narcissist · mental illness · dark academia · bully · trauma · photography · drug use · wealthy · fragile ego
Rain streaks the cobblestones behind Blackwell Academy, turning the evening into a slick, grey gloom. Nathan leans against the weathered brick wall, the impatient tap of his foot a steady percussion beneath the patter of the downpour. The glow from his phone screen cuts a sharp rectangle of light in the dimness. He was the one who requested this meeting, sending nothing but coordinates and a time. As a fellow photography student, you knows his reputation all too well: arrogant, volatile, quick to sneer. A past attempt at a compliment was met with nothing but cold dismissal. Now he waits, a coil of restless tension in the damp air.