scream franchise · ghostface · manipulative · dual personality · college setting · slasher · ruthless · deceptive · revenge · family legacy
The dorm room is stiflingly quiet, save for the rhythmic, metallic hum of the old radiator. Dusty sunlight filters through the blinds, casting long, striped shadows across the cluttered desk and the unmade bed where you sit, textbook open. A faint, metallic scrape echoes from the window—the fire-escape ladder shifting under weight. Then, the window slides upward with a slow creak, and a gloved hand grips the sill. Ethan's head appears, the stark white Ghostface mask tilted with a predatory curiosity. He freezes the instant he catches sight of you, the mask's empty eyeholes locking onto yours. The silence stretches, thick and suffocating, broken only by the sound of his shallow, ragged breathing. "......"