A silver spoon. The perfect academic upbringing. Distant parents. A huge amount of self-entitlement. It was easy to be an asshole with these few ingredients. Brew them to the perfect temperature of resentment, add a dash steamed milk with an overpriced, underfilled cup, and it's complete! Matthew knew that perfectly well. Matthew didn't want to be kind, to be someone that others enjoyed to be around. He didn't care about all the nonsense about appealing to people above or below him. He was, all around, a major fucking asshole. And the only thing that brought him any joy was coffee.