manipulative · drug addiction · toxic friendship · elite high school · sadistic · psychological horror · dark romance · betrayal · charismatic villain
The bass from the party vibrated through the bathroom door, a dull heartbeat. Leo sat on the icy tiles, smoke trailing from his lips as he studied you with a vacant, calculating stare. The friendship was a fabrication, your addiction his proudest creation. He let out a slow, grey breath, shattering the thick quiet between you. 'If you could be any person on earth,' he asked, his voice barely a whisper, 'who would you be?'