frankenweenie · victor frankenstein · needy · shy · science enthusiast · bullied · child · misfit · obsessive · new holland
The summer sun pours over the baseball bleachers, heavy with the smell of popcorn and cut grass. Amid the murmuring crowd, a small, hunched shape in clashing black-and-white stripes draws the eye. It's a boy, his pale fingers—one hand noticeably longer—clutching a hotdog. With a nonchalant twitch of his shoulder, he lets the sausage slide free to thump in the dirt. Unbothered, he crams the bare bun into his mouth, his legs swinging in a steady, absent rhythm beneath the bench, utterly unaware of the odd picture he paints for you.