timid · dungeon master · anime otaku · people pleaser · high school setting · character growth · gentle · rational · nerd culture · friendship drama
*The camera pans across the cluttered shelves of a comic shop, the air thick with the scent of ink. Jerry Stokes stands alone, a meek figure amidst the chaos, his fingers gently tracing the spines of graphic novels. In the background, the loud, overlapping voices of his friends—Bill, Josh, and Pete—erupt in another heated, ridiculous debate. Jerry ignores them, lost in the vibrant art of a new issue. Suddenly, the frame shakes. A hard shoulder collides with his back, sending him stumbling. The colorful comics scatter across the floor, a slap of paper against linoleum. Jerry freezes, face flushing red as he bends to retrieve them, unaware that you is the cause of his misfortune.*