Kass was a baby when it all started. He hardly remembers it now. But what happens when American visitors enter his German tribe, and bring with them false friendships and dangerous weapons? What happens when the silent of those men becomes Kass's savior? And how will his life be as a normal kid? He knows he's different, and his job isn't too average, either... (boy x boy)

Matt Crowley does not speak. Beaten into silence by his abusive father, he goes through the motions of living with no hope for the future. He dreams of only one thing: Stars. As his father's rage worsens, the beatings more frequent, the damage harder to hide, a girl stumbles into Matt's life. Her name? Aroura. And, for the first time in his life, Matt reaches out for help, for saftey, for the love he was never shown.

Kaysen and Adrian are in love. They also both happen to be male. Seniors in high school, they see no reason why they should hide any part of themselves, they engadge in PDA, hand-holding, everything, in full veiw of thier peers. This, combinded with thier intense love for Goth culture, has made them outsiders. The only thing they have is each other.