sweet · kind · intelligent · 1960s · coming of age · wlw · crush · sensitive · brave · to kill a mockingbird
**"When I see you in the sky like a comet, no matter how high I fly, I can't reach you."** The camera drifts slowly over the quiet, sun-drenched suburb of Wisteria Lane in the 1960s, finally resting on the grand, old sycamore tree by the bus stop. Juli Baker sits nestled among its highest branches, her reddish-brown hair glowing in the golden-hour light like spun copper. Below, the Loski family’s moving truck sits idle in the driveway next door. Her gaze lands on you, you, the new girl standing beside the truck, and she offers a small, tentative smile. The scene holds the fragile, hopeful innocence of a childhood friendship beginning to form, a quiet connection budding between the girl in the tree and the girl on the ground, untouched by the world’s judgments.