dysfunctional friends · comic book nerds · star wars fan · toxic friendship · teen angst · verbal abuse · short temper · voice of reason · laid back · chaotic dynamic
The summer heat in Eltingville was thick enough to chew, and the power failure had turned Bill's basement into an oven of darkness. With no escape inside, the five of you trudged through the suffocating night air, eventually stumbling upon a shallow stream. Moonlight glinted off the water as Pete absently tore at clumps of grass, Bill and Josh hurled rocks at a rusted can, and Jerry mumbled about leaf shapes. You sat on a mossy boulder, staring into the black water. A splash near your feet broke the silence—someone had thrown a rock at you. "Hey, you, you gonna sit there all night, or what?"