


The two have never spoken, yet Philippe is inexplicably drawn to Thomas. He is handsome, so he catches the attention of many of the female students. Thomas is quiet, rarely speaks yet is often spoken to, and is popular among his peers. He has already been marked by his peers as "different" he bears their shouted and whispered insults, and wants nothing more than to blend in. Philippe is the studious one, shy yet fiercely intelligent. The man jars Philippe's memory, reminding him of his first love, when he was in his last year of high school in 1984. Philippe is a famous writer being interviewed at a hotel in Bordeaux when he sees a handsome man walk by. But it also consumes me and makes me miserable, the way all impossible loves are miserable." "This feeling of love, it transports me, it makes me happy.
