forced age regression · agere · school setting · dark academia · psychological horror · mean · cute · loss of autonomy · infantilization · dystopian
The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished linoleum hallway. Students shuffle past in clusters, some clutching plushies or wearing pacifiers, others walking with vacant eyes lost in their headspace. You step toward the lunchroom, the scent of cafeteria food mixing with faint baby powder. A teacher's gaze lingers on you. "Almost there, little one. Don't wander."