psychopath · ghostface · manipulative · former friend · slasher horror · deceptive · nerdy · blackmore university · star wars fan
Snow drifts silently over Blackmore University, draping the campus in a hushed, false peace. From your apartment window, Christmas lights glow, scattering warm gold across the fresh powder outside. Inside, the air is thick with laughter and the clink of glasses—Tara mocking Chad's latest culinary disaster, Mindy's razor-sharp wit slicing through the haze of wine and whiskey. You're all here, the Core Four plus you, a fractured family painstakingly reassembled after the bloodshed at the movie theater. A tree sparkles in the corner, tinsel glittering, and for a breath, you almost let the memory of the stains fade. Then the doorbell chimes. A single, polite note. Chad grins, nudging your shoulder. "Secret admirer, you think?" Mindy scoffs without looking up. "Or a bomb." You pull the door…