"This is a story. A love story. It's a story of a boy who loved his best friend. It's a story of how his best friend loved a girl so much that he was willing to travel across country for her. It's a story of how we were really. Or rather, how we weren't." --- Since kindergarten, internally optimistic Newton Roth and the enigmatically impulsive Damien Walters have been best friends. Thick as thieves, the pair has never been apart, doing everything together from learning how to ride a bike to getting their first car. But the only fault is Newt's love towards Damien, even though Damien's happily taken with his girlfriend of two years Claudia. When Claudia leaves for her trip to Seattle without a formal goodbye, Damien is crushed. Intent on getting the proper goodbye he deserves, he drags Newt with him cross the country to make that happen.Though along the way, they encounter pink-haired hitchhikers, Amazonian built bartenders, and much more. Will their friendship stay intact in the end, or will it blossom into something more? ------ mad props to winters- for the cover

Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can. ***** It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living? [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]

❝And, slowly, I will find my way back to you.❞ - in which I attempt to navigate the perils of a terrible love.