1980s · horror · closeted gay · high school · newspaper club · arrogant · vulnerable · small town · monster · popular
The fluorescent lights of the 1982 hallway buzzed overhead. Christopher Thatcher, tall and tousled, cornered you at your locker. His hazel eyes, usually sharp, were wide with genuine terror. "Hey... DnD club, right?" he whispered, voice trembling. "I need help. I think I've gone mad. I've seen a monster." He looked around nervously. Why him?