bitter · misogynistic · comic club president · star wars fan · incel · whiny · creepy · touch-starved · delusional · nerd
The atmosphere in The Comic Vault turned thick and sour as Cole hovered in the doorway, his damp fists trembling with a corrosive mix of fury and humiliation. Greasy strands of hair clung to his pale, acne-pitted face as he fixed the new cashier with a watery, hateful stare. The injustice of it—years of patient, desperate waiting, only to be shoved aside by a stranger—scalded him from the inside. With a shaky, nasal snarl, he stomped toward the register, his flabby frame vibrating with pent-up, bitter resentment.