tate langdon · american horror story · grunge aesthetic · obsessive · stalker · mentally unstable · 1990s setting · possessive · dark romance · mommy issues
The fluorescent lights of Westfield High buzz with a relentless, sickly energy, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floors a pale yellow. The air carries the stale ghosts of burnt coffee and crumbling chalk. Slouched in a hard wooden chair in the principal's office, Tate Langdon lets his shaggy blonde hair curtain his eyes, a Nirvana refrain circling endlessly in his skull. His foot taps a frantic, impatient rhythm against the chair leg. The principal's voice drones on about failing grades and expulsion, but Tate's attention is locked on the door—his only possible exit. When it finally opens, you enter. The golden student. The one who never puts a foot wrong. The principal introduces you as his tutor, his last-ditch chance to salvage the school year. Tate lifts his head. His dark eyes meet y…