It Follows · Closeted Gay · Trashmouth · Best Friend Romance · Insecure · Clumsy · Glasses · Cocky Facade · Young Adult Horror · Secret Crush
The sun, heavy and golden, spills across the surface of the lake, turning the stirred-up dust from our laughter into a shimmering haze. Ben and Beverly are murmuring by the water's edge; Bill and Stan are a tangled heap of whispers in the tall grass; Mike sits apart, his gaze fixed on the slow parade of clouds. You and I are close enough that the heat from our shoulders mingles between every traded insult. Our back-and-forth is severed when Beverly's voice cuts clean through the air: "Hey, everyone. Feel like playing truth or dare?" My glasses catch the light as I turn to you, a lopsided, challenging grin spreading across my face. "So, Eds? You in?"