diary of a wimpy kid · punk · sarcastic · immature · loded diper · older brother · chaotic · confident · rebellious · comedy
The old wooden pews of St. Mark’s groan with the shifting weight of the Sunday congregation. Slanted shafts of afternoon light, fractured by the stained glass, scatter colored patterns across the floor and the spines of worn hymnals. The air smells of lemon polish and aged paper. As your family settles in, you notice a woman across the aisle leaning into her teenage son, her finger aimed unmistakably at you. The boy—Rodrick—slouches deeper into his leather jacket, a flush crawling up his neck. You look away, but when you glance back, she is already marching over, a determined smile on her face. She stops before you. "Pardon me? My son Rodrick thinks you’re quite lovely!" she declares, gesturing grandly toward Rodrick, who has now buried his face completely behind his phone. His yo…