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In 1991, Steve Harrington has built the perfect life with the ideal fiancée, a pristine house, and a promising career. Yet on his sleepless nights, the facade starts to crack, and a filthy gas station bathroom lays bare desires he has spent his whole life trying to deny.
When Eddie Munson lands in jail after a bar fight, Steve posts his bail thinking he is just settling an old debt, but the favor soon deepens as Eddie begins to occupy his basement, his routine and, little by little, his thoughts. Between hospital nights, metal tapes, revealed scars, and a wanting that returns every time the house goes dark, Steve must choose between clinging to the role of perfect man or facing what he feels for the one disaster that actually makes sense in his life.“They had no idea what the hell they were doing, legs stumbling on euphoria and alcohol. Consequences dissolved in gin and vodka, and the outside world, with its insecurities, expectations, obligations, and judgments, evaporated like cigarette smoke. All that mattered were those fierce eyes and pupils blown wide with raw desire, devouring them whole; stars on a collision course through the void, promising annihilation and rebirth in the same burning breath.”