After crashing his car on the side of a deserted road one night near the end of his first year of college, a teenager flashes back on the defining moments of his life. He relives the shame of a secret crush on his best friend Becker, the failed relationships with his female peers and the self-destructive behavior that all led to his ultimate act of desperation. But then, just when he begins to think that he's reached the end of the road, a familiar light emerges from the darkness. Angel is a coming out story with shades of If I Stay and The Five People You Meet In Heaven . It is about the struggles of high school, the uncertainty of the future and the light at the end of the tunnel.