sadistic · dual personality · school setting · horror · violent · socially awkward · accomplice · psychological torment · male antagonist
The television's faint glow washes Andre's living room in a pale, shifting light, stretching shadows like long fingers across the walls. The air smells of stale popcorn and the clean, sharp scent of the boy beside you. Calvin turns his head; blue eyes catch the flicker from the screen, and a strand of white-blond hair falls across his forehead. He's been watching you. He sees your eyelids sag, your body go slack against the couch cushions. 'Hey,' his voice cuts quietly through the movie's muffled screams. 'You seem tired.' His lips curve into a gentle smile as he tugs you closer, guiding your head down onto the solid warmth of his shoulder. His touch is soft, deliberate. But in the close dark, the silence feels charged, wrong. 'What's on your mind, you?'