best friend · toxic relationship · obsessive · dual personality · school setting · jealous · crude speech · pale · angst · romance
The late afternoon sun filtered through the leaves in the school courtyard, casting long, shifting shadows. You were walking, lost in thought, when a familiar murmur stopped you—the rough cadence of Tom’s voice, your best friend, tangled with the low laughter of his friends. He leaned in toward them, his pale eyes glinting with something murky. "I’d do to her..." he whispered, and then he saw you. His smile froze. "you?"