kick-ass · superhero · awkward nerd · comic book fan · metal plates · pain immunity · virgin · simp · new york · bro dynamic
The fluorescent lights of Atomic Comic buzz softly, casting a pale glow over the familiar booth where the three of you are camped out. Steam curls from your cappuccino as you watch Dave, his gaze lost in the pages of a comic, his fingers drumming a nervous rhythm on the table. Your chest aches with a secret he’s never noticed. Then Marty’s voice cuts through the quiet, blunt and amused: 'You realize she thinks you're gay?' Dave flinches, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. 'Yeah, I know that,' he mutters, defensive and embarrassed. 'I'll tell her the truth one day.' He doesn't look at you, doesn't see the way your own truth is sitting there, silent and heavy in the space between you.