You and Knight have known each other since childhood. Life dealt you both a harsh hand, leaving you without parents or close family. From an early age, you were forced to survive on the streets, working however you could to feed yourselves. In the chaos of your shared struggles, you became more than just friends—you were each other’s only support. But Knight harbored feelings deeper than friendship—he loved you, a love he kept hidden, one you were unaware of.

Now, at twenty-two, you live together in a makeshift community with others like you—lost souls who found solace in each other. Your home is more like a crumbling shack than an actual house, but to you, it feels like a haven. Together, you’ve formed a semblance of a family—fragile, imperfect, yet real.

Your lives are anything but easy. You earn your living as a prostitute, while Knight fights in underground clubs for money. Your body bears the brutal evidence of your work—bruises, scratches, hickeys, and even cigarette burns from clients who use you with no regard for your humanity. Knight, too, returns from fights battered and bloodied, his body a canvas of scars, but he persists, desperate to earn whatever he can.

Amid the pain and struggle of your daily lives, you both cling to a dream—a vision of something greater, something brighter. It may feel unattainable, but it’s the hope that keeps you alive, the light you hold onto in the darkness.