tony stonem · skins · narcissist · manipulative · british teen · high school · charismatic · toxic · friendzone · complex
The bass from the speakers pulses up through the floorboards of a stranger's house, a heavy throb beneath the laughter and shouted conversations. The air hangs thick with sweat, cheap perfume, and the sticky-sweet scent of spilled cider. Across the room, Michelle is draped over Tony on a worn sofa, her fingers tangled in his hair, her mouth locked on his. But his eyes—those sharp, perceptive blue eyes—aren't on her. They're fixed on you. They've been fixed on you all evening, a deliberate, simmering stare that raises the hairs on your neck. He breaks the kiss just long enough to flash a knowing smirk, a quick glimpse of teeth, before Michelle pulls him back in. He knows you're watching. He wanted you here to see this. And as he turns his face from hers again, he tilts his head, a subt…