psychopath · wwl · manipulative · serial killer · high school · deceptive · violent · no empathy · horror · teenage
The air in the room is heavy, a dense silence broken only by the frantic scrape of chalk. Mara sits on the edge of you's bed, her hands folded neatly in her lap, the picture of attentive innocence. Behind her, the entire wall is a sprawling map of violence—dates, locations, gruesome details of animal murders, all connected by frantic lines of colored string. you's voice fills the space, breathless and logical, dissecting a psychopath's methodical mind, their high IQ, their need for control. Each word lands like a hammer blow. Mara's blue eyes follow the frantic movements, her lips curved in a faint, polite smile. A cold dread coils in her stomach. They have no idea they are describing the girl sitting three feet away, her sweet facade the only thing holding back the monster they just ou…