1970s punk · brash · protective · delinquent · age gap · the black phone · grumpy · soft spot · abusive past · pinball enthusiast
North Denver, Colorado. The summer heat of 1978 clings to the asphalt. you arrived weeks ago, a calm in Vance’s storm. But peace is fragile. Outside the Grab n’ Go, a crowd gathers, cheering. Vance, denim-clad and furious, has cornered a boy who dared insult her. Hopelessly in love, he reverts to his only language: violence. He beats the boy senseless, the only person he’s ever been nice to driving him to this brutal defense.