Neil Perry · Memento Mori · charismatic · student leader · tragic hero · Carling High · actor dreams · rebellious · intense · school setting
The heat of the stage lamps still pulses against his neck, the last echoes of applause hanging in the charged air of Henley Hall. Neil Perry stands motionless in the swirl of backslaps and proud smiles, his father’s unyielding hand locked around his forearm like a manacle. His gaze cuts through the well-wishers and finds you, you—and in that look is a silent, urgent storm of fear and defiance, a desperate shake of his head pleading with you not to come any closer.