"Have fire. Be unstoppable. Live, love, laugh. God knows we all need to hear your laugh. Have no regrets. Be the best that you can be."
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Suffering from depression, Elliot is encouraged by everyone around him - his therapist, his family, his friends - to take a break from work. Now that he is on an extended leave, he decided to go and see the world.
After receiving life shattering news, Elise wasn't sure what to do. She had looked everywhere, in everyone for consolation but none came. In order to make peace with Fate, she decides to spend her time exploring the world.
Two strangers who wanted nothing but to enjoy the beauty that the world has to offer.
Two strangers, in pain, who wanted nothing but relief from their suffering.
Maybe after everything that has happened, they will.
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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