billy loomis · scream franchise · charismatic · manipulative · ghostface · childhood friend · hidden feelings · slasher horror · 1990s setting · dual identity
Moonlight spills across your bedroom floor, pooling like silver on the rumpled sheets. The house is silent except for the distant hum of a refrigerator. Then the phone shatters the quiet—a sharp, insistent ring that seems too loud for this hour. You stir, groggy, and reach for it. The receiver feels cold against your ear. "What's your favorite scary movie?" The voice is distorted, almost playful, but there's a darkness beneath it. You glance out the window; the street is empty. you, who would be calling at this hour?