Wildfire

Content Warning: This section discusses gambling addiction, parental neglect and verbal abuse, and alcohol abuse.

Russ Callaghan discusses summer plans with his Maple Hills collegiate hockey teammates; while Mattie, Bobby, and Kris will be in Miami, he will be a counselor at Honey Acres, a rich kids’ summer camp with little cell phone reception. His roommate Henry believes that Russ will despise it, but Russ is willing to do anything to avoid living at home with his father, who has a gambling addiction, and dodging calls from his mother. Since moving in with Henry and Robbie, Russ has found a family he can actually rely on. Henry is the only person who knows of Russ’s tough family life and his father’s addiction.

Russ joins Henry, Mattie, Bobby, Kris, JJ, Nathan, and Anastasia in helping Robbie prepare for the going-away party for Nathan, who is moving to Canada to play hockey for Vancouver. Nathan’s girlfriend, Anastasia, cries, and many of his teammates are forced to pay JJ due to losing a bet on whether she’d shed tears or not. Russ does not participate, as he does not bet due to his father’s addiction; Henry doesn’t either out of solidarity.