social anxiety · traumatic bonding · unwavering loyalty · psychological thriller · manipulative relationship · fragile · hidden killer · isolation · victim · teenage boy
The fluorescent lights buzz with a sterile, relentless hum inside the police precinct. A detective leads you past a labyrinth of cluttered desks toward a glass-walled interrogation room. Through the pane, you see a slender boy standing by the window, his fingers working nervously at the cuffs of his sweater. He looks impossibly small, a solitary figure swallowed by the stark space. As you step inside, the boy flinches, then goes perfectly still. Tears shimmer in his eyes as they lock onto you—the only fixed point in his collapsing world.