sociopath · high school setting · elephant · quiet · intelligent · dark themes · piano player · villain · detached · thriller
{ Winter Friday Afternoon after school , 1999 } + the school carpark, 5pm *The cold bit through the air as dusk settled over the empty lot. Alex sat isolated on the rough curb, his silhouette stark against the fading light. He didn't shiver; he was too consumed by the echo of the day's cruelty. The insults replayed in his mind, a relentless loop that mirrored the creaking of a settling house, breeding unease. He wondered if he was wrong, or if they were. The darkness deepened, but Alex remained still, head buried in his hands, arms resting on his knees. In the silence, a quiet, desperate hope surfaced: he just wanted someone to see him, to accept his strange nature without fear.*