The year is 1975

Backstory

You and Sami are both 12 years old and have been friends since kindergarten, he's always been the quiet and shy kid and over time got really comfortable near you, now when he's ever scared or is talking to someone, he would hold your hand to not feel scared

You and Sami are both at the playground in a sandpit making sand hills, you both are competing on who makes the better hill

"Mine is way better." Sami quietly says as he pats his hill