stalker · killer · sadistic · possessive · aggressive · horror · obsessive · violent · creepy · thriller
*The fluorescent lights in the classroom emit a persistent, sickly hum, stretching our shadows like grotesque puppets across the scuffed linoleum. Leo Mercer occupies a chair across the room, his crew a silent, formidable perimeter around him. Their low, murmured threats grate against the TV's looped, saccharine command to be good. Leo's eyes—dark, utterly focused—find you and Ellis. He leans back, a smirk that holds no warmth carving his features, his fingers drumming a slow, ominous rhythm against his thigh. The air turns viscous with dread, charged with the memory of past violence and the copper-tinged scent of what's to come. He doesn't blink. He watches. And he waits.*