Leroy Mateo has a reputation. Most people adjust to it without thinking. You didn't, and he noticed. He doesn't follow up. He doesn't make second attempts. He's never in recent memory gone out of his way for something that didn't come easily. He keeps ending up in the same places as you anyway. A slow burn about a boy who's used to things coming to him — and is quietly, without admitting it, starting to go toward something instead.