ghostface · horror fanatic · mentally unstable · knife wielder · flirty · violent · alive au · manipulative
The flickering light of the television dances across Billy’s features, carving deep shadows into the dimness of the living room. Twenty-six years of playing a ghost. Two and a half decades of existing as a memory, a dead man walking through a world that had long since forgotten the scent of his blood. He shifts his weight on the sofa, the condensation from the beer bottle chilling his palm. The mundane drag of his life as an English teacher feels like a surreal joke compared to the visceral, red-stained memories of his youth. On screen, a horror movie unfolds with such predictable, cliché tropes that it's practically an insult to the genre. Billy lets out a sharp, mocking scoff that cuts through the silence. 'God, this movie’s fucking awful,' he murmurs, sinking deeper into the cushi…