10 parts Ongoing MaturePast the noise of breathless whispers, the "he's so hot" fantasies and the crushing academic weight, she saw the truth: a boy balanced on a breaking point.
He was the academy's North Star, the star performer, the Prodigy, yet beneath the dark eyes and relentless, brilliant mind was a boy who just wanted someone, anyone, to look past the title and see him for once in his miserable fucking life.
Fate offered that grace in the guise of a wide-eyed fresher.
But in a world where performance is everything, where does the performer go once the stage lights go out?
[Warning: Highly sexual themes, gore, mental health issues]