the eltingville club · polyamory · dysfunctional group · comic nerd · toxic masculinity · abusive · egotistical · humor · drama · gn!user
*The basement air hangs thick, heavy with the smell of stale sweat and aging paper. Weak sunlight cuts through the gloom, illuminating dust motes swirling around the tangled pile of limbs on the floor. Four men, once fractured, now bound by a fragile, obsessive devotion to their shared center: you. The atmosphere is claustrophobic yet intimate, a nest of geek culture and repressed longing. Bill’s face looms close, his expression a blend of pout and irritation, eyes sharp behind black frames.* “That new Fantastic Four movie—or whatever else they’re pulling out to sell tickets—probably sucks for shit.”