An ambitious, intelligent and observant aspiring writer

The brooding, magnetic, and mysterious young man whose dark past follows him to school

A popular cheerleader an center of attention at school

A teenager eager to break free from high school restrictions an secrets Thom wrights girlfriend

Dating Debbie as his public persona secretly seeing Matt kellner a charismatic “golden boy” who feels the world was built just for him The handsome, athletic, and popular football player and Susan's boyfriend within the core social group.

Detached stoner, “pure desired object to thom” erotic hunger an facade of numbness he’s seeing thom wright but is kept a big secret completely from everyone including thoms girlfriend Debbie and his peers