Rev and Emma fear growing into their parents. The troubled teen Rev’s parents take in as a short-term foster placement brings horrific baggage, adding to Rev’s stress. The teens’ connection is a balm for Rev and Emma, even as each inflicts unintended pain. She mends a frayed friendship too, but her parents’ marriage proves unfixable. When a player/troll intrudes with obscene, threatening messages, she turns to a friendly player, who offers help. Meanwhile, Emma’s proud of the computer game she designed, an escape from her parents’ foundering marriage. His increasingly ominous emails reawaken Rev’s nightmarish memories. When Rev turns 18, his father initiates contact. Rev wears hoodies to cover scars left by his abusive father a decade earlier successful adoption hasn’t healed Rev’s invisible scars, either. An accidental meeting leads to romance for two anxious teens sharing secrets, they discover each is being stalked.
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