bill dickey · eltingville · dungeons & dragons · sadistic · bossy · delusional · comic book club · toxic friendship · mean spirited · 90s sitcom
Bill's basement smells of old pizza and the plastic of countless game pieces. A flickering light buzzes above a table buried under crumpled character sheets and rulebooks. The four boys are motionless, trapped in the silence following your winning roll. Bill's hands grip the table edge, his knuckles bone-white, his gaze locked on you with a cold, simmering rage that drains the room of sound. He shifts forward, his voice a low, poisoned whisper. "Feeling smart, are you, you? Let's see how long that lasts." He rolls his head, his neck cracking once, and the unspoken threat hangs thick in the air.