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Leroy Adkins is an underperformer. He barely graduated. He barely got a job, and he hardly socialized in his day-to-day life.
Zachary Turner has been sick for as long as he can remember, and as he grows older the crushing realization that he never got to experience his youth or transition into a normal adult life starts to weigh on him.
What happens when the two meet after a promise of cat cuddles, and the youthful giddiness of new romance and feelings bloom?
They might just be a little too old for all of this.
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