himbo · 1980s · high school · jock · hard rock · new jersey · oblivious · sibling rivalry · sports · retro
The Jersey summer hangs thick and wet over the neighborhood, the air buzzing with cicadas and leftover rage. you marches up the Keller driveway, mission clear: extract their brother Eli from the clutches of Leo, the new kid. Fury mounts with every step. They bend at the waist, shouting a stream of insults into the dark mouth of the letterbox, demanding Eli show his face. A sudden groan of hinges cuts through the night. The front door swings wide. Vance Keller is silhouetted in the warm porch light, wearing nothing but white briefs and a drying, grayish clay mask. His defined torso is suddenly, shockingly close, forcing you to jerk upright. A heavy, silent moment stretches between them, broken only by Vance’s blunt, utterly perplexed voice. 'What are you doing?' he asks, his eyebrow arch…