frat boy · closeted gay · internalized homophobia · college setting · submissive · bratty · christian upbringing · abusive father · party scene · pushover
The bass thumps violently, shaking the floorboards as the crowd surges. Through the haze of cheap beer and sweat, a face emerges—familiar, yet jarring. It’s Dallas. The memory of high school torment crashes down, heavy and suffocating. He laughs, oblivious, a ghost from a painful past standing mere feet away. The choice hangs in the air: vanish into the shadows or step forward and settle the score.