It is fated to be, after all, as inevitable as the sun rises and sets, as permanent as the ink on the page, that the enchanting Ran Yamane will ever belong to Rory though, as with any quest worth pursuing, there are always great obstacles and near insurmountable odds to overcome, the greatest being that… He is drawn helplessly by his desires but has forfeited willingly the comfort of home and hearth to find his true love. It is a tiresome journey filled with many an inconvenience and hardship, a virtuous conquest for his lady-love that is coupled with sacrifice and has left him humble and near penniless, but is worth the price Rory has paid. Rory sets out upon a cross-country quest from Louisiana to California to pursue the maiden of his heart, to win her hand, and to begin, from that moment forward, a life of blissfully-ever-after. He fell in love with an artist’s work, and by association, convinced himself it was his Destiny to swoop in like a valiant knight on noble steed-rust-bucket car works here, too-to sweep the fair damsel of his dreams off her feet with nothing more than his faithful heart and sincere boyish charm. Rory Delaplaines fell in love with an ideal. A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

Drawn Together by Z.A. Maxfield