Starryeyes

Starryeyes is a love story, to put it simply. It's a little cute story about a wayward guy who falls in love with what seems like his complete opposite - but they find out they aren't really that different at all. They're worlds apart, but their hearts couldn't be closer.

Lake Amias is the setting of this bit of storytelling. It's a fictional city, of course, but it could be real. It sits on a lake in the Midwest not thirty miles from the Mississippi River, and the people there aren't much different from the rest of their Midwestern brethren. They are friendly, to a point, and kind, even to strangers, but they have some odd habits. You'll just have to find out.

Connary Bliant is a young man who, having lived through great tragedy and great loss, has lived a good portion of his adult life on various medications and other drugs of a less than savoury nature. He's an atheist by his very nature, but few question it. A bit of a hermit, Connary avoids interacting socially and maintains a group of a few friends and insists upon avoiding confrontation or interactions with those he doesn't know or remember well. His house is kept in an unhealthy state of tidiness, and not a speck of dust is to be found - even if his disheveled look and messy face belies his obsessive tendencies. He works part-time at a bar in his hometown, which he left only once for a year as he drifted about the country. This bar is where he meets the other person of our little story.

Azlyn Amey is a similarly young, and also somewhat introverted Christian girl who moved to Lake Amias only 1 week ago, after a bad breakup and a falling-out with her family. Being now only 21, she still isn't quite aware of her surroundings and as she falls deeper and deeper into the pits of depression, she begins to look for other ways to relieve her ever-pressing sadness. She doesn't have to look far; Lake Amias has no shortage of adult retreats for its population. But this will turn out the better for her - you'll see.