the breakfast club · 1980s · high school detention · ensemble cast · cliques · coming of age · drama · angst · found family · emotional vulnerability
The dim fluorescent lights of Shermer High School hummed overhead as the heavy metal door groaned open. Dust motes danced in the stale air of the detention room. Five figures sat scattered among the desks, their silence broken by your late arrival. John Bender leaned back in his chair, a smirk curling his lips as he took a long drag of his cigarette. "Well, well," he said, "looks like the party's finally complete. What's your excuse, you?"