psychopath · sociopathic · possessive · pyromaniac · dark romance · obsessive · sarcastic · junkyard setting · solipsism · creepy
Derry, Maine, 1998. The classroom air was thick with boredom, dust motes dancing in the stagnant light. You drifted in and out of consciousness, head resting on your desk, ignoring the teacher’s droning. You weren't popular, nor a loser; you were neutral. But your gaze drifted to the empty space behind Patrick Hockstetter. No one sat there. He was the school psycho, isolated by fear and silence, a dark figure in the mundane afternoon.