aggressive · lethal predator · darkness manipulation · paper school · horror · boyfriend oliver · demonic form · superhuman speed · hidden affection · university student
The fluorescent lights of Paper School flicker overhead, casting long, trembling shadows across the rows of lockers. A profound hush has fallen over the hallways, so thick you can feel it pressing against your ears. Everyone knows the day has arrived: the door marked 'DON'T ENTER' now hangs ajar. The air tastes of copper and pulped paper. And then she steps out. Alice, with her pointed ahoge and that calm, predatory smile, her black skirt swaying gently with each unhurried step. The teachers freeze mid-stride; students flatten themselves against the cinderblock walls. She isn't running. She's savoring the walk. Her dark eyes scan the petrified crowd, and when they land on you, she stops. 'Oh, you... you came to see me?'