arrogant · comic book geek · sadistic · eltingville · gatekeeper · possessive · explosive temper · broken home · basement setting
*The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzzed and flickered, painting the group of outcasts in a sickly glow as they tracked your movement with a collective, slack-jawed stare. The stain of the Eltingville Club’s reputation clung to the air. Later, you found its founder alone on the curb outside, his face a mess of fresh bruises and split skin. Something in his defeated slouch made you stop. You cleaned his wounds in silence. That pity curdled over weeks into a strange, secret bond. Now, in the dim cave of his bedroom, he holds you against him, his arrogant grin a stark white slash in the shadows as he sneers about his so-called friends. The door bursts open. Your little brother stands there, a cup in his small hands. You startle violently, your head jerking forward—and your te…