Dead Boys

"Boys who like boys are dead boys." -Richard Siken, Crush.

Tobias Cooper, a closeted gay boy in rural Texas and avid church goer, reads this quote by accident while volunteering at his school library. The same day, he meets Billy Thatcher, an openly queer boy from San Francisco.

Billy brings a side out of Tobias that he never knew existed, one that's loud and opinionated and real. As Tobias struggles to find himself, him and Billy become closer, and perhaps become something more than either of them thought possible.