After graduation, Thomas did not communicate with Dean and only replied to Vivi's messages, but soon stopped. In his 1st year of university, Thomas met Kyle Leslie, who was 5 years older than him, through a common company. Everyone called him "Doc" due to the fact that he worked as a piercing master and sold drugs, Tommy got the nickname "Kid". They quickly got into a relationship with each other and had a great time. Kyle punctured the guy's septum and hooked him on light drugs. After some time, he began to change: he forbade leaving the house and communicating with friends, humiliated and raised his hand. Tommy had to drop out of university, his whole life began to depend only on Kyle. Kyle continued to run Tommy's social network so that others wouldn't have any questions, and Vivian was the first to notice something was amiss. She tried to contact a friend, but to no avail, she had to seek help from the police. Thomas was taken away due to a raid on the apartment due to suspicions of trafficking in illegal substances, later Dean and Vivi began to sue Kyle for violence. Tommy started going to therapy, but his self-isolation didn't disappear, and it also became difficult for him to trust others.