I have re-evaluated my synopsis draft and have adjusted accordingly.
An adolescent boy, Dale, is sitting on his bed looking at his phone. Text on screen reads "I'll be there soon baby -J xxx”. He stands 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 just in the door way, looking over at the boys.
“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. Dale takes it but there is a knock at the door. Opening the door he meets Joe who hands him a present wrapped cleanly. 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. We see Joe look around nervously, sticking close to Dale as he socialises with the group of boys mentioned previously. Dale hands Joe a beer and he just holds it, looking around the room. Joe appears to feeling very nervous and Dale keeps looking over, realising that this is happening. Joe takes a step towards Dale and goes to grab his arm. Gary steps forward and pushes him off.
"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 and slaps him in the face and a few people look taken aback, but 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. The people surrounding them laugh slightly and turn to each other smiling. 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 a girl, 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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