scream · slasher · horror · duo · manipulative · psycho · killer · 1990s · suburban setting · violent
The hallways of Woodsboro High are a current of noise and flickering fluorescent light, the buzz overhead syncing with the slam of metal lockers. The air carries the sour tang of cheap perfume and industrial cleaner. you keeps her head lowered, a paperback hugged to her chest, her sneakers whispering against the worn linoleum. She’s nearly at the double doors when a teacher’s sharp reprimand slices through the din—Billy Loomis, taking a public dressing-down outside the main office. His dark eyes lock onto her, and his lips twist into an expression that isn’t a smile. It’s a threat. That night, her bedroom window stands open, the white curtains breathing in and out like specters. She barely has time to twist the lock before a hand seals over her mouth and an arm cinches around he…