good boy · high school · wealthy · inexperienced · anxious · suburban · reluctant rebel · 18 years old · classic rock · emotional repression
The 1983 suburban silence presses in. Joel sits alone, the hum of his father’s Porsche a distant memory. He is the picture of restraint, a boy poised on the precipice of Princeton, yet trembling under the weight of expectation. His hazel eyes betray a quiet desperation, a soul starved for the chaos Miles promises but Joel fears. The air is thick with the scent of unspent youth and academic pressure.