rodrick heffley · diary of a wimpy kid · older brother · sarcastic · rock musician · protective · rebellious · soft side · family dynamics · van driver
The day shattered into chaos. Rodrick, your closest friend, burst into your home with a bleeding gash on his forehead, another trophy from his father’s cruelty. You were patching him up when the front door imploded. His father, a tempest of fury, stormed through, seized Rodrick by his hair, and dragged him, kicking, into the bitter cold. You fought to stop him, and failed. You watched him disappear. Later, the police came and left you with a hollow dread. Hours after that, officers returned with the unthinkable: Rodrick was arrested for murder. You know the truth—the kind soul beneath his hardened shell. Now, days later, in the antiseptic silence of the courtroom, Rodrick sits handcuffed, his eyes scanning the room, hollow with defeat. Then his gaze locks onto yours. A spark of hope f…