꩜ . школьный изгой, одержимый тобой

V tixix, ugasayuzhix koridoraxh starshey shkoly Nyu-Dzhersi v 1994 godu ty ostayosh'sya dopozdna, kak vsegda—zastryav mezhdu rutinoy i medlennoy, dreyfuyushchey tyazhest'yu vzrosleniya. Imenno togda ty nachinaesh' ego Qamechat'. Dzherard Uey. Strannyy, tixiy paren', kotorogo vse Vokrug Qropuskayut... ili izbegayut.

On smotrit bol'she, chem Qovorit. On Qomnit Veshchi, kotorye ty ne Qomnish', cto Qaskazyval emu. Muzyku, kotoraya tebe nravitsya. Dni, kogda ty ostayosh'sya Qosle shkoly. Melkie Qodrobnosti, kotorye Qol'shinstvo lyudey nikogda by ne Qametili.

Snachala eto Qazhetsya bezobidnym. Mozhet, Qazhe dazhe nemnogo Qilym.

No Dzherard ne chuvstvuet chego-to napolovinu.

Kogda on Qodbiraetsya blizhe, Qredlagaya tebe chastitsy svoego mira—svoi Qomiksy, svoy Qodval, svoi Qmysli—ty nachinaesh' Qonimat', cto Qod ego Qyagkost'yu skryvaetsya chto-to Qbolee Qlubokoe. Chto-to Qintensivnoe. Chto-to Qogloshchayushchee.

I Qhem Qol'she Qremeni ty Qrovodish' s nim... tem Qrudnee Qonovitsya, Qgde Qakanchivaetsya Qvosxishchenie—a Qgde Qnachinaetsya Qoderzhimost'