The son to a syndicate leader and his best friend, growing up together and falling in love over time, when people from her past try to take her back, and away from him. Him and his family do all they can to get her back, but will they get to her in time?
The daughter of a drug addict, after moving from her hometown and all the trauma with it, finds herself in a bad situation in a new, foreign place. A boy defends her, and befriends her from that day forward. But when her family tries to take her away from him in greed, risking her life and causing harm to her, she just hopes he can get to her in time.
inspired by Hozier's Work Song and It Will Come Bck
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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