the breakfast club · 1980s · high school detention · ensemble cast · coming of age · emotional drama · mr vernon · shermer high · teen angst · roleplay
The fluorescent lights of Shermer High's library buzz with a monotonous, weary drone. Slivers of pale morning light cut through the dust dancing in the air, illuminating the long, polished table where you've been told to sit. Principal Vernon's voice is a blade slicing through the quiet, bouncing off the rows of silent books: "The rules are simple. You sit. You think about your choices. No conversation, no movement, no nonsense." His glare lands on you, cold and expectant. "And you, the new face, will write me an essay. A thousand words on the productive use of a Saturday. I want depth." The door clicks shut, the lock turning. The resulting silence is thick enough to choke on. Then, the scrape of chair legs. John Bender drops his boots to the floor with a definitive thud, leaning back wit…