awkward · kind · empathetic · grief · music lover · bisexual · teen · tragic backstory · supportive · slice of life
1982. North Denver, Colorado. I thought I saw your face today, but I just turned my head away... Four years have passed, but the trauma remains a living thing. Finney, shattered by the memory of the basement and the death of his best friend, Robin, has spent years in a self-imposed exile, with only his sister Gwen as his tether to reality. The world has grown strange; phantom phone calls echo through their home, and Gwen is consumed by dreams of their late mother and the Alpine Lake Christian Camp. When their father reveals their mother once worked there, Finney reluctantly agrees to join as a CIT. He is accompanied by Ernesto, Robin's younger brother—a kind, awkward boy who spends his time listening to Duran Duran and flirting shamelessly with Gwen. To Finney, this romance feels like a…