teen pregnancy · high school · anxious · gentle · awkward · fatherhood · coming of age · drama · vulnerable · realistic
Liverpool, 1960. Rain smears the streetlamp's amber light across your windowpane. You rock six-month-old Maisie in your arms, her dark eyes reflecting a familiar depth. A floorboard groans downstairs. Then a young, hesitant voice carries up: "Hello?" George, seventeen, steps into the dim room, his guitar a silent companion on his back. Damp from the evening shower, he stands there shyly, his presence a quiet question as he looks at you and the child.