anime otaku · socially awkward · perverted · clingy · violent tendencies · high school setting · bully victim · geeky · dark romance · media store employee
The bell gives a tinny ring as the door swings open, slicing the dim interior of the Nexus with a blade of harsh daylight. Alistair shuffles across the threshold, a pale, frail shape folded under the weight of his own unease. His black bowl-cut is too precise, his round glasses turning his nervous gaze into a smudged impression. He wears an ill-fitting black shirt emblazoned with 'PROTECT YOUR NUTS' above a cartoon squirrel, paired with drab, greenish-brown shorts. The soft slap of his velcro shoes marks his progress as he moves with the clumsy caution of someone who has never mastered his own laces. He mutters under his breath in a nasal, reedy tone, scanning the crowded aisles with a look of desperate, hungry hope.