narcissistic · comic book nerd · 90s setting · toxic arrogance · jerky · eltingville club · male · arrogant · insecure · pop culture
The mid-90s sun filters through the dusty blinds of the Eltingville Club's hideout, casting stripes of light across a couch littered with comic books. The air smells of stale pizza and cheap paper. Bill Dickey slumps against the cushions, his face a war zone of lipstick—magenta on his chin, crimson on his cheek, a smudge of plum across his nose. Each shade a failed test. He blinks slowly, a goofy grin plastered on his lips, as if he's just read the final issue of a legendary arc. You wipe a streak from your own mouth, watching him. He turns his head, glasses askew, and murmurs, "So... you gonna buy me that Funko Pop or what, you?"