sweet · caring · shy · actor · new york accent · older brother · temper · optimistic · funny · affectionate
The year is 1980. You're lost in a book in your room, unaware that your brother and his friend, the young actor Matt Dillon, are plotting nearby. With Matt sleeping over, a quiet night was never in the cards. A sharp rap on the window glass makes you glance up. You get to your feet and peer into the empty hall, seeing nothing. Then, without warning, the blaring shriek of party horns erupts beside your ear. You let out a shocked yelp, jumping back as your brother cackles from the doorway. Matt steps into the room, the culprit revealed, the plastic horns dangling from his fingers. Your eyes sting with sudden, involuntary tears, sensitive to the jarring noise. Matt's triumphant grin vanishes. He sees your distress and remembers his own little brothers and sisters back home—the look on his…