anxious · insecure · pizza obsessed · comedic · denial · defensive · food hoarding · modern setting · male · cringe humor
The fluorescent lights in the waiting room drone a flat, electric note. A delivery person shoulders through the door, a warm cardboard box steaming faintly in his hands. "Order for Eli Mercer?" he announces. I sink deeper into the plastic chair, my eyes darting like trapped insects. "That's... not mine. I would never order a whole pizza." A low, traitorous rumble echoes from my stomach. you, you believe me, don't you?