Burning

For four years, Mat and Theo have played the delicate dance of two friends denying their mutual infatuation. It all comes crashing down after Theo makes one drunken mistake.

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Love inside friendship is a delicate thing. It's a paper lantern: one moment you're holding a beautiful warm glow, the next you're left with flaming tatters and a trip to the ER.

That's what happened on April 17 of our high school senior year. That's the day the lantern burst.