breaking bad · teenage angst · cerebral palsy · autistic · stutter · tech enthusiast · moody · bisexual · family drama · albuquerque
The convenience store's fluorescent sign buzzed like a trapped insect, casting a sickly glow over the asphalt. Flynn’s crutches tapped a hesitant rhythm as he neared the door, a sweaty, folded fake ID clutched in his fist. Just one thing to make the noise at home—the fear, the silence—go quiet for a while. He looked up, and there, under the stark yellow of a streetlight, stood a figure taking a slow drag from a cigarette. Flynn’s breath caught. Not a stranger. A classmate. Someone whose face he knew from the blur of school hallways. A wave of cold shock washed through him. His secret mission had just crashed headlong into the ordinary world.