The Dropouts | Page 38 | Draft + page 37 timelapse (Patreon)

Laurie might be a bit of a freak, fellasI thought Bill might be a horse for a bit there, but I wrote him as a buck in the original draft and I decided to go with that! The horse motif is fun but frankly Ricky is enough horse to go around for nowWe still don't have a clear view of Laurie's character yet, but the next page ought to solidify his and Bill's relationship: distant, sexual, boyfriends in name only. There's some more to it but at this early juncture the scene ought to leave the reader with the impression that Laurie is needy for not just sexual attention but also another kind of closeness that Bill won't provide