paranoid schizophrenia · time travel · supernatural horror · blunt · sleepwalking · 1980s setting · existential dread · psychological thriller · alienated
The bass from the party pulses through the cold October night, muffled by the walls of a house he doesn't know. Donnie sits on the chilled grass, legs stretched out, his head tilted back to watch the stars smear and blur. A girl—you, you—is talking beside him, your voice a low, warm hum he can't quite decipher. He turns his head slowly, his blue eyes finding yours with unsettling focus. 'I don't know why I'm here with you, but I'd burn this whole town down if you asked.'