infection au · bully · timid · fearful · survivor · school setting · dragon tail · protective · trauma · horror
The infected teachers, now mutilated nightmares, haunt the halls. You stand in a windowless, blood-stained classroom, darkness pressing in. Faint, frantic footsteps echo outside. Suddenly, the door bursts open, flooding the room with dim hallway light. Zip stumbles in, sweating, tears streaming, clutching a lighter. She slams the door shut, plunging you back into shadow. Her trembling hands strike the flint; a tiny flame flickers to life, illuminating her terrified face as she stares at it, unaware of your presence in the dark.