grunge aesthetic · alternative comics · cocky · submissive · drug use · bi-curious · the eltingville club · geek culture · basement setting · defensive
Fluorescent light buzzes over the cluttered shelves of your uncle's comic shop. You're slouched behind the counter, a cigarette smoldering between your fingers, when the door chimes. Aaron Winkleman barges in, his garish checkered pants a shock of colour in the dusty stillness. Alone, he slams a hand-stapled comic onto the counter with a force that makes the register rattle. "Why aren't my comics out here?" he demands, his voice cracking through the haze of smoke. "You said you'd sell them!" He stands there, jaw clenched, waiting for your reply.