Tag: Grief

  • Basketball Court Cross-Examination (Heaven & Home)

    Basketball Court Cross-Examination (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent left his basketball behind at his girlfriend Gabby’s place after their last fight.  Though they are slowly moving toward reconciliation, Gabby has another plan afoot as well when she leaves Vincent a message to come pick up his basketball that night.  Gabby has arranged for Andrew, a potential boyfriend for Vincent’s brother…

  • Bury Him (Heaven & Home)

    Bury Him (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian and Andrew are returning from their first date.   Byron’s ghost went on the date as well, distracting both Cian, who could see Byron, and Andrew, who could not.  Andrew earlier had opened up about his past as a prostitute, the death of a fellow hustler and friend named Christopher, and how much…

  • God Let Him Die (Heaven & Home)

    God Let Him Die (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent’s best friend Byron died almost two years ago, but Vincent is still haunted by memories of his helplessness in the face of Byron’s illness, and personally adrift without his childhood friend to speak with anymore.  While Vincent’s gay brother Cian is haunted by Byron’s ghost, still his unrequited love, Vincent is left…

  • I Need You Back (Heaven & Home)

    I Need You Back (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent holds a vigil at the hospital bed of his best friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying.  But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when they were kids. “…if I was going to be queer with anyone, it’d be you.” The sound of an airplane flying…

  • Fighting for Custody of the Ghost (Heaven & Home)

    Fighting for Custody of the Ghost (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent is less than thrilled that everyone spends so much time worrying about his younger brother Cian, but no one seems to be concerned how Vincent is doing.  Both brothers are still reeling from the untimely death of their friend Byron – Vincent’s best friend since childhood, and Cian’s unrequited love. Vincent was…

  • Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At (Heaven & Home)

    Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian has come to his older brother Vincent for advice about Cian’s new relationship with Andrew. Vincent is less than thrilled about Andrew’s former line of work, as a prostitute.   Vincent is also less than thrilled that everyone spends so much time worrying about his younger brother Cian, but no one seems to…

  • Sex with Vince Report (Heaven & Home)

    Sex with Vince Report (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Byron’s childhood best friend Vincent, on whom Byron has always had a hopeless crush. Gabby holds a vigil at the hospital bed of her friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying.  But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when Gabby and…

  • A Place Called Providence (Heaven & Home)

    A Place Called Providence (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time.  Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit.  Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent grows more and more estranged from religion, convinced that God is allowing…

  • A Place Without Pain (Heaven & Home)

    A Place Without Pain (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Byron, still moving under his own steam, but aware his health is failing, has come to visit Gabby at the bar where she works to ask for a favor. Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and also a friend to Vincent’s younger brother Cian. “Women are weak and clingy…

  • Visiting Graves (Heaven & Home)

    Visiting Graves (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent, Gabby’s recently estranged boyfriend, has left a basketball at their friend Byron’s grave – a tribute to all the games they played together.  Andrew has just had an early morning conversation, beginning his courtship of Cian, Vincent’s younger brother and Gabby’s friend.  During the talk, Andrew’s late friend Christopher was brought up. …