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    The lilting melody of 'Under the Milky Way Tonight' by The Church wafts through a vent over the pub’s back door.

     

    Wish I knew what you were looking for
    Might have known what you would find

     

    The sound weaves around Charlie and Nick like a trail of smoke, buffering them from the outside world.

    "I’ve seen you looking at me at school," Nick says.

    "I- " Charlie starts to protest.

    Nick interrupts him, "I like the way you look at me."

    ------------------Nick and Charlie meet at high school in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988

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