Triss has trouble fitting in. Always has. Maybe because he's bisexual, depressed, or because he looks like a friggin' vampire, with the pale skin and dead gray eyes. It might be because he defies gender expectations, just a BIT (a lot). Or because his dad could possibly be a demon- the kids at school don't know about that one, actually, thank God. Anyway, because of his obvious way of not fitting in, the Jocks have started harassing him. Physically. He can deal with that in addition to his possible demon sperm donor and his depression. Right? WRONG. It takes one bad-boy with a marshmallow heart who is a suspected Maniac-Pixie-Dream-Boy, a determined aunt, and the stars to show him he's enough.
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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