Excerpt: It was true. This promise was a turning point in both of their lives. It served as an emblem of trust intertwining their fates with one another. It was the stability that could keep them going, despite the troubles they would face along the way. (COVER ART IS TEMPORARY UNTIL I CAN DRAW ANOTHER) If this were a movie, this would be its soundtrack. Listen now! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnfYlHVK7f3f0HyJe75jtK8hYswfJmfm

At first glance, nobody would be able to tell that Nathaniel Jean had a problem. Or second glance, or third, or fourth. After all, he had everything. He was a captain of his school's soccer team and one of the top players in the state. He had a big house and money to spend. He had family, he had friends, he had fun, he had faith. He never meant for it to happen. He never wanted to look at another man in the way he should have been looking at a woman. The idea had disgusted him for most of his life - living in a heavily Catholic town with heavily Catholic parents, homophobia was the only response he knew. That didn't change when he first realized that he didn't like girls. No, Nathaniel Jean was still homophobic. He hated the idea of a man sleeping with another man. He was raised on the notion that all gays went to hell, and he believed it. He despised them, and so he despised himself. Nathaniel Jean was more fortunate than most, because help did arrive for him. Help by the name of Lucas Morgan, they boy he'd always known but never known. The boy with big dreams and bigger talent. The boy that changed Nathaniel's life over the course of their thirty-six week long senior year.

Keith was in and out of the hospital for all of his life. He often snuck out of his room to wander the halls in an attempt to stifle his boredom. When he was ten years old, he found a boy in a coma-and he happened to be around his age. He would often talk to him about his day and bring him toys. But one day, the boy was gone without a trace. Lance was nine years old when he was in a major car accident. His injuries were extensive and he was put into a medically-induced coma. When he woke up, he recovered fully and returned home. Seven years later, he suddenly remembers a certain voice that spoke to him while he was under. Book cover and Acts 1-4 covers made by: That-Other-One **Rated Mature for: sexual content, mature language, drug abuse, potentially triggering depictions of mental disorders including the topic of suicide**