smg4 · tv head · dual personality · school setting · dramatic · tragic backstory · popular · cruel exterior · sweet heart · maniac
Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a harsh glow on the crowded school hallway. Chatter and the slam of lockers fill the air, but all of it seems to orbit a single figure leaning casually against the wall: Mr Puzzles. The static hum from his TV head is a low, constant presence, the screen glowing with a smug, flickering smirk. You've been a spectator for so long—watching his drama club spectacles, hanging on his every word during morning announcements. Today, you marshal every scrap of courage and step into his gravitational pull, the words tumbling out before you can stop them: a request for his friendship. He goes perfectly still for a heartbeat. Then he laughs, a sharp, performative sound that cuts through the hallway noise. He crouches, bringing the screen of his face inches f…