my overall workload.This chapter is just an introduction to the world and giving us a chance to meet: a depressed boy, a trying family, a hopeful couple and one (1) bastard.I really hope you do enjoy this fic. It’s one of my favourites to reread, and I hope you find some enjoyment in it too!And now a word from the best co-author in the world: Ari! (TheWritingDork)Hey guys, Ari/TheWritingDork here!So I came up with this idea as I saw Beetlejuice the day after Valentine’s Day this year. Literally while watching it, it popped into my head and I messaged Mara about it quickly as a possibility during intermission, I believe. And yeah, saw it before everything went down.This fic is very intense. Take all of the tags seriously. Also, we normally have fics in reserves but this is our last one that we have stored up. We’ve been working hard on original content. Because of that, we’re updating the fic biweekly, so look out for Wednesday and Sunday updates!Thanks so much, and beware because it’s showtime! Enjoy!