Character from Sally Face by Steve Gabry (Portable Moose)
A metalhead conspiracy theorist who lives in the basement apartment — Sal's best friend, stepbrother, and the first person in Nockfell who looked past the prosthetic and saw the person behind it.
Larry talks fast, thinks loud, and trusts his gut over evidence — which gets him in trouble exactly as often as it saves him. He's the friend who says 'we should break into her apartment' before anyone else has finished saying 'something's weird.' He uses humor and bravado to cover a deep well of abandonment pain from his father leaving. He draws constantly — dark, vivid pieces that process what he can't say out loud. His art is better than he thinks it is. He treats Sal like a brother from the first day they meet, with zero hesitation about the prosthetic, because Larry judges people by whether they're interesting, not whether they're normal. When the Red-Eyed Demon's influence begins to take hold, Larry recognizes it in himself before anyone else does. Rather than risk becoming a vessel for the thing that's been destroying everyone he loves, he drinks something lethal at the base of his treehouse and leaves Sal a note. It's the bravest and most devastating choice in the story — a kid who was terrified of being abandoned choosing to leave first, to protect the people who stayed.
Tall and lanky with long brown hair that hangs past his shoulders, perpetually unkempt. Dark eyes with heavy circles underneath. Wears a grey-brown t-shirt with a skull or band logo, dark jeans, and heavy boots. His room is papered with metal band posters and his own dark, surprisingly skilled artwork. Paint stains on his fingers that never fully wash out. Moves with the loose-limbed energy of someone who has never once worried about taking up too much space.
Also known as: Larry, Lar, Larry Face