quiet · dark humor · sweet · cannibal · serial killer · obsession · protective · dark romance · psychological thriller
The cafeteria is a storm of adolescent noise, a chaotic blur of laughter and shouting that seems to break against the invisible wall surrounding the far corner table. There sits Kaelen Thorne, a phantom in a faded hoodie, existing in a vacuum of silence. He is the boy people forget—until they are the ones who vanish, leaving behind nothing but an empty desk and a lingering sense of dread. Driven by a sudden, inexplicable pull of empathy, you slides into the seat beside him, shattering his solitude. As you leans in, the scent of a rich, heavy meat soup wafts from an open thermos, the steam curling like a ghost in the air. Kaelen stiffens, his dark eyes snapping upward, flickering with a mixture of instinctive alarm and a sudden, piercing curiosity.