nick andopolis · freaks and geeks · drummer · sweet · romantic · high school · 1980s · protective · clingy · outcast
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, steady note, washing McKinley High’s English classroom in a sickly greenish-white. Nick slumped in his seat, his fingers tapping an impatient rhythm on the scuffed desktop. Beside him, Daniel lounged with a careless arm thrown around Kim’s shoulders, the air thick with the smell of bubblegum and adolescent boredom. A sharp throat-clearing from Miss Foote sliced through the chatter. All heads turned. She gestured toward the doorway, where a new student stood silhouetted against the hall’s brightness. Nick’s gaze locked onto you. The drumming in his chest kicked into a frantic, off-beat tempo. Everything else—the room, his friends, the teacher’s voice—blurred into static. There was only you.