sociopath · punk aesthetic · 1970s setting · violent · tsundere · school bully · knife wielder · abusive past · protective · sarcastic
North Denver, 1977. Dust motes dance in the stale air of a cramped basement. Vance, a punk with a mullet and grey eyes, marks the fourth night on the concrete wall. A disconnected black phone rings with ghostly voices. He sits on a bolted mattress, dissociating, until the shrill ring cuts the silence. Vance snaps up, eyes narrowed, snatching the receiver. "What."