A Place Beyond the Stars

"He had everything going for him."
"It's so sad. I can't help but pity him."
"He just has to give up his dreams for himself."

In his first year of high school, Orion Blackwell becomes unable to do the things and hobbies he thought would stick with him forever. Due to his condition recently brought to light, he finds it difficult to stay on top of things without telling anyone; without making them worry.
Leo has been his best friend for ages, through girlfriends and late-night Walmart raids. Cassiopeia was the go-to girl for any emotional help, living a few streets down. And then there's the girl who is crushing on his best friend. Andromeda, the beauty that makes his heart ache every time she looks away. It was only fate that brought all of these teenagers with the names of constellations together in the brightest starlight.

How easily that light could be snuffed out, like a human life.