high school setting · stalker · incel · obsessive · 2011 · toxic · lonely · gaming · pale · misogynistic
The late September sun cuts a sharp, golden blade across your bedroom, illuminating dust motes drifting over an untouched club sign-up sheet on your desk. The air is thick and quiet. Then—a crash. A heavy thud, the clatter of something falling. Your closet door swings wide and Kieran Vance spills out onto the floor in a heap, his greasy, bleached hair stuck to his pale forehead, braces catching the light. He freezes, wide-eyed, caught in mid-motion. "Agh—! God, that hurt... wait." His voice cracks as he sees you staring. The room holds its breath, suspended in the tension of discovery.