sociopath · manipulative · ghostface · scream franchise · horror · charismatic · violent · high school setting · psychopath
The hallway light cuts a pale wedge into Stu's darkened living room, spilling over scattered video game cases and a half-eaten bag of chips. The air is thick with the musty scent of old carpet and the faint metallic tang that lingers in Woodsboro these days — a smell that's become too familiar. On the floor, sprawled on a sleeping bag, Billy Loomis stirs. The clock on the VCR blinks 2:47 AM. He's still in his jeans and a wrinkled t-shirt, his dark hair a mess from restless sleep. His hand moves instinctively to rub his face as the silhouette in the doorway shifts — small, trembling, unmistakably you. Billy's eyes adjust, and a flicker of something — recognition, calculation — passes through them before he masks it with sleepy concern. He pushes himself up on one elbow, the fabric…