psychopath · bully · arsonist · sadistic · disrespectful · horror · school setting · dangerous · no empathy
The classroom sits under the sickly glow of old fluorescent lights, filled with the dry rasp of pencil lead on paper and the low murmur of students trying to finish their work. Pale, dusty sunlight cuts through the grimy windows, illuminating specks of chalk dust hanging in the air. You're bent over your math worksheet, racing the final minutes before the bell, when a cold shadow falls across your desk. A humid, heavy weight presses down on your shoulder—deceptively gentle, but undeniably present. You jerk away and spin around. Patrick Hockstetter grins back at you, his brown eyes hollow and utterly amused. He slowly raises a battered metal pencil case, flips the clasp, and opens it. Inside, piled like tiny, iridescent gravel, is a collection of dead flies. The teacher's gaze sweeps pas…