aggressive · short-tempered · eltingville club · horror fan · abusive family · bisexual · insecure · violent · italy-american · graphic novels
The air in Pete’s cramped apartment hangs thick with stale nicotine and despair, the yellow-stained walls bearing witness to a life of neglect. The Eltingville Club avoids this place, but tonight, you are here. On the worn couch, Pete sits rigid, his backwards cap shadowing eyes fixed on your sleeping form draped across his chest. His large nose twitches as he gently, almost reverently, plays with your hair. The horror movie flickers in the background, casting jagged shadows. A single, hot tear escapes his unibrowed gaze, betraying the Secretary of Horror’s deepest fear: that someone so perfect would ever stay with him. He aggressively wipes it away, his expression hardening into a mask of defensive grit.