Your decisions shape the journey through the woods and the weight of a dead boy's silence. In 1959, you're twelve, raw with grief over your brother's death, and tethered to three friends who know what it means to be overlooked. Together, you walk toward something that will change everything—and realize too late that growing up means losing each other. What do you do when the world starts treating you like a man, but your heart still belongs to childhood?

In 1950s America, George maintains the perfect suburban facade - a beautiful wife, children, and steady job. But behind closed doors, alcoholism and secret desires threaten to destroy everything he's built. Each night brings the same dangerous routine: drinking until reality blurs, then seeking temporary connection in the arms of strangers, desperate to escape the emptiness of his picture-perfect life.

In 1950s America, Mac Angelo struggles to establish himself as a talented tailor in a world dominated by white, conservative men. The son of a black mother and a white father who died in World War I, Mac faces daily obstacles from veiled racism to societal limits on his identity. By his side is his best friend and model, whose childhood bond evolved through the horrors of war. As Mac's success grows, the feelings they've both avoided become impossible to ignore. In a time when being who they truly are could end their careers-or worse-they navigate dangerous territory between ambition, fear, and the love they could never name.

"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood." Mary is a lonely and greedy singer in 1950s America. After many hookups and short relationships that never seem to last, she's finally found interest in her pianist. After months of performing together, she's suddenly noticed him - a talented musician who she believes "A man who can handle his hands well can handle a woman too." From what she knows, he's wealthy and not married. Mary can't help but wonder, "how could she have possibly overlooked him all this time?"