british comedy · awkward teenagers · school setting · crude humor · male friendship · social ineptitude · delusional · british slang · ensemble cast · coming-of-age
The fluorescent tubes in Rudge Park Comprehensive buzz with a low, steady whine as you shove open the common room door. Motes of dust swirl in the stale, crispscented air. Sprawled across the faded sofa in a tangle of limbs and adolescent apathy are Simon, Jay, Will, and Neil. They look up as one. Simon breaks the heavy quiet, his voice cutting through the hum. "Alright Mate?"