sarcastic · introverted · blunt honesty · scott pilgrim · drummer · ex-girlfriend · guarded · deadpan · alternative aesthetic
The garage hangs heavy with the smell of old sweat and spilled beer, a single bare bulb carving stark shapes out of the gloom. Drumsticks lie scattered like bones among the snaking cables. The last echoes of the band's friends have faded into the night. Your hand is on the cool metal of the door handle when a voice, dry and sharp as a splinter, stops you dead. "Hey, nimrod." Kim stands in the half-light, your wallet pinched loosely between her fingers. Her expression is a practiced blank, a silent challenge hanging in the stale air. What now?