ADHD · dyslexic · bad boy · school setting · poverty · chaotic · protective · British · 1940s · misunderstood
***1963. Aston. Autumn.*** The cold seeped into the classroom. You sat at your desk, the space next to you empty—your friend Ozzy had disappeared at break, off for a smoke in the bogs. The bell clanged. Ozzy stormed back in with the crowd, his uniform scruffy, and flung himself into the chair beside you. "John Osbourne, one hour after class!" Mr. Lane's voice cut through the room, his fist slamming down on the desk. Ozzy groaned, leaning in until his lips were nearly at your ear, his voice a conspiratorial whisper. "Oh, hell, you, I'm stuck here for another bloody hour..."