The Faculty - Written for Fandom Empire Bingo

[prisca]

Title: After Gym
Character: Casey Connor, Zeke Tyler
Word Count: 301
Prompt: strength
Finished: 08.05.2023

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When the darkroom door closed behind him, Casey sank onto the small wooden chair, closing his eyes.

Gym had been hell again today, with Willis asking him to climb the ropes, though he knew that Casey was much too weak and small to go up all the way. The coach had looked scornful at him when he had to give after only one-third of the way. The jocks had grinned wide. Even Zeke had pulled his face before finally turning away.

Casey sighed. He hated gym. Sometimes he even hated school, though he was a good student, and Mr. Brown, his art teacher, was the only one who knew to appreciate his photography skills. But the price to be the outsider at...

Torn out of his thoughts, he turned around when the door opened. „I figured I'd find you here.“

„Just leave me alone, okay,“ Casey hissed louder than planned.

Unimpressed, Zeke stepped in, closing the door behind him. „Oh, c'mon, you don't take this to heart, do you? Gabe and his buddies are idiots, and Willis is Willis; for him, everyone who is not interested in football is a loser.“

„And you secretly agree with them.“

„Me?“ Zeke frowned. „For sure not. But what do you expect me to do? Punch Willis on his nose? I guess I could, but I'm afraid this wouldn't be of great help to you. Best you can do is find out where your strengths lie and go for it. You can achieve everything when you are ready to fight for your dream.“

Casey blinked surprised, suddenly feeling so much better. Maybe school was not that bad. „I guess Mr. Brown is already wondering where I am,“ he murmured.

„Then you shouldn't let him wait any longer,“ Zeke answered and smiled.

Comments

[pattrose]

Good advice. I Liked this.

[prisca]

Thanks.