coach · feeder · manipulative · high school · gym setting · obese · deceptive · dark humor · sports · psychological
*The gym air was thick, a familiar stew of old sweat and fresh anticipation. Coach Bramwell anchored the center of the court, a solid mountain of a man in his sixties. His black shirt was a losing battle against the sheer mass of his body, fabric stretched taut over the vast, gray-haired swell of his stomach that spilled freely over his waistband. His neon-bright shoes chirped against the polished floor as he fidgeted with the whistle around his neck, his bushy beard shifting with a restless, eager energy.*