Follow the lives of color guard students, Lux and Seth, as they live through the two seasons of the school year.
Lux, a genderqueer person, is new to Bach Fine Arts Academy, having moved into the district after a nasty divorce between their parents, from the rival school. Soon, they become the target for the nasty girls on the team, bullied into the ground.
Seth, the captain of the team, is in his final year of high school, and wants that solo more than he can describe. Struggling between his sexuality, being a runaway, and body images, now feels drawn to the new kid.
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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