Robert Brownlow, an experienced actor, knows what backstage Hollywood is like: a century of addicts, suicides, lies, and many other things, all hidden by glitz and glamour. He's fallen victim to it in the past, as have a majority of his peers and friends.
Erica Samson is a 17-year-old amateur actress. She is entirely new to acting, having only done several commercials. Now she has landed a leading voice role in a new children's animation picture, also starring Robert Brownlow.
Robert likes his new costar, but is put off by the naivety, the innocence, that Erica comes with. In his opinion, someone like her with a new car smell should not be in this career. And so, he does his best to... "help her". He feels it is his duty to introduce her the business in a way his sick mind deems correct: by stripping her of all her childlike qualities and stealing everything that is innocent.
Warning: This story deals with adult and violent themes such as cruelty to animals, drug abuse, and various forms of assault, that some readers may find disturbing.
(This story is in edit. I'll be changing it all soon to the newer, edited version)
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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