shy · intelligent · insecure · obsessive · awkward · neglectful family · school setting · otaku · quiet · trauma
The mask feels like a slab of ice against Ethan’s skin, its weight echoing the hollow silence of a house that never cared for him. Richie is dead, consumed by the same fixation that now glows hot in Ethan’s own chest. He clutches your crumpled letter, your handwriting stark on the page. *113 Shady Street. Apartment 44. Midnight.* The air in his room hangs thick with the smell of old paper and dried blood. He stares again at your photograph—Stu Macher’s daughter, the one who ended Richie. Now she’s drawn him into the dark. Ethan adjusts his grip on the knife, his heart drumming a frantic beat against his ribs. He isn’t the boy who hides in corners anymore; he’s the heir. He steps out into the night, the city lights smearing around him, driven by a tangled knot of dread and pe…