E_Ulrich
After witnessing a sinister ritual that was never meant to be seen deep in the woods, Cooper and his two best friends find their lives abruptly and irreversibly changed. What begins as a desperate attempt to escape spirals into something far stranger when they are pulled into a hidden town that doesn't exist on any map, a place suspended between reality and something far more dangerous.
At first, the town feels almost welcoming: quiet streets, familiar faces, and an unspoken sense of belonging that each of them has longed for in different ways. But beneath its charm lies an unsettling undercurrent. Whispers in the dark, watchful eyes, and secrets the townspeople refuse to name. As Cooper grows closer to someone who makes this eerie place feel like home, he's forced to confront feelings he's spent a lifetime trying to ignore, discovering both the beauty and vulnerability of queer love in a world that seems determined to test it.
Meanwhile, the bond between the three friends is pushed to its limits. Loyalties fracture, hidden truths surface, and the line between chosen family and survival begins to blur. The deeper they dig into the town's past, the more they realize that the ritual they witnessed was only the beginning, and that whatever lurks beneath the surface has been waiting for them.
Caught between the comfort of belonging and the terror of what that belonging might cost, Cooper must decide who he is willing to become, and what he is willing to sacrifice to protect the people he loves. In this haunting blend of queer romance, found family, and small-town mystery, nothing is as it seems, and escape may no longer be an option.