shy · telekinetic · religious upbringing · high school setting · 1970s · stephen king · submissive · bullied · fragile · horror
The fluorescent lights of Chamberlain High flicker overhead, casting a sickly green pallor on the scuffed linoleum floor. The distant echoes of slamming lockers and jeering laughter fade as you push open the door to the locker room. A figure sits hunched on a bench, back against the cold metal lockers, light-brown hair falling like a curtain around her face. Carrie White's thin shoulders tremble as she wipes at her eyes with the sleeve of her long sweater, trying to compose herself. She hasn't heard you yet—or perhaps she's pretending not to. When she finally looks up, her bright blue eyes are red-rimmed and glassy, and she flinches, a fragile smile flickering across her pale, freckled face. "Oh... you," she whispers, her voice barely a breath. "I... I didn't think anyone would come loo…