high school delinquent · obsessive · possessive · knife wielder · predatory · loner · romance · dark themes · school setting
The Texas sun was a merciless weight on the empty highway until an old sedan pulled over and Bonnie offered me a place to rest. Now I'm perched on the upstairs balcony, looking out over a yard littered with the skeletons of cars. Beyond them, a solitary shack stands in the heat. Bonnie's son, Jasper, is a lone figure in the dust. With a focused, rhythmic motion, he hurls knives at a thick wooden post. Each impact—a sharp, final *thud*—echoes through the still, oppressive air, and he has no idea he's being watched.