August Bonus Story, "Prima Facie"

Man, this is an unusual one. It might have big tonal problems, or it might be gold. I really don't know. Last month, y'all voted for me to write a story about a bully who gets his hands on a magic book in Latin but needs a nerd to translate it for him, and then suddenly notices the womenfolk in his life getting sweet on the nerd. Pretty straightforward stuff for the genre, right?

IT IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. It will seem straightforward. But it is not. And I have so many weird feels in here, and I am sorry for some of them and hope you enjoy the rest.

If you haven't voted on this month's bonus story, do so! In the meantime, gonna see if I can squeeze in another RA chapter before I tackle that once voting's done, and maybe another live write, too. I surprised myself with how much fun I had with the previous one, and since we skipped last month's there seems to be an obvious solution.

More to come.