"We underestimate teenagers and cast them off as unaware of the reality around them We're mostly right. But living in a world of fantasy and false hope isn't necessarily a bad thing." 1996. One small town. Two teens. Christian Cross and Velvet Sheffler. One gay. One straight. One girl. One boy. One suicidal. One determined to live. When they leave Duckshawnee a disaster thrusts them into the shared apartment of a group of 20 somethings who help them discover a world they've had only glimpses of .....and themselves. Follow these characters as they fall in love with each other and the world in this coming of age novel.