Their thirtieth birthday was hitting even harder than birthdays typically do, since there was a whole new decade behind them now. A lot of their twenties, especially the earlier years, were lost to partying and a string of men that wrecked them mentally and emotionally. They occasionally worked on their first novel during that time period, but didn’t expect anything to come from it. Mostly they did odd jobs instead and only got by because they could easily charm other people into paying for their food and drinks. 