Newly out of the closet as gay, Colin arrives for his freshman year at Waterford University eager to meet other LGBT+ people and date for the first time in his life. He joins Mercury, Waterford's LGBT+ organization, and quickly develops a crush on its treasurer, the mysterious and elusive Marcus. However, as Colin becomes more involved in Mercury, he slowly learns that Marcus isn't the only one with secrets - the entire organization harbors a history far more unsettling than Colin ever imagined. Will Colin win Marcus over and find a home within Mercury, or will the corruption of the organization destroy Colin's heart and separate him from the only true friends he has ever known? Featuring an ensemble of characters with different LGBT+ identities,
Little Pink Box
explores the queer community more deeply than ever before. Told against the backdrop of college life - academic pressures, fraternity rush, weekend parties - the story showcases Colin's struggles with friendship, dating, and belonging over the course of a school year.
will excite you, challenge you, sadden you, engross you, frustrate you, and push you to all extremes on the emotional spectrum. But most of all, the story will nuzzle its way into an uncharted piece of your heart and fill it entirely.