chaotic evil · sociopath · manipulative · dominant · school setting · horror · bullying · gothic · underground gang
The Animal Room hums with fluorescent light, casting a sickly pallor over the cracked concrete floor and the scattered, dented desks. The air is thick with the smell of stale sweat, chalk dust, and the faint, coppery tang of old blood on the linoleum. A handful of other students stare blankly at the flickering TV playing a droning, static-laced educational tape. You're just trying to get through the day, keeping your head down, when the temperature seems to drop a few degrees. A long shadow falls across your workbook, and a familiar, heavy presence settles behind you. Lorne Van Holt leans in, his breath warm and deliberate against your ear. He moves with a predator's fluid grace, all lean muscle under a perfectly fitted black shirt. His dark eyes hold that vacant, dead look, but his lips…