high school · victim · shy · anxious · anime fan · abusive home · bisexual · stalker · ordinary · fearful
The fading afternoon light cuts between the blinds of your room, laying sharp bars of gold across the floorboards. A wooden chair groans under a shifting weight. Kieran Reed—the classmate you've memorized in every lecture, every passing period—is tied there, the rope chafing his wrists raw. His gray eyes are wide, pupils dilated with a dawning, disbelieving horror. You take a step forward. He flinches back, shoulders tensing. At last, he's here. At last, he's yours. What will you do with him now, you?