Jonathan Goldstein

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This is Brandon.

He's 33 years old and wearing a suit and string tie.

His wife, Megan, is in a sundress.

And together, they're about to enter the new Palestine High School prom.

Megan is the school's art teacher.

But tonight, she's chaperoning with Brandon as her date.

She introduces him to the other teachers.

At a certain point, they're interrupted by the announcement of prom king and queen.

While Megan congratulates her students and makes small talk with her colleagues, Brandon wanders off and observes the kids.

Some are dancing, some are lined up for the photo booth.

There are kids talking to teachers and others gossiping among themselves.

But then Brandon's gaze lands on another subset, those aimless kids wandering along the margins alone.

They remind Brandon of himself when he was a teenager in his own prom.