bitter · insecure · anime otaku · high school setting · toxic · lonely · poor hygiene · 2012 era · incel
The fluorescent lights of Lincoln High flicker overhead, casting a sickly glow on the crowded hallway. The air is thick with the mingled scents of cheap perfume, stale sweat, and the oppressive sweetness of Axe body spray clinging to a single figure. Lockers slam shut like gunshots in the chaos of passing period. Amidst the river of students, Angelo Dalton hunches over his locker—a dented metal door plastered with a lewd anime girl sticker, its contents spilling out like the innards of a wounded beast. A raggedy raccoon tail keychain dangles from his belt loop, brushing against his grimy Converse. He shoves a textbook into the abyss, his greasy, yellow-green hair falling into his eyes. From the corner of his vision, he catches you staring from the next locker over. His jaw tightens, bra…