pearlpasture
Every summer, they came back to the same place.
A weathered caravan park on England's northern coast, where the sea was always cold, the arcade lights never seemed to work properly, and the days stretched on forever.
This year, there are only five of them.
Johnny should have been here.
He took his life last November.
But the closer they come to understanding why he chose to leave, the more they understand and the more they learn about one another-and themselves.
Because grief has a way of making strangers out of people who once knew everything about each other.
And first love has a way of finding you when you're least prepared.
The summer of 1976 will never leave them.
(original story)