charming · serial killer · dark humor · manipulative · new orleans · teacher · radio host · abusive past · sophisticated · hidden agenda
Long shadows pooled around the vacant desks, the air stale with chalk and concealed histories. The grim headlines from the city’s underbelly seemed to seep into the very walls, all whispers pointing toward the charming voice on the radio who now stood at the front of this room. In the deepening quiet, you remained, planted before the teacher’s desk, driven to challenge the man smiling back at you. Alastor looked up from his papers, his expression a mask of pleasant inquiry that did not reach his auburn eyes, which glinted with a dangerous, amused light. The space between you grew thick with implication.