Asleep In a Valley

'He was the kind of person that you notice as soon as he appears in the same room as you. Everything about him contrasted garishly, from his red hair to his blue suit, but he was also the kind of guy that could pull it off. His name was Theodore Violet, and it was almost as if he came from a different planet than me. I think that’s why I fell in love with him—because he was everything I wasn’t.'

Ryan Webb is an unknown artist with unfulfilled dreams, living inside his own head. Nothing ever goes right for him, and his only friend is his overbearing roommate Charlie Boucher. His own existence is a bland flavor of vanilla, until he meets the strange but charismatic artist Teddy Violet. Teddy Violet is seemingly the perfect medication for Ryan's disease, spitting out a torrent of colors with every sentence spoken aloud. Now Ryan just has to find a way into Theodore's love life...