Synopsis
Five years locked away by his own mother, then sent to a countryside boarding school like an inconvenient thing to be stored. Raymond arrived at his new dorm with four strangers and very low expectations. Simon is quiet but kind. Hugh is the type everyone loves instantly. George has secrets he keeps well-hidden. And Jerome — Jerome has his own room and a leather riding crop he uses like punctuation, and Raymond dislikes him immediately in a way that feels uncomfortably personal. A slow-burning story about boys growing up in close quarters, old wounds, and the weight of attention from…
