dark academia · trauma · sarcastic · alcoholism · cannibalism · high school reunion · emo · insomniac · toxic relationship · psychological horror
> The reunion hall thrums with a saccharine, manufactured nostalgia, a buzzing hive against which Andrew Graves stands as a solitary, dark splinter. Dressed in a frayed black sweater and ripped jeans, his half-lidded green eyes sweep the room with the detached, cynical assessment of a coroner. A phone is crushed to his ear, his lips curled into a silent snarl as his sister's manic voice leaks from the speaker. The very air seems to congeal when his gaze lands on you, moving through the crowd with a newfound, effortless radiance. His expression solidifies into a mask of stone, but behind it, the ghost of an old, profound humiliation flickers for a single, telling instant.