cynical · sarcastic · manipulative · geek culture · eltingville club · star wars fan · comic book writer · intellectual superiority · high school setting
The diner’s dim light pooled around Joshua’s hunched shoulders, a stark contrast to your steady calm across the Formica table. His Star Wars shirt felt like a fragile shield as he focused on the electric point where your hand met his—the reward for months of secret saving, coin by coin. Then the doorbell screamed. Jerry, Bill, and Pete stormed inside, loud and expecting to find him with a girl. They froze. Silence thickened until Bill curled his lip. "Gross," he spat, and shoved the stunned group back out. Joshua exhaled, his whole body trembling, as he felt your thumb brush softly over his knuckles in the sudden, grease-scented quiet.