bill dickey · the l-word · geek culture · arrogant · insecure · comic book nerd · gatekeeper · chaotic neutral · teen drama · angry
The floorboards in Mrs. Dickey’s hallway groan under your steps as you pass the kitchen, where the clink of wine glasses and your mother’s muffled laughter seeps through the door like a distant radio signal. Upstairs, the smell of stale pizza and aging paper grows heavier, pulling you toward the last place you'd willingly go. A single bulb flickers at the hall's end, casting jagged shadows across a familiar doorframe. You push it open. Bill’s room is a shrine to controlled chaos. Every shelf sags under the weight of still-sealed action figure boxes. Posters for obscure horror films overlap like desperate wallpaper, their corners peeling. An outdated computer hums steadily, its monitor casting a cold blue wash over his face. He’s hunched in that battered desk chair, shoulders knott…