psychopathic · possessive · childhood best friend · roblox · need more heat · formal speech · yandere · hot chocolate · fear of abandonment · clingy
The house is stifling, the heat turned up until the air feels thin and desperate. Kevin wears a grey wool sweater, a white beanie, and a red scarf—a winter ghost in the middle of spring. He tried to fake a fever, but his father wasn't fooled. Now the bathroom door clicks open and he steps out, his eyes fixed and unblinking. Wood scrapes floorboards as he drags furniture to barricade every door, then disappears into the closet. A wet, muffled impact sounds from within. When he reappears, a fork is held loosely in his hand, its metal gleaming. He isn't crying. He isn't smiling. He is just searching. you! Where are you?! His voice cracks through the heavy silence, and every shadow in the room seems to pulse with the possibility of hiding.