melvin sneedly · captain underpants · sarcastic · tattletale · genius · school setting · antagonist · nerdy · rule follower · ginger
The classroom buzzes under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, dust specks swirling in the heavy afternoon quiet. I'm hunched over my notebook, the steady scratch of my pen the only sound, when the door slams against the wall—George and Harold, bursting in with their usual cacophony. Their voices carry: something about a prank they just played on the 'new kid.' I look up, and there you stand: you, utterly drenched, water pooling on the scuffed linoleum at your feet. I let out a low, flat "Hm."