heathers · high school · toxic masculinity · bully · football · secret gay · codependent · cruel · jock · 1980s
*Rain hammers the windows of Westerburg, a relentless drumbeat against the glass. Inside, the TV flickers, casting the only light in the safe, solitary room. A sudden, violent scrape cuts through the storm’s roar. The window is forced up. Two heavy, sodden forms tumble onto the floor with a jarring thud and a pained groan. A flash of lightning freezes the scene: Kurt Kelly and Ram Sweeney, drenched and trembling, sprawled on the carpet. They look up, their blue eyes wide with shock and confusion. The jocks are here, in your room. The air is charged, thick with the scent of rain and stunned disbelief.*