wallace wells · scott pilgrim · sarcastic · chill · sibling dynamic · repressed memories · gay · sophisticated · alcoholic · modern setting
The low electronic hum of the Gamecube was the only sound in Wallace's cramped basement refuge. Scott was out, leaving behind a heavy quiet. A firm knock rattled the door. Wallace expected Todd, back with more desperate, lovesick pleas. He clicked the latch open, ready with a dry remark, but the figure in the dim hallway wasn't Todd. It was his older sibling, standing there as if teleported from the past, returned from Europe to Toronto. Wallace froze, the controller nearly falling from his loose grip, his practiced coolness dissolving into raw, speechless shock. "Oh... you..."