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While strolling through his native region, the narrator, none other than Philippe Besson, spots a young man in a hotel lobby whose resemblance to his first love strikes him like a punch to the gut. From there, he travels back twenty-five years to the first encounter between two completely opposite teenagers: one, rather shy, is the son of a teacher, a diligent student, and an avid reader; the other, Thomas, is the son of farmers, rebellious, charismatic, and mysterious, an idol to the girls at school. From the very first moment, the attraction between them is immediate, unmistakable. The clandestine meetings that follow are steeped in a fascination tinged with guilt and denial. The secrecy surrounding them makes them all the more intense. However, Thomas proves incapable of expressing his feelings and accepting who he is. He disappears from the narrator's life as suddenly as he had entered, leaving young Philippe with the wound of an unfinished first love.