I have lived my whole life underground. More specifically, I've lived under a house with a family living inside it. They all don't know I even exist. No one does, anyway, except my mother who's dead and my father who's now seemingly missing. Oh, not to mention my father's also a mad scientist who's wanted for buying and experimenting with illegal substances.
That's why I have to keep hidden.
I've never known a life other than this, that is, until everything goes wrong. Suddenly, I'm caught up in a storm of the past...of love, secrets, lies, and betrayals.
And I have no choice but to go straight into the heart of the storm.
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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