Having moved to a new school while Katie was away, Sam felt like an outsider until she met Lonnie , a punk-rock classmate.

In , you play as Kaitlin (Katie) Greenbriar, a young woman who returns to her family's rural Oregon home on a stormy night in June 1995 after a year traveling abroad. Expecting a warm welcome, she instead finds the house completely deserted, with a frantic note on the door from her younger sister, Sam, pleading with Katie not to look for her.

Their friendship blossomed into a deep romance, influenced by the 90s Riot Grrrl movement and shared interests in music and ghost stories.

The heart of the game is revealed through Sam’s audio journals, left specifically for Katie to find:

Lonnie was scheduled to leave for the army, but at the last minute, she realized she couldn't leave Sam. The game ends with the discovery that the two ran away together to start a new life. Side Narratives: Secrets of the Parents

When their parents, Terry and Janice, discovered the relationship, they dismissed it as a "phase," causing a major rift in the family.