It's easy to be weak of heart, pretending that evil doesn't exist. It's also easy to be strong of heart, and stare it dead in the face. Either way, none of that matters if you can't sit there and watch the five o'clock news, thinking that something that horrible could never happen to you. Emmer learned this four months ago to this day, today being the day that he had to uproot his life, and leave that gruesome past behind in hopes that maybe...just maybe he could get back up on his feet again, and live life as close as when he use to. On this new path to recovery he meets new faces that would change his life forever. Especially a boy in particular named Jude. LGBTQ+ Themed story.