Alex:

   I'd never had a place to call home before. Shadows don't settle down. We don't get families and loved ones. When I moved to Earth, I thought of it as a vacation. A place to escape the fighting and find a moment of peace, then I met him.

   Aaron is everything I'm not. He's social, bubbly, and talkative, but under the adorable exterior is a level of fear and pain I've never known. I want to help him. I need to help him. Something about him draws me in and I find myself willing to do whatever it takes just to see him smile. I don't know if I'll ever be worthy of him, but I have to try.

Aaron:

   I've spent my life running and hiding. Earth was supposed to be safe, but it was only yet another world that hated and wanted to kill me. After years of struggling to survive, I finally found some semblance of peace, then I met him.

   I've spent my life in fear of his kind, convinced if they find me, they'll kill me. I want to trust him. Every part of me wants to believe that he won't hurt me, but all I've ever known is pain. I can't go through that again. Just as I'm finally starting to believe him, my world comes crashing down around me. My past isn't as buried and forgotten as I thought, sending me into a spiral I'm not sure anyone can stop.