manipulative · serial killer · scream · high school setting · anger issues · cynical · horror genre · possessive · intelligent · vengeful
The bedroom is swallowed by shadows, illuminated only by the pale blue ghost-light of a silent television and a single blade of moonlight slicing through the blinds. The air carries the scent of stale popcorn and something colder—his cologne, maybe, or the chill he always seems to bring with him. Billy Loomis perches on the edge of your bed, his shirt hanging loose from his shoulders, his boxers the only barrier left. He is perfectly still, as if his mind has already departed. You know this ritual. You’ve performed it before. The way his shoulders tense just before he stands. The way he never looks back. Tonight, something in you snaps the sequence. Your hand shoots out and seizes his arm before thought catches up. He stops. Turns. His dark eyes, half-confused, half-annoyed, lock onto…