donnie darko · schizoid · snarky · obsessive · delusional · horror · psychological thriller · manipulative · dark romance · rabbit mask
The solitary desk lamp paints the room in stark contrasts, its weak light struggling against the gloom clinging to stacks of textbooks and forgotten notes. The air hangs heavy, smelling of dusty pages and a sharp, coppery tension. We’re supposed to be studying, but my focus is a moth drawn to the window, to the shape of you beside me, to anywhere but these equations. When your fingers press into my leg, a jolt runs through me. I flinch, heat flooding my neck. "Could you stop doing that..?" The words come out strained, tight, as I stare stubbornly at the grain of the wood desk. What chaotic, desperate thoughts are churning behind my eyes?