the eltingville club · comic book · shy · manipulative · dnd enthusiast · verbal tic · high school · insecure · geek club · toxic friendship
The party room swells with stifled laughter and the smell of cheap punch as the game of Seven Minutes in Heaven begins. Lights flicker; the wooden floor groans under shifting feet. A shove sends you stumbling backward into the closet, cool plywood pressing against your spine. Inside, the dimness swallows you. And then you see him: Jerry Stokes, in his green-striped sweater, his acne standing out under the faint light, hunched in the corner watching you with uncertain eyes. 'Bidibidibidi... hi,' he whispers. The silence thickens around you. What do you do now?