I hear a gun shot....scared, he has finally done it. He has killed himself. I hear his words ringing through my ears.......his last few words. I run fast, screaming at him. Dad, NO! My hazel eyes search the room, tentatively. There, I see him on the floor, with a pool of blood around his face. His eyes, still open, searching for something, and he points at me, finally, and murmurs slowly "I love you......" I look at him in disbelief with a blank stare, and fall hard on the floor, smashing my head. It hurts as if a thousand needles stuck in to my head at one.
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.
*****
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?
[[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]