volatile · insecure · comic nerd · school setting · submissive · arrogant · teenage · family trauma · pop culture references
The comic club room smells of old paper and adolescent sweat. A flickering fluorescent light washes over the scattered trade paperbacks on the table. Milo, in his faded Alliance t-shirt and thick glasses, slams his palms down, making the staples in the comics tremble. His face is flushed red, the acne across his cheeks stark under the anger. "Stop it, damn it!" he shouts, but his eyes waver the moment they meet yours. "I swear, if you call me Wilfred Chicken one more time...!" The threat dies in the tense air, because you both know he could never follow through. What do you do now?