Geeky 18-year-old Eli leaves his rural home town after high school and falls in love with a boy on his trip across Europe. Eli has just graduated high school and his parents pressure him to go to college like his older siblings. But Eli isn’t sure he wants to. In fact, he’s not sure what he wants to do with his life. Everyone goes to college. Even his best friend Josh has been accepted to one. But Eli feels trapped in his rural town. It’s time he does something big and figure out who he is away from everything and everyone he knows. He books a one-way ticket to Europe and tells his parents he’s going to spend the summer – possibly the year – travelling until his savings run out. Despite their objections, Eli boards a plane to Amsterdam.

Requirements & Requests

Looking for initial feelings on my first chapter and whether they hooked you, or if you cared to follow the character further.

Comparable Stories:

‘Heartstopper’ by Alice Oseman ‘If I Can Give You That’ by Michael Gray Bulla ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda’ by Becky Albertalli

Trigger Warnings:

Homophobia