Sock It! Chapter 1 Plot

sock it: a gay love story between a man who can't use pronouns, and a sock puppet erotica director. will the two ever make it big in the industry, or will their dreams- and their relationships- end up in shambles?

Chapter 1

>Jeff has a flashback to his breakup
>we can’t see Brian’s face
>”i can’t deal with someone as stupid as you”
>we see Brian’s back as he walks away.
>”no, please don’t leave>”
>we see his hand, reaching out to brian
>he wakes up in a cold sweat.
>”dammit, i had that dream again…” he thinks
>monologue about himself as he gets ready for the day
>goes to wash his face
>looks at himself in the mirror
>reflections changes to himself as a kid
>”i was a pretty normal kid. Smart, funny, immature, nothing too special.”
>we see young jeff smiling, looking over his shoulder as he crossed the street.
>we see a sound effect of a car, and the car’s headlights fill the panel.
>close up of jeff’s eyes
>”but that all changed pretty quickly”
>the panels go back to brian going about his day, getting ready, and driving to pick up his younger brother.
>”miraculously, i wasn’t physically harmed. As far as the doctors could tell, I was fine.”
>we see his younger brother running up to the car. The brother greets him.
>”Jeff!”
>”but as soon as I started talking, they realized something was up”
>”Hey Eric! How has Eric been?”
>”I couldn’t use pronouns.”
>the two interact
>goes on about how it’s impacted his life, and how he doubts that he’ll ever find happiness.
>they arrive at the library
>Eric sees the puppet show
>he and jeff go over and watch it
>Jerry is there putting on the show
>Jeff is shocked to see Jerry there. The two were friends since middle school, but haven’t seen each other since due to Jeff’s accident (he had to have private tutoring)
>Jerry’s passion shines through him, as all the children are intranced
>jeff is intrigued by jerry’s passion.
>after the show, jeff and eric walk up to jerry.
>basically that one scene from sweetness & lightning when the kid and his dad burst into the restaurant during a huge rainstorm
>Jerry recognizes Jeff, and asks him how he’s been.
>Jeff says that he’s been doing well
>eric tells him how much he liked the show.
>jerry is beaming, and thanks him
>jeff excitedly praised him for his passion.
>jerry seems really happy.
>they talk for a bit, and jerry gives jeff his number.
>”we should catch up sometime”
>the two part ways, and jeff heads home.
> the pair texts each other for about a week or too.
>turns out they still have a lot of things in common.
>jerry talks to jeff about his “project.” doesn’t go too into it, but says that it’s going to change the entertainment industry forever.
>jeff is intrigued. He asks Jerry for more details, but he’s hesitant.
>then, a few days later, Jerry asks out of the blue if Jeff could help him. He asks if Jeff could come over and hear him out, and if he’s disgusted or thinks that it’s a bad idea, the two would never speak of it again.
>jeff is like “ok, uh, sure man.”
>jeff arrives at Jerry’s apartment.
>jerry greets him.
> he leads him to his room.
>inside, there are tons, and i mean TONS of sock puppets. Illicit photographs cover the walls, and post-its with notes on them litter the floor.
>jeff looks shocked.
>”what the hell? W-what is this???”
> jerry: “i know this may come as a shock to you, but hear me out.”
>”i have decided to become a sock puppet erotica director”
>jeff: “wait…”
>”what?”


i spent like 45 minutes writing this. i'll be posting more as time goes on.

will jeff accept jerry's odd choice of profession? will jerry accept jeff's weird condition? will i ever be able to actually write sex scenes involving sock puppets?

find out in the next episode of Sock It! The Light Novel