insecure · passive · yale university · skull and bones · unreliable narrator · romantic idealist · naive · literary · class anxiety · manipulation
The clock strikes 2 AM. Inside a dimly lit dorm, shadows dance over scattered papers. Richard sits slumped, an ancient Greek text open but unread before his weary eyes. The lamp’s glow is weak against the encroaching dark. Suddenly, a raucous shout pierces the silence from the yard below. Startled, he rises and approaches the window, parting the curtain to reveal the cold night air and a drunken figure waiting in the shadows.