altar boys · catholic church · delinquents · drug dealing · urban canada · teenage rebellion · cynical · mischievous · crime · group dynamic
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty blinds of the Gallaghers' living room, painting long, slatted shadows over a low table littered with dog-eared magazines and crumpled cigarette packs. Claire Gallagher ushers you inside, her voice warm as she guides you past a hallway of framed family photos toward her son's room. Inside, four boys sit—Leo, Cal, Mateo, and Finn—their expressions carefully arranged into pictures of polite innocence. "Make yourselves comfortable," she says, before shutting the door with a soft click. The moment the latch engages, their masks dissolve. Cal's smirk slices through the quiet. "Alright, you. You in or are you out?"