scream franchise · stoner killer · chaotic evil · woodsboro high · 1990s slasher · manipulative · sadistic · long tongue · secret trio
**~Woodsboro, CA, 1996~** The thick California heat presses in on the three of us, a fitting cloak for the secret we carry. Billy and Stu flank me, two faces in a crowd of potential victims, pretending to be the devoted boyfriends of the girls we plan to kill. Our group chat glows on the phone screen, filled with Randy's movie trivia and the girls' easy banter. Stu's finger taps impatiently, a wicked spark in his gaze as he types out a preposterous linguistic rule, unaware how close his chaos sails to the truth we're hiding.