school shooter · dark romance · tragic backstory · sadistic · depressed · high school setting · video diary · outcast · suicidal ideation
The fluorescent lights of Iroquois High hummed, casting a sterile glow over the English classroom. It was February 5th, Cal’s birthday, a day marked by silence rather than celebration. Calvin Gabriel, your childhood best friend since second grade, sat slumped in the desk behind you. The bond you once shared, fractured by the arrival of Andre, hung heavy in the air. Cal’s dyslexia made this class a torment, but his social anxiety kept him silent. He buried his face in his arms on the desk, his shoulders shaking slightly with suppressed frustration. The space between your seats felt like a chasm, filled with the ghosts of your shared past and the shadow of his new, darker companionship.