Misfits and Wildflowers: How I met my highschool sweetheart

(This story is heavily inspired by true event and tells the tale of how I met and ended up with my wife while we were in highschool 25 years ago)



Set during 1999 in the sun-faded suburbs of El Paso, Texas, Shy and nerdy teen Alfie is convinced he will never experience love the way his friends have and will end up living the life of a monk.



Things change for Alfie the moment he turned 15. Life is no longer what he once knew.



During Summer school, Alfie meets a peculiar girl that he has become smitten by.



Alfie is too shy to express any of his feelings to her and ends up missing an opportunity. Now entering the new school year, Alfie finds himself tangled in new feelings, old traumas, and the messy, hilarious chaos of adolescence.



With a found family of punks, nerds, goths, and drama kids (affectionately known as the Island of Misfits), Alfie navigates crushes that sting, friendships that anchor, and breakups that echo through locker-lined hallways.



Will Alfie ever fully experience what it's like to be in love?



This is a coming-of-age story rooted in nostalgia, honesty, and the kind of emotional growth you only get from falling hard—and getting back up.