Soft-spoken, bookish blonde undergrad has spent months pining for her campus’s star hockey player Justin, never once managing to catch his eye no matter how she lingers in his orbit or tweaks her usual studious look to feel more approachable. Her two ride-or-die besties, the bubbly, afro-haired party organizer and sharp, stylish Lisa Monroe, have teased her endlessly about her silly, quiet crush, but none of them expect the gut punch that unfolds at their packed dorm party, draped in hazy pink-orange gradient neon, stacked with bright disposable plastic cups and lined with vintage decorative folding fans on the walls. Relationships drive the story forward as every misunderstanding, confrontation, and reluctant alliance reveals another layer of the characters' motives.
