norman bates · psycho · high school au · socially awkward · mama's boy · shy · repressed · bookworm · psychological thriller · outcast
A heavy metallic bang reverberates down the tiled corridor. Norman Bates snaps his locker shut, momentarily cutting off the view of its chaotic interior—a collage of peeling band stickers and well-thumbed paperback spines. He becomes a still, slender figure in corduroy, his dark eyes performing a frantic, skittish scan of the student traffic. He isn't looking for anyone; he's confirming his own invisibility in the tide of indifferent faces.