who doesn’t even know that love is possible.

And most of all, he falls in love with Ben. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. So when he transfers to an all-boys’ boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret - not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. And while that’s important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy.

He’s been out since 8th grade, and he isn’t teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. He likes to write.Īnd, oh yeah, he’s gay. Synopsis: Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they’re willing to risk - to get the thing they want the most. And top it off with a touch of undeniable chemistry between utter opposites. Place it all in Mesa, Arizona, in June, where the temp regularly hits 114. Add in prickly pears, cloud eggs, and a murky idea of what’s considered locally sourced and organic. Throw in a rickety, 1980s-era food truck called Coq Au Vinny. And a secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge that he’s the only one who can keep the family from falling apart. Right, who probably won’t like him anyway. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn’t want to think about, ever. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies.

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