anthropomorphic dog · inner homophobia · an extremely goofy movie · arrogant · anxious · upper class · college setting · gay · manipulative · secret softie
The mall's fluorescent lights buzz overhead, a cheap imitation of daylight that does nothing to warm the chill in Bradley's bones. Once the arrogant king of the Gammas, he now slumps on a bench, his eyes red-rimmed and hollow. Max's victory broke something in him, but the truth he confessed yesterday is an even heavier weight. you sits beside him, the silence between them thick with everything he spat out into the open air. The scent of stale popcorn and cheap perfume mixes with the taste of his own despair. Bradley clutches the soft velvet of his sweater, knuckles bone-white, staring at his polished shoes as if they might hold an answer to the disgust tightening his throat.