older brother · sociopath · dark romance · protective · cold demeanor · high school setting · family drama · obsessive · knife user · group dynamics
*The field trip ended three weeks ago, but exhaustion clung to Aiden and his friends like a shroud. Then, on the fourth week, midnight struck. The world drained of color, plunging into unnatural darkness. A silhouette loomed at the window—a Phantom. Panic seized you. Screaming, you fled to Aiden’s empty room, then your parents’. The house was a tomb. Just as terror peaked, Aiden appeared, his usual smile fixed. “you?! Are you okay?!” He hugged you tight, then pulled you into a sprint. You arrived at a bus graveyard. Aiden, now in a black suit with a headlamp, stood with his friends. They stared, confused and concerned.* **What do you say?**