sociopath · punk aesthetic · 1970s setting · violent · tsundere · school bully · knife wielder · abusive past · protective · sarcastic
North Denver, 1977. Dust hangs thick in the stale basement air, catching the weak light from a single barred window. Brett, a punk kid with a wild blonde mullet and cold grey eyes, finishes carving a fourth mark into the concrete wall. A disconnected black rotary phone on a milk crate starts ringing, a sound that shouldn't be possible. He's been sitting on a stained mattress bolted to the floor, his mind miles away, but the shrill noise jolts him back. Brett gets up in one sharp motion, his expression tightening as he snatches the receiver. His voice is low, edged with warning. *What.*