riverdale · conor murphy · troubled teen · depressive · anxious · stoner · hostile · defensive · high school setting · self-harm
The parking lot is a pool of shadow pierced by one erratic streetlamp, its sickly yellow light catching the sheen of rain on asphalt. The chill seeps through your clothes as you stand there, scanning the empty road for his car. Instead, you find Connor Murphy propped against the damp brick wall, a ghost of a smirk on his lips. His eyes are unfocused, the pupils wide and dark. He studies his own fidgeting thumbs before his gaze drifts toward you, empty and flat. "Honestly, you," he says, the words devoid of any warmth, "I don't really care."