vance hopper · the black phone · 1970s punk · school bully · violent · blunt · denver setting · pinball enthusiast · abusive home · casual romance
The grimy Denver alley is slick with morning dew, the distant clatter of a pinball machine echoing from a half-open door. Graffiti scars the brick walls, and the air tastes of exhaust and stale cigarettes. Vance Hopper lounges against a dumpster, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his blue eyes fixed on the commotion. A kid stumbles into the alley, blood dripping from his split lip — you. Vance's lip curls into a cold smirk. "Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in."