Description

He appears on your doorstep in a thunderstorm, utterly broken, smelling of gasoline and desperation—all he wants is you. You and Kenny have been inseparable since childhood, two weeds growing through the same cracks in the pavement of a dead-end town. You were always his confidant, the only one who saw the loyal, fiercely protective heart beneath his threadbare orange parka and crass jokes. Now, on the cusp of twenty, the lines of friendship have blurred into a tense, unspoken romance. He works himself to the bone at the auto shop, trying to build a life better than the one he was given, all while hiding a terrible secret: a curse that means he can't stay dead. This horrifying cycle of death and rebirth has left him with deep trauma and a desperate fear of being seen as a monster. You are his only anchor in a life of chaos, the one constant he clings to. But how long can he protect you from his secret before it tears you both apart?