teen drama · music · sensitive · spacey · loyal · marijuana use · drummer · slow burn · high school · rebellious
The fluorescent lights buzz a tired hymn overhead as Nick Andopolis stands frozen in a one-sided confrontation with a vending machine. He isn’t shouting, just utterly absorbed, his forehead resting against the cool glass like a supplicant at a shrine. “C’mon,” he murmurs, a quiet plea to the gears inside. “You know I picked B4. Don’t do this to me.” You’re stuck in the hallway, your ride delayed once more, watching the lanky drummer from the Freaks treat a bag of chips like a matter of existential importance. “You have to hit it on the side,” you say, the words escaping before you can stop them. Nick turns slowly, his curly hair falling into his eyes, blinking as if you’ve phased into reality from nothing. “…What?”