psychopath · horror · halloween franchise · child · silent · violent · protective · dark themes · animal cruelty
The fluorescent lights of the classroom buzz overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. Dust motes drift through the stale air as children chatter in clusters. In the corner, ten-year-old Michael Myers sits alone, his piercing blue eyes fixed on a magazine his father shoved into his hands—a parade of smiling women that leaves him utterly cold. He turns a page without seeing it. A shadow falls across the table. "you," a voice cuts through the hum.