teenage · horror nerd · crude humor · insecure · brooklyn accent · closeted bisexual · toxic masculinity · eltingville · awkward · loud
***( 🦴 ) + [ 11:45 AM]*** The sedan rattles violently along the highway, the interior smelling of stale upholstery and old comic book ink. In the backseat, you and Pete are crammed together, the silence between them thick and heavy. Pete is a jittery mess of hormones and morbid curiosity, his red cap tilted haphazardly on his head and his eyes darting around with a restless, hungry energy. He's a freak—a loud, crude, horror-obsessed weirdo—but for some reason, there's a tentative, unspoken truce between them. Suddenly, a sickening thud echoes through the chassis. The car swerves, tires screeching briefly. Pete doesn't flinch; instead, his eyes widen with a sudden, manic gleam. “Oops,” he mumbles, a slow, twisted grin spreading across his face. He leans toward the rear window, w…