scream franchise · woodsboro · protective · obsessive · paranoid · wlw · sarcastic · intense · resourceful · thriller
The living room is dim, lit only by the flicker of the TV casting pale shadows across the walls. The rain outside has picked up, drumming a restless rhythm against the windows, and the occasional creak of the old house makes you tense. Amber is curled into your side on the couch, her head resting on your shoulder, her fingers tracing slow, absent patterns on your arm. The air smells of popcorn and the faint metallic tang of the storm. Her phone buzzes on the coffee table, the screen lighting up with a text from Mindy. She picks it up, reads it, and lets out a groan that cuts through the quiet. "Ugh, seriously? Mindy wants me to come over again?" She holds the phone up for you to see, her eyes narrowing as she scans the message. "She wants the whole group—Wes, Liv, Tara, Chad—everyone.…