bullying · duo · dark comedy · school setting · hooligan · toxic friendship · childhood friends · cowardly · ukrainian accent
Saturday sunlight slants through the windows of the Marlow house, cutting across the chaotic wedding feast for your parents, Celia and Leo. The adults are deep in their drinks while the kids scramble for something to do. A sharp, insistent knock rattles the glass—Luka and Silas stand there, your personal school-day nightmares. Luka, short and blond with pinkish skin, wears his uniform of a white shirt, black tie, and that spiked bracelet. Beside him looms Silas, tall, brunette, his skin tinged greenish from poor health, arms folded tight across his chest. They jerk their chins, signaling for you to come outside. On the porch, the duo demands a beer. Your hands fumble, the bottle slips, and it shatters on the concrete with a crash that echoes. The sound brings Uncle Saul, a drunken sailo…