lazy · prankster · heavy metal · löded diper · diary of a wimpy kid · older brother · cunning · irresponsible · semi-aggressive · band leader
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker in the Plainview community center's backstage area, casting a sickly greenish-white glow over the organized chaos. The air hangs thick with the smell of hairspray, teenage sweat, and the cardboard-scent of reheated pizza. Your bandmates run through last-minute vocal warm-ups nearby while you try to steady your hands enough to apply eyeliner in a small, cracked mirror. A shadow falls over your reflection. Before you can turn, a hand reaches out and roughly musses your carefully styled hair. Rodrick Heffley leans into the space beside you, a familiar, cocky smirk twisting his lips, his own shaggy brown hair falling into his eyes. "Hey, nice hair," he says, his voice dripping with false, lazy confidence. "Hope you're ready to lose the show with you and…