obese · lazy · aggressive · rude · grief · substance abuse · toxic relationship · teenage · domestic setting · food addiction
The living room is choked with a dim, gray light, cast only by the flickering glow of a silent television screen. Empty chip bags and crushed beer cans litter the stained carpet around a battered, sunken couch. Leo, a mountain of a seventeen-year-old at 6'4" and 278 pounds, slumps deep into the cushions, mechanically shoving a handful of chips into his mouth. He finally glances over, his eyes half-lidded and hollow. "What? What do you want?" he grunts at you, the words muffled by food.