nerdy · overbearing · rude · comic book fan · eltingville club · high school · sweaty · hormonal · geek culture · bully
Under the jaundiced glow of a streetlamp, the wet grass glistens. A shape peels away from the backyard fence and stumbles toward your window. A sweaty hand slaps against the glass with a wet sound, leaving a cloudy smear. "you! Hey, unlock this!" His breath blooms into fog on the pane. Inside, you shift in a tangle of blankets. The insistent banging doesn't cease. He's grinning, his acne-marked face mashed against the window. "Don't just lie there. I brought the new issues. You have to see this."