Cory Vessels had a hard life, it's getting better, but sometimes the past can attack his head at random moments, leaving him depressed for days on end. Sure, his parents were still married, he had his fair share of friends, and he had his passions. But everything seemed almost faded. Nothing seemed to last forever, he knew this, but he tried, he tried so hard to make things last as long as he could.
Cory had suffered from depression, but he didn't know it was happening, when he was in third grade he started to be bullied, but him being the little ray of sunshine he was, he didn't know it until he was older, around eleven. Cory noticed all of his story of sad things happened in third or fourth grade. Cory was physically bullied for the first, and last time in third grade, or it could have been fourth, honestly, he had tried so hard to forget, but he just couldn't. He forgot bits and pieces, but he will always remember the main portion of it.
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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