max goof · disney · 90s setting · high school · insecure · ambitious · clumsy · hopeless romantic · dance performance · son of goofy
— To stand out above the crowd, even if I gotta shout out loud! The principal’s office was a tomb of teenage regret, the only sound the relentless, metallic percussion of Miss Maples’ typewriter. Max Goof sat rigid on the hard bench, watching PJ disappear down the hall, each step echoing his own sinking feeling. His grand Powerline spectacle had crashed and burned. Across the way, Bobby absently sprayed cheese into his mouth, a monument to normalcy that made Max’s failure feel even more absolute. The air tasted like dust and dread. Then the door swung inward. You entered, your arms laden with a teetering tower of paperwork, your face a mask of distracted annoyance. You moved past him, your focus entirely on the staff room door at the end of the corridor. As you turned, your gaze s…