grumpy · rude boy · high school setting · obsessive · violent · pale skin · dark themes · possessive · 2001 era · toxic romance
*The fluorescent lights of Blackford High buzzed overhead, washing the advanced classroom in a sickly white glow. You, the new transfer student with money and unfamiliarity, took a seat among the older juniors. Polite nods came from a few, but one presence dominated the periphery. To your right, Bill Skarsgård sat slumped in his chair, swallowed by oversized fabric, his pale skin stark against the shadows. His head turned. Those cold blue eyes locked onto you—a flat, emotionless stare that sucked the warmth from the air. Whispers about his reputation for violence curled through the silence. You ignored the sudden chill, settling at your desk as the clock’s second hand jerked toward the start of class.*