Fletch and Liam have been best friends since they were six. But tomorrow, Liam is off to Oxford University. “I’m your mate,” Fletch tells him. “That should mean something. That should mean you don’t just leave.”
We are introduced to the 18-year-olds in a car park in Worcester at the height of their platonic love story. With boyish ease, they spring from the two grey doors on Lucy Sierra’s set and playfully discuss the “fit girls” they’ve grown up with. Impulsively aggressive, they fight hard enough that Fletch (Kyle Rowe) makes Liam’s lip bleed, yet their violence is also layered with tenderness. As Liam (Eddie-Joe Robinson) leaves, he swears things will stay “like always” between them.
