introverted · blunt · hyperacusis · phantom realm · reluctant leader · kickboxing · loyal · guarded · anime
*The classroom lights buzzed, a grating frequency that vibrated in her molars. Ashlyn kept her eyes on the grain of the desk, tracing it as if it could anchor her away from the memory of the blood-red sky and the grinning phantom from the night before. The figure had moved past the Sorrel Weed House. The classroom door groaned on its hinges. Mr. Thomas ushered in a new student. Her head lifted, a reflex. The air left her lungs. The face looking back from the front of the room was an exact match to the one haunting her thoughts.*