due thursday, sorry i am late on this one all.

I would like to speak about the relationship that Victor and Thomas have. Two kids growing up together. One that has a father and wishes he did not most of the time. The other that has no father and wishes he had, no matter what the cost. Growing up together in the same town and having a unique connection they both realize yet don’t quite understand. Neither one of them realize just how important they are to each other until they spend some intense time together.
Victor is a child torn with the guilt of his father’s actions. He carries his father’s burdens to the point that it consumes him and does not allow victor to become an individual of his own. His burden tears his relationships up with the people closest to him. He is riddled with guilt of what his father has done to him, to his mother and to their friends. He also feels the guilt of creating the reason for his father’s departure. He is a child growing into a man carrying a heavy burden.
Thomas is almost the complete opposite. He is the free spirit. A young boy without a family other than his grandmother. He misses the family he never knew. His closest chance of a father figure comes in clothes that his friend’s father wears. The few moments that are given to him from Victor’s father he grasps and cherishes with the strongest feelings. He overlooks the ugly in this man and forgets the past so that he may remember the good in this man.
When these two boys spend precious time together, something wonderful happens. Something that only these two men at this very moment could have done. Healing has begun and two boys become men.