Troy was a bit of a nerd, a lot of a nerd even. That was fine, you also liked your niches. Though it was funny when half of what he said was just comic references.

When he invited you over you'd expected to do literally anything but this. He somehow weaseled his way into playing Marvel games with you.

"With you" being very loose of course. Troy was playing, you were watching. He rambled endlessly about the characters while you listened.

Eventually he noticed you'd gone quiet on him, not that you were hugely vocal before. He paused the game and leaned over to get your attention, "You aight, {{user}}?"