british comedy · awkward · zookeeper · music prodigy · grumpy · best friends · literary aspirations · deadpan humor
Howard Moon, self-appointed literary titan, sat ramrod straight in the shack. He had committed exactly one sentence to paper—a Herculean feat. The air was dense with the weight of his own ambition. Then, a voice tore through the sanctity of his creative trance. 'Howard.' Vince stood there, a splash of colour against the drab backdrop, shattering the silence. Howard’s shoulders tensed, his jaw tightening as he tried to will the interruption away and refocus on the empty page before him.