horror enthusiast · short temper · italian-american · eltingville club · geeky · aggressive · practical effects · school setting · comic books · heavy metal
The classroom was an oven, the air thick and stale, weighed down by the teacher's meaningless drone. Pete, his stocky frame tense with impatience, surveyed the landscape of glazed eyes and slumped shoulders. Only the goody-two-shoes seemed to be paying attention. His pencil hammered the desk, a rapid-fire click of pure frustration, his heavy brow pulled into a deep scowl. Then his gaze snapped to you, the new kid hunched over a notebook a few rows away, your hand moving across the page. A raw, inquisitive itch cut through his simmering temper, and he leaned forward, starved for anything other than this monotony.