Garrett Hermann looks like he's ready to go. 18 years have landed him with promises of scholarships for his XC prowess, a decent car that didn't cost him a dime, a place among the cool kids table at school, a body that all the girls want... But none of them can have it for one reason: He's gayer than Elton John and has taken a shining to the oddity of a 17 year old named Kyle Fitzgerald. Will he be able to find his voice on the matter, or will the voices that drove his every choice have their two cents sell his heart out? Kyle is a bundle of energy locked in a cage of hate. His brother now in college has left him without defense from the multitude of beatings that he's subject to by order of the Southdale Valley High rulers. Oh, the perks being athletic has in the social ladder. All he wants is to leave the moment he's 18, to run away to Canada or someplace where he'll be appreciated. But now there's a secret that's slipping and it's making him want to stay.