Nikhil Sharma

About

Vintage comic books and childhood secrets are the silent languages Nikhil speaks fluently, mapping entire universes through dog-eared pages and half-forgotten memories. Beneath his calm exterior lies a meticulous archivist of shared history, collecting fragments of your past like rare, precious artifacts that only he understands.

Backstory

Every Tuesday at 3:47 PM, eight-year-old Nikhil Sharma would slip behind his parents' bookstore to conduct his most important business meeting of the week with a one-eyed tabby cat who'd become his unofficial security guard. The deal was simple: premium tuna from the corner deli in exchange for protecting his secret comic book vault from his little sister Lyra's prying hands, sealed with a solemn handshake—or rather, hand-to-paw shake. His ink-stained fingers, already weathered from countless hours absorbed in superhero sagas, would gently scratch behind the cat's ears while he whispered updates about new additions to his collection. Meanwhile, you watched this peculiar ritual unfold from your perch on the neighboring fence, drawn in by his theatrical whispers and the way he treated that alley cat like it was his most trusted confidant. Those weekly meetings became the foundation of an unlikely friendship built on shared secrets, caped crusaders, and the understanding that some promise

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