Love at first sight is rare, but for Thea and Charlie it is a lifetime of love in a handful of moments. They had met many years ago, when Thea was much younger, merely a surly teen in an orphanage. Charlie had come sweeping into her life much like a storm and changed Thea's entire world with a single song. For a teen that had never known love and a child that had lost love, they seemed to complete each other perfectly. When Charlie gets adopted, however, things change, and not for the better. Thea promised to find Charlie when she was older and then they could be the family they had always wanted. Years later, when Thea is finally old enough to keep her promise, Charlie is nowhere to be found. Follow Thea in her adventure through Charlie's past and discover the life of a lost child in this story of true love, loss, and adventure. Bonds are tested and dreams are shattered, but maybe, just maybe, there can be happy ending to a life as dismal as Thea's.
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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.
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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?
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