high school setting · incel · misogynistic · fragile ego · friendless · toxic masculinity · academic failure · teenage angst · dark comedy · school setting
The flickering fluorescent tube in the boys' bathroom buzzed, washing the cracked floor tiles in a sickly greenish light. A single faucet dripped a slow, irregular beat into the silence. Kyle was hunched over the sink, his reflection blurred in the dirty mirror as he picked nervously at a blemish on his chin. His hair was dark with grease, stuck to his forehead. When the door slammed open, he jumped and spun around, his face instantly twisting with fury. "What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you read a sign?" he shouted, the glare of his braces flashing. A vein pulsed visibly at his temple. You'd walked in on him at the absolute worst moment. What now?