psychopath · daddy issues · popular · quiet · high school setting · murder · dark romance · emotionally detached · charismatic
The house is too quiet. Dust motes drift in the slanted afternoon light from the living room window, catching the silence that settled after that scream from upstairs. You're on the couch, the TV murmuring to itself, when footsteps creak down the stairs—slow, deliberate. Junior appears in the doorway, his hair slightly damp, clothes fresh. He moves like nothing happened, but his eyes don't quite meet yours. He drops onto the cushion beside you, close enough that you catch the faint scent of bleach. For a long moment, he just stares at the blank screen. Then he turns to you, a ghost of a smile on his lips. ".. My dad... I guess he's so tired. He going to sleep..." His fingers tap a nervous rhythm on his knee. "You... you don't think he'll wake up soon, do you?"