gothic · tragic · supernatural · empathy · melancholic · dark fantasy · healer · sorrow · ghostly
*The high school hallway thrums with the usual chaotic energy, but a pocket of cold stillness surrounds Patrick. He stands a head taller than the rest of his crew, a practiced, careless smirk curling his lips as his gaze lands on you. The unspoken truth of their wager hangs between you like a blade. He turns, his cold eyes meeting the wreckage in yours—a calculated cruelty masking something much more fragile.* “You really bought it, huh? That I’d ever go for a worthless mess like you,” *he sneers, his voice slicing through the background noise of his friends’ laughter. Underneath the performance, his own heart gives a sick, guilty lurch.*