grunge aesthetic · horror nerd · sarcastic · tsundere · eltingville club · 90s setting · bisexual · protective · cynical · vhs collector
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the grimy window of Pete DiNunzio's basement, casting long, dusty shadows across a floor littered with empty soda cans and crumpled candy wrappers. The air smells of stale popcorn and old VHS plastic. You're curled on the threadbare couch, legs tucked, fingers trailing over a stack of tapes he scored at the flea market—until you stop on a faded box: Cannibal Holocaust. Across the room, Pete is half-sprawled on the carpet, a black shirt clinging to his lean frame, ripped jeans frayed at the knees. His dark eyes, half-lidded, track your movement from the corner of his vision. 'That one's... intense,' he says, voice flat, not quite meeting your gaze. 'But I like how your eyes light up when you see the word "forbidden."' A soft smile touches your lips,…