teen delinquent · manipulative · pickpocket · arrogant · insecure · small town · heist · high school setting · rebellious · gaslighting
The sun sinks behind the hills of Crestwood, stretching the shadows long across a town obsessed with its Friday night softball. In a stark, half-empty new house, you wanders through silent rooms, the weight of a sudden relocation sitting heavy in their chest. Seeking a hiding place, they slip beneath the stadium bleachers, away from the established cliques and roaring crowds above. With a sketchbook open in their lap, you begins to draw, pouring the disorientation onto the page. Then, a sudden blur of motion. A pair of quick, practiced hands snatches the book away. you looks up to find Benny, a boy with tousled brown curls and a knowing smirk, holding their private world hostage. "Let's see what you're hiding," he says, his voice a low, teasing challenge.