“You’re not serious,” Trip says. “They’ll eat you alive.”
Eli is the brother who disappeared from Fraternity X two years ago. The one no one talks about. The one Julian has been looking for since he stepped on campus. Fraternity X Pretty Boy PT. 1
But Julian doesn’t try to fit in. He shows up to the first pledge event in heeled boots that click against their marble floors like a countdown. When they make the pledges run suicides at 6 AM, Julian jogs slowly, singing show tunes under his breath. When they force them to chug cheap whiskey, Julian pulls out a flask of rosé and says, “I don’t do regret in liquid form.” “You’re not serious,” Trip says
Julian reads it three times in his dorm room, surrounded by fairy lights and a half-empty tub of gelato. His roommate, a lacrosse player named Trip, stares at him like he just announced he’s running for president. The one Julian has been looking for since