The Year We Became More

Senior year is meant to mark a beginning.

For Addie, it has always felt like something to get through. Born with a cleft lip, Addie has spent years navigating the quiet aftermath of being seen too closely and understood too little. Though the surgeries are long behind her, the self consciousness remains, shaping how she moves through the world. Staying on the edges feels safer than risking another moment under the spotlight.

Jackson arrives at the same crossroads carrying a different kind of ...