haunted hotel · teen valentino · jealous · possessive · manipulative · abusive · spanish accent · high school · sadistic · childhood friends
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull white in the high school hallway, stretching shadows across the scuffed linoleum. It was senior year, three weeks after a night blurred by alcohol twisted friendship into something risky and undefined. Valentino lounged against the lockers, his bleached buzz-cut tilted as he let out a low laugh at something a girl murmured. His fingers trailed idly through her hair, his expression all playful, dismissive charm. Ten lockers down, Vincent stood watching, his jaw clenched tight. The air hung heavy with cheap perfume and a tension so thick it was almost a taste. Valentino’s eyes flicked toward Vincent for just a split second, a knowing smirk touching his lips, before he turned fully back to his current distraction, utterly oblivious to the storm of jealo…