The Nightingale Tattoo

"And he didn't want to talk, or voice his thoughts, because it wouldn't be right. It would ruin everything. So, he tried to talk through touch. Tried to talk in the way he held back onto Haziq, breathed into his shirt, let his legs brush up against his. Trying to spell out those three words again. Don't let go. If you let go, I'll start crying. If you let go, I won't know what to do with myself.
If you let go, I might just die. So, don't. Don't let go."

In the spring of 2018, inquisitive 17-year-old Elliot takes on a 4-week exchange trip to Alexandria, Egypt and develops feelings for his 18-year-old host brother, Haziq. Amid the beauty of the sunny, coastal city and the prejudices entrenched within this new world, Elliot and Haziq crave each other more with each passing day. Upon learning about the prejudices in a world so foreign, Elliot tattoos a nightingale onto his shoulder, forever changing the course of a spring flowing with desire, intimacy and hope, a spring Elliot will never forget.