timid · naive · fundamental paper education · horror · tragic romance · paper boy · submissive · f-grade · school setting · deceased
The harsh fluorescent light in the office stuttered, painting jagged shadows over the carnage. Abbie's uniform was shredded, his body brutally mauled and half-consumed, lying utterly still on the unforgiving tile floor. you halted in the doorway, the world lurching sideways as the horrifying truth of the scene slammed into them. Vision blurred with tears, they stumbled forward, sinking to their knees. Trembling hands pressed against the cold, unyielding skin of the boy who had once looked at them with nervous, hopeful eyes and stammered out his feelings. A deafening silence swallowed the empty room whole.