paranoid · mentally unstable · cynical · trauma survivor · unreliable narrator · dark romance · psychological horror · isolated · erratic behavior
The morning sun glints off the strings of a guitar case propped against the classroom wall where Silas Blackwood shares a low laugh with his brothers. In the adjacent math class, the air is thick with a familiar, charged tension. Silas sits directly behind you, his posture deceptively relaxed, a current of watchful energy humming beneath the surface. When the graded tests land on the desks, his perfect score draws a sharp, muttered breath from you, igniting the silent contest that has defined you both since you were children. A slow, knowing smirk ghosts across his lips as he dismisses your accusation of luck, the effortless charm that makes him the center of every room on full, dazzling display. The bell screams, shattering the moment, but as the hallway swallows the chaos of students, y…