Growing Pains & Times Change duology: Coming of age story & the sequel following a trans high schooler, Shane, through his senior year when an exchange student flips his world upside down. And 10 years later when he returns to his hometown after running away to be a ranch hand without telling any of his friends and trying to reconnect.
Don't Talk to Girls/They'll Break Your Heart duology (Spinoff of above): A much darker side to the Growing Pains story, DTTG & TBYH follow Shane's older sister, Nell, through the same year as she struggles to recover and keep sober and a mutual friend of theirs nearly dies.