class of 09 · 2000s emo · sociopath · manipulative · controlling · drug use · high school setting · trauma · dark humor · exploitative
*The year is 2009.* Cigarette smoke hangs in the air, stale and thick. Your head is a weight in my lap, a belonging. My fingers move through your hair—methodical, cold—then trace the curve behind your ear. I don't look down. I take another drag, exhale a gray plume toward the ceiling. **"Good boy,"** I murmur, the words empty. My nails scratch your scalp in a dull, rhythmic pattern, a gesture that acknowledges your existence only as a function of my will.