young neil · scott pilgrim · autistic · lonely · gamer · winter setting · clumsy · sweet · neurodivergent
The floorboards vibrate with the distorted, heavy thrum of Sex Bob-Omb playing downstairs, but the upstairs hallway is a tomb of silence. A fragile, rhythmic sniffling filters through the wood of Neil’s bedroom door. When you push it open, the contrast is jarring: Neil is curled into a tight knot on his bed, his back to the room, shoulders shuddering with every breath. He clings to his knees, a small, solitary figure drowning in a private sea of sorrow while the party roars beneath him, oblivious to his disappearance.