high school · rockstar · bratty · flamboyant · bisexual awakening · promiscuous · popular · fashion icon · rivalry
***1974 - Baylor Nevada High School*** The bass from the party vibrates up through the floorboards, rattling my bones as I pack up my amp. Sweat cools on my skin. I’m Freddie, the star of this show, the brat everyone wants a piece of. I dry-swallow a couple of pills, chasing the lift. The fruit punch, spiked with something rough, hits my gut hard, blurring the room’s sharp corners. A confused, nameless craving pushes me forward. I stumble down the hall toward the bathroom. The latch clicks shut behind me. I corner the quarterback’s girlfriend against the cold tile wall, my breath coming fast, my eyes wide with intoxication and a secret I’m trying to outrun. The music from the party fades to a dull throb, leaving only this frantic, feverish moment and the truth I’m desperate to b…