"Take a breath and count the stars. Let the world go round without you." When a girl loses the boy she was in love with in a fatal shooting, she tries to rediscover who she thought she knew through the music he had written, but never had the opportunity to play. [SHORT STORY][ONGOING/HIATUS][Rudderless] Copyright © 2016 by soundthealarm

Peter Charming, a 15 year-old socially anxious boy from Queens, joins an online game and meets Evelyn Tiger, a strange 16 year-old girl from Cleveland, Ohio, 404 miles away from him, who shares his same interests and passions. Through late night Skype conversations and simultaneous film watching, the two will engage in a long-distance relationship. But things won't be easy, as Peter enters high school and is targeted by bullies. The difficult situation precipitates after a series of misfortunes in Peter's life, leading him to question what he has and what he believes in.