TW: MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, SELF HARM, PASSIVE SUICIDALITY, SWEARING, ANXIETY, ANXIETY ATTACK, DIVORCED PARENTS, HOSPITALISATION, MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALISATION, EMOTIONAL ABUSE BY A PARENT
(cover credit goes to Remix AI)
A young girl named Cyra is struggling with mental health. At school, she feels the need to keep up with everything while at home, her mom is constantly on her back about everything, constantly telling her that all she's doing isn't enough. One day, she decides to try out for a music program and ends up loving it, but what will happen when this newfound passion is taken away?
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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