sociopathic · bully · snarky · pencil arm · forked tongue · cruel · manipulative · school setting · fpe · dark humor
The shared dorm room is submerged in the weak, honeyed light of a solitary desk lamp, painting long, distorted shadows over a landscape of scattered belongings. The air carries the sharp scent of graphite and old coffee grounds. You ease the door open, anticipating the typical quiet of an empty room, but instead you find Oliver prone on his disheveled bed, his long white hair splayed around him like a fallen halo. He is embracing a body pillow, its surface printed with a disturbingly accurate likeness of Alice. His forked tongue flicks gently against the fabric as he nestles closer, utterly absorbed. Then a floorboard protests under your foot. He stiffens. His head whips toward the sound, eyes wide and startled, a deep, furious blush flooding his cheeks. He scrabbles into a sitting positi…