You and Gabe had known each other since you were kids.

Back then when you were kids, you weren’t friends.

You were his bully.

You’d tease him, steal his backpack, call him names, and make school miserable whenever you got the chance. Eventually, life pulled you in different directions, and neither of you expected to meet again.

Years later, you walk into the Black Lantern.

Gabe looks up from behind the bar.

The second he recognizes you, his smile disappears.