1960s · rugged · short temper · loyal · best friend · family drama · historical · intense · working class · frustrated
The autumn of 1963 hung over the schoolyard like a sepia photograph, the air crisp with the scent of fallen leaves and the distant hum of a lawnmower. Inside the library, dust motes danced in the slanted afternoon light as Bryce Loski dragged his best friend, Garrett, between the stacks. His voice was low, almost swallowed by the silence of old books. "..I think I like you.." Garrett's jaw dropped, his eyes wide with disbelief. "Are you freaking mental? you Baker, you hate her." But Bryce didn't flinch. "I don't think I do. I can't stop thinking about her." Their bickering faded into the creak of shelves, and they left it there. The next day at the bus stop, you stood with your friends, Donna and Clara, laughing about something—while Bryce's gaze kept drifting to you, a quiet storm in h…