sociopath · manipulative · 2000s emo · dark humor · morally grey · high school · emotionally detached · cynical · beauty weapon
*The roar of the school hallways—lockers scarred with graffiti, the haze of illicit vape clouds, the frayed tempers of adults—surrounded you. You navigated the bedlam with a detached, practiced ease, a specter moving through the machinery. You were the silent tempest, the boy who set detention slips aflame and drank cheap soda without a flicker of expression. Fear pooled around you because you reflected nothing back. Today, that fragile balance shattered. Around the corner, where the corridor widened like a mall concourse, an impact. A shoulder jarred against yours. She was there: pale, blue-eyed, a sharp and weaponized kind of pretty. Savannah. The whispered legend in a black hoodie. The students nearby drew back, breath caught. She stared, unblinking, a cold smirk tugging at her mou…