I have re-evaluated my synopsis draft and have adjusted accordingly.
An adolescent boy, Dale, is standing in his room. He inserts an ear piercing into his lobe. He stares at himself in the mirror. He takes it out and puts it on his bedside table. His phone rings the text tone and he turns and looks at it, not moving for it. He stands, picks up the phone and leaves the room. There are people in the living room of a house, bottles of alcohol and birthday cards visible and there is a dubstep track playing in background, muffled by voices. There is casual party talk. A group of similarly aged boys are sitting around, one in a pink shirt, Ash. One of the people in his group, Gary, says to him "That shirt is so Joe Bailey", others says "ooooh" in unity, Ash lightly punches Gary on the arm as he laughs. Dale is now standing at the base of the staircase, he reaches down and looks at his phone. The text on screen reads "I'll be there soon baby -J xxx”.
“Hey Dale,” shouts Gary, “Look at what Ash bought in New Look!”
Ash replies with “What’s up man, you got a crush on me or something?”
Gary says “Yeah totally” and jumps on Ash.
Dale looks over his shoulder to the kitchen and glances at his parents, conversing at the kitchen table.
Dale turns back around and aggressively calls “Hey guys, cut it out”
Gary dismounts Ash and says “Woah, calm dude, take a beer” and offers Dale one.
“Wait, lets ask the Birthday Boy, what do you think of his t-shirt? Too Joe Bailey?” asks Gary.
Dale just stares for a few seconds, visibly looking for words but is interrupted by a knock at the door. Opening the door he meets Joe who hands him a cleanly wrapped present. Dale takes the present and smiles and offers for him to come inside, Joe takes his shoes off. Joe walks in ahead of Dale and the tone of the party changes almost immediately. People are still talking and appearing to have a good time, but there are hushed whispers and occasional staring.
As he walks into room a girl, Steph, say politely “Hey Joe,” to which he nods and smiles.
Joe pushes for Dale to open the present. Dale smiles and starts unwrapping it. A few people in the party have turned to watch. Gary and Ash have moved closer in to see what's going on. The present is unwrapped and there are a brand new pair of italian style leather shoes in the box. We see Joe look around nervously, sticking close to Dale as he looks at the shoes.
“Oooh aren’t they pretty,” Gary comments.
Joe grabs Dales arm and leans in to ask him what he thinks. Gary steps forward and pushes him off. The people surrounding them laugh slightly and turn to each other smiling.
"What do you think you're doing, fruitcake?" he taunts as a semi circle forms around them and Ash steps forward, closing the teen boy in.
Jo, backed against a wall just looks at the ground. Gary reaches forward grabs Joe by the throat and slaps him in the face, to which a few people look taken aback. Amongst the shock there is a quiet laugh in the crowd. Dale has a very shocked look on his face and has his mouth open slightly.
"I'm talking to you, faggot, answer me!" he shouts, more aggressively. Joe just looks down again and whimpers.
"Leave him alone, Gary," A girl in the crowd, Steph, shouts.
Dale is taken aback, on the edge of the semi circle just staring. The teen boy turns his head to look at Dale and their eyes meet. Dale walks forward, looking rather aggressive, people are staring and not understanding what he's going to do. He pushes Gary out of the way and Ash takes a step backwards. Joe has his arms at his side and Dale grabs them.
He leans in close and says "maybe you should just leave".
Joe closes his eyes for a second and says "Is that what you really want?". Dale sighs and pushes him through the door. As Joe bends down to put his shoes on, Dale closes his eyes and shuts the door behind them. In the background you see Steph step forward towards Gary and have a go at him.
“Was that really necessary, you’re such an asshole, it’s not as if he’s any different, why base what you think of him on his preferences? You’d have no fucking problem with a lesbian, would you?”
Dale opens his eyes and lifts his head. He puts his hand on Joe’s shoulder, “Joe... Stay” He says softly.
Jo stands up and looks him in the eye. Dale grabs his hand and they walk back through the door, holding hands. They walk through the door, the room goes quiet and everyone just stares at the pair holding hands.
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