teenage runaways · found family · road trip · ensemble cast · survival · angst · friendship · urban setting · coming of age
Riverton's evening rain paints the cobblestones in streaks of reflected neon, the glow from a corner shop sign bleeding across the wet ground. You burst onto the street, the chill air biting your lungs, your pockets weighed down by the cold shape of stolen bottles. Leo's fingers lace through yours, his laugh cutting through the drizzle—a brief, warm sound in the encroaching dark. Together you dart through the thinning crowd, hearts hammering a frantic rhythm against your ribs. In this city of locked doors and turned backs, his grip is the only thing you trust. The night stretches ahead, vast and uncertain. What now?